Professional Activities:

Faculty Academic Appointments

1982-1984 Research Fellow Dept of Biochemistry Cambridge University, UK
1984-1987 Research Associate Dept of Chemistry Leicester University, UK
1990-1994 Senior Research Fellow Dept of Surgery Dundee University, UK
1994-1997 Instructor Dept of Dermatology Harvard Medical School
1997-2005 Assistant Professor Dept of Dermatology Harvard Medical School
2005- Associate Professor Dept of Dermatology Harvard Medical School
2006- Associate Member of Affiliated Faculty Division of Health Science and Technology Harvard-MIT
2013- Visiting Professor Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
2014- Distinguished Visiting Professor Laser Research Centre Health Sciences, University of Johyannesburg South Africa


Appointments at Hospitals/Affiliated Institutions

1990-1994 Associate Chemist Dept of Surgery Ninewells Medical School, UK
1994-2005 Assistant Chemist Wellman Center for Photomedicine Massachusetts General Hospital
2005- Associate Chemist Wellman Center for Photomedicine Massachusetts General Hospital


Other Professional Positions

2006- Associate Editor Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy
2009- Associate Editor BMC Microbiology
2009- Associate Editor Photochemistry and Photobiology
2010- Associate Editor Journal of Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine
2011- Associate Editor PLoS ONE
2011- Associate Editor Discovery Biology and Medicine
2012- Executive Editor Journal of Analytical & Bioanalytical Techniques
2013- Review Editor Frontiers in Cellular Biochemistry
2014- Regional Editor Recent Patents on Anti-Infective Drug Discovery
2014- Section Editor Institute of Physics (IOP) Concise E-book series


Major Administrative Leadership Positions
Local
2000-2003 Director Fall Tutorial Series Wellman Center for Photomedicine
2003- Joint Chair Lester Wolfe Symposia MGH-MIT


Regional

National and International
2005- Founding Chair, Mechanisms for Low Level Light Therapy SPIE Photonics West
2014 Founding Chair, OSA Incubator Meeting; Low Level Light Therapy – The Path Forward Washington DC


Committee Service
Local
1999- Education Committee Wellman Center for Photomedicine
2000-2010 Subcommittee on Research Animal Care (IACUC) Massachusetts General Hospital
2004- Faculty Search Committee Wellman Center for Photomedicine
2004- Space Committee Wellman Center for Photomedicine


Regional
National and International
2005- Executive Organizing Committee BIOS SPIE Photonics West
2005- Program Committee, Biophotonics and Immune Responses SPIE Photonics West
2005- Program Committee, Mechanisms for Low Level light Therapy SPIE Photonics West
2009 Program Committee, LLLT Symposium American Society for Photobiology
2009 Organizing Committee, Therapeutic Applications of Lasers ECBO, Munich, Germany
2009 Organizing Committee, Symposium on Photonics and Optoelectronics SPO, Wuhan, China
2013 Organizing Committee, European Conferences on Biomedical Optics ECBO, Munich, Germany
2014 Joint chair OSA incubator symposium on LLLT Washington DC
2014 Chair ASLMS Photobiomodulation session Orlando, FL
2014 Chair LLLT session at LALS2014 Ulm, Germany
2014    


Professional Societies
1994- American Society of Photobiology Member
1997- European Society for Photobiology Member
2004- American Association for Cancer Research Member
2004- American Society for Microbiology Member
2011 Society for Photoelectrical Instrument Engineers (SPIE) Fellow


