Watt W. Webb

Watt Wetmore Webb (August 27, 1927 – October 29, 2020)[1] was an American biophysicist, known for his co-invention (with Winfried Denk and Jim Strickler) of multiphoton microscopy in 1990.[2][3]

Watt Wetmore Webb
Born(1927-08-27)August 27, 1927
DiedOctober 29, 2020(2020-10-29) (aged 93)
Education
SpousePage Chapman Webb
ChildrenWatt Webb III, Spahr Webb and Bucknell Webb
Parents
  • Watt Webb, Jr. (father)
  • Anna C. Wetmore[5] (mother)
Scientific career
Institutions
Academic advisorsCarl Wagner
Notable studentsDavid W. Tank, Neil Gershenfeld, Malcolm Beasley
  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference cornell was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^
    Denk, W., Strickler, J. H., Webb, W. W. (1990). Two-photon laser scanning fluorescence microscopy. Science, 248(4951). https://doi.org/10.1126/science.2321027
  3. ^ So, P.T.C., Kim, K.H., Buehler, C., Masters, B.R., Hsu, L., Dong, CY. (2001). Basic Principles of Multiphoton Excitation Microscopy. In: Periasamy, A. (eds) Methods in Cellular Imaging. Methods in Physiology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7513-2_9
  4. ^ Elson, Elliot (2021). "Watt W. Webb: His measurements of the seemingly inaccessible broadened the horizons of biophysics". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118 (12). Bibcode:2021PNAS..11801879E. doi:10.1073/pnas.2101879118. PMC 7999940. S2CID 232197859.
  5. ^ "Watt Wetmore Webb".