Our goals are to advance the frontier of medical devices and optical technologies in the areas of enhancing human performance, detecting diseases and guiding their treatments.

The Human Photonics Lab has historical ties with the Human Interface Technology Lab where the ideas for the immersive VR pain distraction, scanning fiber endoscope, and the optical projection tomographic microscope originated. The HPL is comprised of three labs within Fluke Hall, administered by the UW Department of Mechanical Engineering.