Professional Bio
Professor Foster received his B.S. in Physics from Stevens Institute of Technology in 1983. Following two years at the General Electric Research and Development Center where he worked on magnetic resonance imaging, he came to the University of Rochester and received the Ph.D. in Physics in 1990. He immediately joined the faculty of the University as an Assistant Professor of Radiology. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1994 and is currently Professor of Imaging Sciences (formerly Radiology), of Physics, of Optics, of Biomedical Engineering, and of Oncology. From 2001 – 2008, Professor Foster was an Associate Editor of the journal Photochemistry and Photobiology, and from 2004 –
2008 served as a member of the National Institutes of Health Radiation Therapeutics and Biology Study Section. He was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2001 and a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering in 2010. He currently serves on the Editorial Board of Lasers in Surgery and Medicine and as a member of the Research Program Committee of the Canadian Institute of Photonic Innovation.
| Fellow | American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering |
2010 |
| University Dean's Award for Meritorious Service in PhD Defenses | University of Rochester |
2009 |
| Shu-Ren Lin Award for Excellence in Radiology Teaching | Department of Radiology, University of Rochester |
2002 |
| Fellow | American Physical Society |
2001 |
| Shu-Ren Lin Award for Excellence in Radiology Teaching | Department of Radiology, University of Rochester |
1991 |
| Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Assistant | Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester |
1987 |
