Brian C. Wilson is a Senior Scientist and Head of the Applied Biophotonics group at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network and Professor in the Department of Medical Biophysics at the University of Toronto, Canada. There, his research focus is the development and application of Laser Biophysics for new therapeutic and diagnostic techniques based on the use of lasers and other optical technologies.

Wilson received the Michael S. Feld Biophotonics Award “for sustained contributions to the field of biophotonics, spanning over thirty years and encompassing outstanding research, technology development, clinical translation and training and education, in the areas of light dosimetry, photodynamic therapy fluorescence and Raman endoscopy, microscopy and nanophotonics.” He was elected a Fellow of the Society in 2014.