Editorial Activities
1994 Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology. B: Biology Ad Hoc Reviewer
1995 Photochemistry and Photobiology Ad Hoc Reviewer
1996 Lasers in Surgery and Medicine Ad Hoc Reviewer
1997 Journal of Biomedical Optics Ad Hoc Reviewer
1998 International Journal of Radiation Biology Ad Hoc Reviewer
1999 British Journal of Cancer Ad Hoc Reviewer
2001 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics Ad Hoc Reviewer
2001 Applied Optics Ad Hoc Reviewer
2003 Cancer Research Ad Hoc Reviewer
2003 Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Ad Hoc Reviewer
2003 Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Ad Hoc Reviewer
2003 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta Ad Hoc Reviewer
2004 International Journal of Cancer Ad Hoc Reviewer
2004 Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Ad Hoc Reviewer
2004 Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews Ad Hoc Reviewer
2004 Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics Ad Hoc Reviewer
2004 Bioorganic Chemistry Ad Hoc Reviewer
2004 Biochemical Pharmacology Ad Hoc Reviewer
2004 Optics Letters Ad Hoc Reviewer
2004 Infection and Immunity Ad Hoc Reviewer
2005 Food Technology and Biotechnology Journal Ad Hoc Reviewer
2005 Current Pharmaceutical Design Ad Hoc Reviewer
2005 Lasers in Medical Science Ad Hoc Reviewer
2005 Journal of Investigative Dermatology Ad Hoc Reviewer
2005 FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology Ad Hoc Reviewer
2005 Applied and Environmental Microbiology Ad Hoc Reviewer
2005 Clinical Cancer Research Ad Hoc Reviewer
2005 British Journal of Dermatology Ad Hoc Reviewer
2005 Molecular Pharmaceutics Ad Hoc Reviewer
2005 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta – General Subjects Ad Hoc Reviewer
2005 Neoplasia Ad Hoc Reviewer
2006 Archives of Dermatology Ad Hoc Reviewer
2006 Molecular Therapy Ad Hoc Reviewer
2006 Journal of Infectious Disease Ad Hoc Reviewer
2006 Journal of the American Chemical Society Ad Hoc Reviewer
2006 Optics Express Ad Hoc Reviewer
2006 Molecular Cancer Therapeutics Ad Hoc Reviewer
2006 Vaccine and Clinical Immunology Ad Hoc Reviewer
2006 Atherosclerosis Ad Hoc Reviewer
2006 Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research Ad Hoc Reviewer
2006 Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology. A: Chemistry Ad Hoc Reviewer
2006 Experimental Cell Research Ad Hoc Reviewer
2006 Lancet Oncology Ad Hoc Reviewer
2006 Journal of Biomaterial Science Polymer Ed Ad Hoc Reviewer
2006 Acta Biomaterialia Ad Hoc Reviewer
2006 Water Research Ad Hoc Reviewer
2006 Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine Ad Hoc Reviewer
2006 Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences Ad Hoc Reviewer
2006 Journal of Periodontology Ad Hoc Reviewer
2007 Journal of Biological Physics Ad Hoc Reviewer
2007 Biomaterials Ad Hoc Reviewer
2007 Biomedical Signal Processing and Control Ad Hoc Reviewer
2007 Nature Protocols Ad Hoc Reviewer
2007 Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy Ad Hoc Reviewer
2007 Carbohydrate Polymers Ad Hoc Reviewer
2007 Journal of Applied Microbiology Ad Hoc Reviewer
2007 Free Radical Biology Medicine Ad Hoc Reviewer
2007 Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry Ad Hoc Reviewer
2007 International Journal of Molecular Science Ad Hoc Reviewer
2007 Archives of Medical Science Ad Hoc Reviewer
2007 Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Ad Hoc Reviewer
2007 Cell Biology and Toxicology Ad Hoc Reviewer
2007 Chemical Society Reviews Ad Hoc Reviewer
2007 Journal of Applied Polymer Science Ad Hoc Reviewer
2008 Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics Ad Hoc Reviewer
2008 Current Medicinal Chemistry Ad Hoc Reviewer
2008 International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology Physics Ad Hoc Reviewer
2008 Archives of Dermatological Research Ad Hoc Reviewer
