It is our pleasure to announce that Brian Pogue, Professor of Engineering Sciences at Thayer School of Engineering, has agreed to serve a three-year term as the Dean of Graduate Studies, effective September 3, 2008. Brian joined the faculty in 1996. Well known internationally for his research on biomedical optics and imaging of cancer, he and his research team develop and refine new medical technologies that use near-infrared light and spectroscopy to characterize cancer pathophysiology and guide cancer therapy. His research is also translational, having a direct effect on clinical outcomes and improving medical care, and has yielded several US patents and numerous peer-reviewed publications. Brian's laboratory is currently funded by the National Institutes of Health's National Cancer Institute. He is also very active in the research community outside of Dartmouth, serving as the Deputy Editor of the journal Optics Letters and as a member of the editorial boards of Medical Physics and the Journal of Biomedical Optics, and many grant review panels. He holds adjunct appointments in the Department of Surgery at Dartmouth Medical School and at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Brian is deeply committed to the success of Dartmouth's graduate programs, serving as the Director of the Masters and PhD programs at the Thayer School of Engineering since 2005, on the Thayer/DMS Joint Curricular Planning Committee and as a professor of courses in electrical and biomedical engineering. More than 50 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows have directly benefited from his mentorship. In 2006, he was recognized for his strength in this area with the Graduate Student Council Mentoring Award. Brian's experience, enthusiasm and ideas will be of great value as we continue to strengthen our graduate curriculum and identify new opportunities for cross-disciplinary, cross-divisional research and training among the Arts & Sciences and professional schools.
