Salthouse to give first Gupta Lecture on Nov. 19

Christopher Salthouse, the new Dev and Linda Gupta Assistant Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, will deliver the first Gupta Lecture on Thursday, Nov. 19 at 4 p.m. in the Massachusetts Room of the Mullins Center.

The lecture, titled “How to Implant a Fluorescence Microscope,” will explain the key medical role played by fluorescence microscopy and will describe how implantable fluorescence microscopes could expand that role even more. Salthouse will also explain how the integrated circuits that have revolutionized computation will solve the biomedical problems related to developing implantable fluorescence microscopes.

Salthouse received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. During his time at MIT, he developed integrated circuits for cochlear implants, devices that give hearing to the deaf. After finishing his Ph.D., Salthouse moved to Massachusetts General Hospital, where he worked as a research fellow for three years while developing novel fluorescence imaging instruments. In August, he joined the ECE Department, where he founded the Biomedical Electronics Laboratory.

The Gupta Professorship is an endowment funded by Dev and Linda Gupta that supports a new faculty member who brings fresh ideas and areas of inquiry to the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. The support is specifically intended to encourage risk-taking and entrepreneurial pursuits.

Dev Gupta, who earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 1977, is an adjunct professor in the ECE Department. He built a reputation as an expert in broadband and network access infrastructure technology. His company, NewLANS, is working on the development of high speed wireless data transmission. Previously he founded Narad Networks, a privately held provider of broadband IP infrastructure services.

A reception will follow the talk at approximately 5 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

November 8, 2009.

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