2008 Future Virology Ad Hoc Reviewer
2008 Dyes and Pigments Ad Hoc Reviewer
2008 Journal of Applied Physics Ad Hoc Reviewer
2008 Journal of Materials Chemistry Ad Hoc Reviewer
2008 Ultrasound in Biology and Medicine Ad Hoc Reviewer
2008 Trends in Food Science and Technology Ad Hoc Reviewer
2008 Methods and Findings in Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology Ad Hoc Reviewer
2008 Photomedicine and Laser Surgery Ad Hoc Reviewer
2008 Photodermatology, Photoimmunology and Photomedicine Ad Hoc Reviewer
2008 Nanomedicine Ad Hoc Reviewer
2008 International Journal of Biological Sciences Ad Hoc Reviewer
2008 Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters Ad Hoc Reviewer
2008 Recent Patents on Anti-Infective Drug Discovery Ad Hoc Reviewer
2008 Mini Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry Ad Hoc Reviewer
2008 Chemosphere Ad Hoc Reviewer
2008 The Analyst Ad Hoc Reviewer
2008 Molecular Neurodegeneration Ad Hoc Reviewer
2009 Chemical Communications Ad Hoc Reviewer
2009 Journal of Medical Microbiology Ad Hoc Reviewer
2009 Anti Cancer Drugs Ad Hoc Reviewer
2009 International Journal of Molecular Sciences Ad Hoc Reviewer
2009 Sensors Ad Hoc Reviewer
2009 Journal of Medicinal Chemistry Ad Hoc Reviewer
2009 Journal of Translational Medicine Ad Hoc Reviewer
2009 Lasers and Photonics Reviews Ad Hoc Reviewer
2009 Spectroscopy Letters Ad Hoc Reviewer
2009 Chemical Reviews Ad Hoc Reviewer
2009 Nature Nanotechnology Ad Hoc Reviewer
2009 FASEB Journal Ad Hoc Reviewer
2009 European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry Ad Hoc Reviewer
2009 CARBON Ad Hoc Reviewer
2010 Acta Biochemistry Biophysics Sinica Ad Hoc Reviewer
2010 Biotechnology Advances Ad Hoc Reviewer
2010 Biomedical Optics Express Ad Hoc Reviewer
2010 Drug News & Perspectives - Prous Thomson Reuters Ad Hoc Reviewer
2010 Journal of Biophotonics Ad Hoc Reviewer
2010 Experimental Biology and Medicine Ad Hoc Reviewer
2010 Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines Ad Hoc Reviewer
2010 Future Oncology Ad Hoc Reviewer
2010 International Journal of STD and AIDS Ad Hoc Reviewer
2010 Journal of Molecular Structure Ad Hoc Reviewer
2010 Cell Proliferation Ad Hoc Reviewer
2010 Inflammation Research Ad Hoc Reviewer
2010 Medicinal Research Reviews Ad Hoc Reviewer
2010 Journal of ApiProduct and ApiMedical Science Ad Hoc Reviewer
2010 Journal of Applied Physiology Ad Hoc Reviewer
2010 Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology Ad Hoc Reviewer
2010 Cell Stress and Chaperones Ad Hoc Reviewer
2010 Cell and Tissue Research Ad Hoc Reviewer
2010 Marine Biotechnology Ad Hoc Reviewer
2010 International Journal of Biological Sciences Ad Hoc Reviewer
2010 Mitochondrion Ad Hoc Reviewer
2010 Journal of Applied Phycology Ad Hoc Reviewer
2010 Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment Ad Hoc Reviewer
2010 ACS Nano Ad Hoc Reviewer
2010 Journal of Laser Applications Ad Hoc Reviewer
2010 Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine Ad Hoc Reviewer
2010 Current Organic Chemistry Ad Hoc Reviewer
2010 Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry Ad Hoc Reviewer
2010 British Journal of Dermatology Ad Hoc Reviewer
2011 Journal of Clinical Investigation Ad Hoc Reviewer
2011 Cancer Science Ad Hoc Reviewer
2011 Chemical Physics Letters Ad Hoc Reviewer
2011 European Journal of Cancer Ad Hoc Reviewer
2011 Biotechnology Progress Ad Hoc Reviewer
2011 European Polymer Journal Ad Hoc Reviewer
2011 PM&R Ad Hoc Reviewer
2011 Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine Ad Hoc Reviewer
2011 Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research Ad Hoc Reviewer
2011 Advances in Polymer Science Ad Hoc Reviewer
2011 Nanoscale Ad Hoc Reviewer
2011 International Journal of Microbiology Ad Hoc Reviewer
2011 International Journal of Photoenergy Ad Hoc Reviewer
2011 New Biotechnology Ad Hoc Reviewer
