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Dr. Waggoner is the Director of the Molecular Biosensor and Imaging Center and a Professor of Biological Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University. His work is focused on combining the development of molecular and cellular biosensors with applications in cells, tissues, and whole organisms using imaging technologies and computation to understand biological functions. He developed the cyanine dye technologies that were licensed to Biological Detection Systems, Inc., a company that he co-founded with D. Lansing Taylor. The cyanine dyes have become a key detection technology in academic research and biotechnology. Dr. Waggoner was the Vice-Chairman of Biological Detection Systems and then joined Amersham Biosciences as Principal Scientist and Head of the Fluorescence division. Dr. Waggoner received his Ph.D. from the University of Oregon in physical organic chemistry and then did a post-doctoral fellowship at Yale with Dr. Luber Stryer. Dr. Waggoner, who holds 15 patents, received the 1999 Technical Achievement Award from the Society for Biomolecular Screening, the 2001 Award of Excellence for Biomedical-Scientist/Engineer from the Carnegie Science Center and The Pittsburgh Technology Council, and the 2003 Innovators Award from Pittsburgh Magazine. | 