Adam Wax is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Professor of Physics at Duke University , where he leads cutting-edge research in optical spectroscopy for cancer detection , novel microscopy techniques , and low-coherence interferometry . As a member of both the Duke Cancer Institute Faculty Network and Duke Institute for Brain Sciences , he bridges engineering and biomedical applications. Education: B.S. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1993), M.A. (1996) and Ph.D. (1999) from Duke University Honors: Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (2014); Fellow, SPIE (2010); Fellow, OSA (2010); NSF CAREER Award (2004) His research focuses on biomedical optics , particularly optical coherence tomography (OCT) and quantitative phase microscopy , with applications in early cancer detection , subcellular imaging , and clinical diagnostics . Recent work emphasizes low-cost, portable OCT systems for point-of-care applications and multimodal imaging combining spectroscopy with phase analysis. Scientific awards include: Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (2014) Fellow, International Society for Optics and Photonics (2010) Fellow, Optical Society of America (2010) National Science Foundation CAREER Award (2004)









