Michael Hamblin was a Principal Investigator at the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Associate Professor of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School. He is now a Visiting Professor at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. His research interests include photodynamic therapy and photobiomodulation. He has published more than 530 peer-reviewed articles and 25 textbooks. His work has been cited more than 49k times and he is Editor-in-Chief of Photobiomodulation, Photomedicine, and Laser Surgery.