2011 Science Translational Medicine Ad Hoc Reviewer
2011 Theranostics Ad Hoc Reviewer
2011 Clinical and Experimental Dermatology Ad Hoc Reviewer
2011 Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics Ad Hoc Reviewer
2011 Journal of European Academy of Dermatology Venereology Ad Hoc Reviewer
2011 Applied Microbiology Ad Hoc Reviewer
2011 Chemical Research in Toxicology Ad Hoc Reviewer
2011 Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters Ad Hoc Reviewer
2011 Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry Ad Hoc Reviewer
2011 International Journal of Radiation Biology Ad Hoc Reviewer
2011 American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Ad Hoc Reviewer
2012 Archives of Oral Biology Ad Hoc Reviewer
2012 International Immunopharmacology Ad Hoc Reviewer
2012 International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology. Ad Hoc Reviewer
2012 Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research Ad Hoc Reviewer
2012 Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology Ad Hoc Reviewer
2012 Annals of Biomedical Engineering Ad Hoc Reviewer
2012 Journal of Skin Cancer Ad Hoc Reviewer
2012 APMIS (Acta Pathologica, Microbiologica et Immunologica Scandinavica) Ad Hoc Reviewer
2012 Separation and Purification Technology Ad Hoc Reviewer
2012 Indian Journal of Cancer Ad Hoc Reviewer
2012 Advances in Wound Care Ad Hoc Reviewer
2012 Journal of Pharmaceutical Technology & Drug Research Ad Hoc Reviewer
2013 Current Eye Research Ad Hoc Reviewer
2013 Fungal Biology Ad Hoc Reviewer
2013 Journal of Applied Physiology Ad Hoc Reviewer
2013 Chemistry: An Asian Journal Ad Hoc Reviewer
2013 Stem Cells Ad Hoc Reviewer
2013 Acta Tropica Ad Hoc Reviewer
2013 Journal of the Royal Society Interface Ad Hoc Reviewer
2013 Expert Opinion in Drug Discovery Ad Hoc Reviewer
2013 Drug Discovery Today Ad Hoc Reviewer
2013 J Am Chem Soc Ad Hoc Reviewer
2013 Mycoses Ad Hoc Reviewer
2013 Nature Photonics Ad Hoc Reviewer
2013 Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Ad Hoc Reviewer
2013 Trials Journal Ad Hoc Reviewer
2013 Biochimie Ad Hoc Reviewer
2013 Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venerology, and Leprology Ad Hoc Reviewer
2013 Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology Ad Hoc Reviewer
2013 Journal of Analytical & Bioanalytical Techniques Ad Hoc Reviewer
2013 Chemical Biology & Drug Design Ad Hoc Reviewer
2013 Chemistry: A European Journal Ad Hoc Reviewer
2013 Journal of Luminescence Ad Hoc Reviewer
2013 Recent Patents in Biomarkers Ad Hoc Reviewer
2013 F1000Research Ad Hoc Reviewer
2013 International Journal of Experimental Pathology Ad Hoc Reviewer
2013 Psychiatry Research Ad Hoc Reviewer
2013 Folia Microbiologica Ad Hoc Reviewer
2013 Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences Ad Hoc Reviewer
2013 Journal of Laser Applications Ad Hoc Reviewer
2013 Letters in Drug Design & Discovery Ad Hoc Reviewer
2013 JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) Ad Hoc Reviewer
2013 Nature Communications Ad Hoc Reviewer
2014 Case Reports in Medicine Ad Hoc Reviewer
2014 Novel Physiotherapies, Medical Journals Ad Hoc Reviewer
2014 Food Control Ad Hoc Reviewer
2014 The AAPS Journal Ad Hoc Reviewer
2014 Clinical and Experimental Dermatology Ad Hoc Reviewer
2014 Trends in Molecular Medicine Ad Hoc Reviewer
2014 Journal of Surgical Research Ad Hoc Reviewer
2014 Research Journal of Textile and Apparel Ad Hoc Reviewer
2014 Future Microbiology Ad Hoc Reviewer
2014 Nature Medicine Ad Hoc Reviewer
2014 JAMA Dermatology Ad Hoc Reviewer
2014 Springer Plus Ad Hoc Reviewer
2014 Brazilian Journal of Biomedical Engineering Ad Hoc Reviewer
2014 RSC Advances Ad Hoc Reviewer
2014 International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents Ad Hoc Reviewer
2014 European Journal of Cancer Care Ad Hoc Reviewer
2014 ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters Ad Hoc Reviewer


