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July 23, 2014

ScienceLives Interview with Leon Esterowitz

Leon Esterowitz began his academic life as an English major because of his love of literature, but found himself drawn into physics, and ultimately a decades-long career in engineering. That career helped guide the development of the first medical lasers and night-vision technology, helped develop novel biophotonic medical diagnostic techniques.

He now guides research on biophotonics--a field of research that uses light to observe and manipulate tissues and cells--for a program he created more than ten years ago for the National Science Foundation.

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