Prof. Angelo Sassaroli received a Ph.D. in Physics in 2002 from the University of Electro-Communications (Tokyo, Japan). From July 2002 to August 2007, he was Research Associate in the research group of Prof. Sergio Fantini at Tufts University. In September~2007 he was appointed by Tufts University as a Research Assistant Professor. His field of research is near-infrared spectroscopy and diffuse optical tomography.