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Thomas G. Bifano

Thomas G. Bifano

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
39
Citations
6654
World Ranking
7656
National Ranking
2106

Thomas G. Bifano publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Thomas G. Bifano sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 215 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Thomas G. Bifano D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Thomas G. Bifano sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Thomas G. Bifano is affiliated with Boston University in the United States, with a research focus spanning several intersecting fields. Their work predominantly covers Engineering and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable contributions to subfields such as Biomedical Engineering, Biophysics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

Their research emphasizes advanced techniques and applications across multiple scientific domains. Main topics include:

  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
  • Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics
  • Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging
  • Cellular and Composite Structures
  • Optical Coherence Tomography Applications
  • Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

  • Ke Wu
  • Stephan W. Anderson
  • Xin Zhang
  • Xiaoguang Zhao
  • Lihua Lou

Thomas G. Bifano has published in venues such as:

  • Advanced Science
  • Nature Methods
  • Advanced Materials
  • Optics Express
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Selected recent publications include:

  • Simultaneous multiplane imaging with reverberation two-photon microscopy, 2020, Nature Methods
  • An adaptive optics module for deep tissue multiphoton imaging in vivo, 2021, Nature Methods
  • Auxetics-Inspired Tunable Metamaterials for Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 2021, Advanced Materials
  • Three-Photon Adaptive Optics for Mouse Brain Imaging, 2022, Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Polarization insensitive, metamaterial absorber-enhanced long-wave infrared detector, 2020, Optics Express

Best Publications

  • Ductile-Regime Grinding: A New Technology for Machining Brittle Materials

    T. G. Bifano;T. A. Dow;R. O. Scattergood

  • Microelectromechanical deformable mirrors

    T.G. Bifano;J. Perreault;R. Krishnamoorthy Mali;M.N. Horenstein

  • Adaptive imaging: MEMS deformable mirrors

    Thomas Bifano

  • CONTINUOUS-MEMBRANE SURFACE-MICROMACHINED SILICON DEFORMABLE MIRROR

    T. G. Bifano;Raji Krishnamoorthy Mali;J. K. Dorton;J. Perreault

  • Development of a MEMS microvalve array for fluid flow control

    N. Vandelli;D. Wroblewski;M. Velonis;T. Bifano

  • Ductile-Regime Grinding of Brittle Materials

    Thomas G. Bifano;Thomas A. Dow;Ronald O. Scattergood

  • Elimination of stress-induced curvature in thin-film structures

    T.G. Bifano;H.T. Johnson;P. Bierden;R.K. Mali

  • Extended depth-of-field microscopy with a high-speed deformable mirror.

    William J. Shain;Nicholas A. Vickers;Bennett B. Goldberg;Thomas Bifano

  • Adaptive optic correction using microelectromechanical deformable mirrors

    Julie A. Perreault;Thomas G. Bifano;B. Martin Levine;Mark N. Horenstein

  • Focusing through dynamic scattering media

    C. Stockbridge;Y. Lu;J. Moore;S. Hoffman

  • Process for manufacturing optical data storage disk stamper

    Thomas G. Bifano

  • Specific grinding energy as an in-process control variable for ductile-regime grinding

    Thomas G. Bifano;Steven C. Fawcett

  • Contouring algorithm for ion figuring

    Thomas W. Drueding;Thomas G. Bifano;Steven C. Fawcett

  • Management of R&D projects under uncertainty: a multidimensional approach to managerial flexibility

    L.P. Santiago;T.G. Bifano

  • Vector transmission matrix for the polarization behavior of light propagation in highly scattering media.

    Santosh Tripathi;Richard Paxman;Thomas Bifano;Kimani C. Toussaint

  • Simultaneous multiplane imaging with reverberation two-photon microscopy

    Devin R. Beaulieu;Ian G. Davison;Kıvılcım Kılıç;Thomas G. Bifano

  • Field of view advantage of conjugate adaptive optics in microscopy applications

    Jerome Mertz;Hari Paudel;Thomas G. Bifano

  • Fiber coupling with adaptive optics for free-space optical communication

    Thomas Weyrauch;Mikhail A. Vorontsov;John W. Gowens;Thomas G. Bifano

  • Ductile-Regime Grinding Of Brittle Materials: Experimental Results And The Development Of A Model

    Thomas G. Bifano;Thomas A. Dow;Ron O. Scattergood

  • An adaptive optics module for deep tissue multiphoton imaging in vivo

    Cristina Rodríguez;Cristina Rodríguez;Anderson Chen;Anderson Chen;José A. Rivera;Manuel A. Mohr

  • Precision machining of ceramic materials

    P. Blake;T. Bifano;T. Dow;R. O. Scattergood

Frequent Co-Authors

Bennett B. Goldberg
Bennett B. Goldberg Northwestern University
Charles P. Lin
Charles P. Lin Harvard University
Ronald O. Scattergood
Ronald O. Scattergood North Carolina State University
M. S. Ünlü
M. S. Ünlü Boston University
David J. Bishop
David J. Bishop Boston University
Mikhail A. Vorontsov
Mikhail A. Vorontsov University of Dayton
Chris Xu
Chris Xu Cornell University
Robin O. Cleveland
Robin O. Cleveland University of Oxford
Richard S. Muller
Richard S. Muller University of California, Berkeley
Olav Solgaard
Olav Solgaard Stanford University

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