{"id":2518,"date":"2026-01-30T21:20:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T02:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cheng-group\/?p=2518"},"modified":"2026-04-27T12:07:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T16:07:12","slug":"dr-ji-xin-cheng-promoted-to-theodore-moustakas-distinguished-professor-of-photonics-and-optoelectronics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cheng-group\/2026\/01\/30\/dr-ji-xin-cheng-promoted-to-theodore-moustakas-distinguished-professor-of-photonics-and-optoelectronics\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Ji-Xin Cheng Promoted to Theodore Moustakas Distinguished Professor of Photonics and Optoelectronics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are pleased to announce that Dr. Ji-Xin Cheng has been promoted to Theodore Moustakas Distinguished Professor of Photonics and Optoelectronics by the College of Engineering at Boston University. This distinguished appointment recognizes Dr. Cheng\u2019s exceptional scholarly achievements, visionary research leadership, and profound impact on the optics and photonics community.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Cheng\u2019s pioneering work spans inventive imaging technologies and transformative research at the interface of photonics, biology, and chemistry. Since joining Boston University, he has demonstrated extraordinary creativity, sustained research excellence, and a commitment to mentoring the next generation of scientists and engineers.<\/p>\n<p>The endowed professorship honors not only Dr. Cheng\u2019s remarkable scientific contributions (including over 160 publications, an h-index of 110, and approximately $35 million in research funding), but also his leadership in innovation, education, and entrepreneurship. His work has led to numerous licensed patents, successful startup companies, and adopted technologies, which translates fundamental discovery into real-world impact.<\/p>\n<p>Warmly congratulate Dr. Cheng on this deserved recognition and celebrating this important milestone in his career!<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/media.licdn.com\/dms\/image\/v2\/D5622AQHMTK8Xh5vHow\/feedshare-shrink_800\/B56ZzEHMM1KUAg-\/0\/1772816745561?e=1778716800&amp;v=beta&amp;t=cfroTnILokvdDQDXCrKaa2YlQZxtl0e1XhMCQ3x7kSs\" alt=\"No alternative text description for this image\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are pleased to announce that Dr. Ji-Xin Cheng has been promoted to Theodore Moustakas Distinguished Professor of Photonics and Optoelectronics by the College of Engineering at Boston University. This distinguished appointment recognizes Dr. Cheng\u2019s exceptional scholarly achievements, visionary research leadership, and profound impact on the optics and photonics community. Dr. Cheng\u2019s pioneering work spans [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25784,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cheng-group\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cheng-group\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cheng-group\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cheng-group\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25784"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cheng-group\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2518"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cheng-group\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2670,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cheng-group\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518\/revisions\/2670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cheng-group\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cheng-group\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cheng-group\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}