electrical engineering from Rice University he is a fellow of the Academy of Science State Lewis and a recipient of the Academy's 2014 James bees outstanding st. Louis scientist award recognized for his seminal work in photoacoustic tomography and bio photonics he is currently the gene K berry distinct professor of biomedical engineering at Washington University in st. Louis and his book biomechanical optics principles and imaging was one of the first text books in the field garnering the 2010 Joseph W Goodman book writing award dr.