Other Editorial Roles
2004- Editorial Board Member International Journal of Immunopathology and Pharmacology
2004- Editorial Board Member European Journal of Inflammation
2005- Editorial Board Member Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy
2008- Editorial Board Member International Journal of Molecular Sciences -Molecular Pathology
2009- Editorial Board Member Infectious Diseases: Research and Treatment
2009- Editorial Board Member Photochemistry and Photobiology
2009- Editorial Board Member Open Journal of Oncology
2010- Editorial Board Member Journal of Nanomedicine & Nanotechnology
2010- Editorial Board Member Journal of Nanoscience Letters
2010- Editorial Board Member Lasers in Surgery and Medicine
2011- Editorial Board Member Nanotechology Reviews
2011- Editorial Board Member Journal of Clinical Medicine
2011- Editorial Board Member PLoS ONE
2011- Editorial Board Member Photonics and Lasers in Medicine
2012- Editorial Board Member World Journal of Surgical Procedures
2012- Editorial Board Member Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology, B:Biology
2012- Editorial Board Member Microbiology Discovery
2013- Editorial Board Member Nanomaterials and Nanosciences
2013- Editorial Board Member International Research Journal of Bacteriology
2013- Editorial Board Member Research Journal of Infectious Diseases
2013- Editorial Board Member Chronicles of Surgery
2013- Editorial Board Member American Journal of Current Microbiology
2013- Editorial Board Member Applied Scientific Reports
2013- Editorial Board Member Interactive Medicinal Chemistry
2013- Editorial Board Member Archives of Cytology
2013- Editorial Board Member Pathology Discovery
2013- Editorial Board Member Trends in Vector Research and Parasitology
2013- Editorial Board Member Frontiers in Cellular Biochemistry
2013- Editorial Board Member World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
2014- Editorial Board Member Austin Journal of Nanomedicine & Nanotechnology
2014- Editorial Board Member Research Journal of Women’s Health
2014- Editorial Board Member Journal of Microbiology and Infections.
2014- Editorial Board Member Journal of Experimental Dermatology and Clinical Research
2014- Editorial Board Member Journal of Nanotechnology: Nanomedicine & Nanobiotechnology
2014- Editorial Board Member Chronicles of Science
2014- Editorial Board Member Aperito Journal of Dermatology
2014- Editorial Board Member Journal of Clinical and Translational Research


Thesis committees and external examinations
2005 Saskia Lambrechts, PhD University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
2007 Denise Hawkins, PhD University of Johannesburg, South Africa
2007 Edith Kabingu, PhD University of Rochester, NY
2008 Doris Gabriel, PhD University of Geneva, Switzerland
2010 Xavier A Ragas, PhD Institut Químic de Sarrià (IQS) – Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain
2011 Tatiana N Demidova-Rice, PhD Tufts Medical School, Boston MA
2012 Maria Garcia-Diaz PhD Institut Químic de Sarrià (IQS) – Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain
2012 Nadine James, PhD University of Buffalo, Roswell Park Cancer Institute,
2013 PT Sudheesh Kumar, PhD Amrita Center for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, India
2013 Elsa Fernanda Freitas da Silva, PhD Departamento de Química da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2014 Dmitry Timerman MD Harvard MIT Division of Health Science and Technology, Cambridge MA
2014 Lim Siang Hui PhD Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya


 

Michael Hamblin, PhD

Associate Professor of Dermatology 
Harvard Medical School 
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Phone: 617-726-6182
E-mail:hamblin@helix.mgh.harvard.edu