Publications

My research background spans two areas: noninvasive Raman spectroscopy for blood glucose measurement (Chaiken lab, Syracuse University) and Raman spectroscopy of bone biomechanics (Morris lab, University of Michigan).

Total citations: 1,865 | h-index: 14 | i10-index: 15 (Google Scholar, April 2026)

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In 2006 I received the Society for Applied Spectroscopy’s William F. Meggers Award for Outstanding Paper of the Year.

Articles

Covitt, B.A., Des Jardins, A.C., Agrimson, E.P., Ash, J.T., Bailey, S.C.C., … Finney, W.F., … & Sperling, A.R. (2026). Insights from and future directions for a nationwide science and engineering education collaboration in stratospheric ballooning. Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 12, 1659329. https://doi.org/10.3389/fspas.2025.1659329

Morris, M.D. & Finney, W.F. (2004). Recent developments in Raman and infrared spectroscopy and imaging of bone tissue. Spectroscopy, 18, 155–159. https://doi.org/10.1155/2004/765753

Morris, M.D., Finney, W.F., Rajachar, R.M., & Kohn, D.H. (2004). Bone tissue ultrastructural response to elastic deformation probed by Raman spectroscopy. Faraday Discussions, 126, 159–168. https://doi.org/10.1039/B304905A

Callender, A.F., Finney, W.F., Morris, M.D., Sahar, N.D., Kohn, D.H., Kozloff, K.M., & Goldstein, S.A. (2005). Dynamic mechanical testing system for Raman microscopy of bone tissue specimens. Vibrational Spectroscopy, 38(1), 101–105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vibspec.2005.02.012

Chaiken, J., Finney, W.F., Knudson, P.E., Weinstock, R.S., Khan, M., Bussjager, R.J., Hagrman, D., Hagrman, P., Zhao, Y., Peterson, C.M., & Peterson, K. (2005). Effect of hemoglobin concentration variation on the accuracy and precision of glucose analysis using tissue modulated, noninvasive, in vivo Raman spectroscopy of human blood: a small clinical study. Journal of Biomedical Optics, 10(3), 031111. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.1922147

Matousek, P., Clark, I.P., Draper, E.R.C., Morris, M.D., Goodship, A.E., Everall, N., Towrie, M., Finney, W.F., & Parker, A.W. (2005). Subsurface probing in diffusely scattering media using spatially offset Raman spectroscopy. Applied Spectroscopy, 59(4), 393–400. (Meggers Award) https://doi.org/10.1366/0003702053641450

McCreadie, B.R., Morris, M.D., Chen, T., Sudhaker Rao, D., Finney, W.F., Widjaja, E., & Goldstein, S.A. (2006). Bone tissue compositional differences in women with and without osteoporotic fracture. Bone, 39(6), 1190–1195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bone.2006.06.008

Schulmerich, M.V., Finney, W.F., Fredricks, R.A., & Morris, M.D. (2006). Subsurface Raman spectroscopy and mapping using a globally illuminated non-confocal fiber-optic array probe in the presence of Raman photon migration. Applied Spectroscopy, 60(2), 109–114. https://doi.org/10.1366/000370206776023340

Fenniri, H., Terreau, O., Chun, S., Oh, S.J., Finney, W.F., & Morris, M.D. (2006). Classification of spectroscopically encoded resins by Raman mapping and infrared hyperspectral imaging. Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry, 8(2), 192–198. https://doi.org/10.1021/cc050128i

Finney, W.F., Wilson, E., Callender, A., Morris, M.D., & Beck, L.W. (2006). Reexamination of hexafluorosilicate hydrolysis by ¹⁹F NMR and pH measurement. Environmental Science & Technology, 40(8), 2572–2577. https://doi.org/10.1021/es052295s

Tullman, J.A., Finney, W.F., Lin, Y.J., & Bishnoi, S.W. (2007). Tunable assembly of peptide-coated gold nanoparticles. Plasmonics, 2(3), 119–127. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-007-9033-z

Conference Proceedings

Chaiken, J., Finney, W.F., Peterson, C.M., Peterson, K.P., Knudson, P.E., Weinstock, R.S., & Lein, P. (2000). Noninvasive in-vivo near-infrared vibrational spectroscopic study of lipid and aqueous phases of skin and near-surface tissues. Proc. SPIE 3907. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.386241

Chaiken, J., Finney, W.F., Peterson, C.M., Peterson, K.P., Knudson, P.E., Weinstock, R.S., & Lein, P. (2000). Noninvasive in-vivo tissue-modulated near-infrared vibrational spectroscopic study of mobile and static tissues: blood chemistry. Proc. SPIE 3918. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.384957

Chaiken, J., Finney, W.F., Knudson, P.E., Peterson, K.P., Peterson, C.M., Yang, X., & Weinstock, R.S. (2001). Noninvasive blood analysis by tissue-modulated NIR Raman spectroscopy. Proc. SPIE 4368. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.438117

Chaiken, J., Finney, W.F., Knudson, P.E., Peterson, K.P., Peterson, C.M., Yang, X., & Weinstock, R.S. (2001). Noninvasive in-vivo tissue-modulated Raman spectroscopy of human blood: microcirculation and viscosity effects. Proc. SPIE 4254. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.427952

Chaiken, J., Finney, W.F., Yang, X., Knudson, P.E., Peterson, K.P., Peterson, C.M., Weinstock, R.S., & Hagrman, D. (2001). Progress in the noninvasive in-vivo tissue-modulated Raman spectroscopy of human blood. Proc. SPIE 4254. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.427936

Finney, W.F., Morris, M.D., Wallace, J.M., & Kohn, D.H. (2004). Ultrastructural elastic deformation of cortical bone tissue probed by NIR Raman spectroscopy. Proc. SPIE 5321. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.529456

Golcuk, K., Mandair, G.S., Callender, A.F., Finney, W.F., Sahar, N., Kohn, D.H., & Morris, M.D. (2006). Rapid Raman spectroscopy of musculoskeletal tissue using a visible laser and an EMCCD detector. Proc. SPIE 6093. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.646209

Schulmerich, M.V., Finney, W.F., Popescu, V., Morris, M.D., Vanasse, T.M., & Goldstein, S.A. (2006). Transcutaneous Raman spectroscopy of bone tissue using a non-confocal fiber optic array probe. Proc. SPIE 6093. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.644781

Patent

Morris, M.D., Finney, W.F., & Schulmerich, M. (2011). Method and system for measuring sub-surface composition of a sample. US Patent 8054463B2. https://patents.google.com/patent/US8054463B2/en

PhD Dissertation

Finney, W.F. (2002). Noninvasive in vivo tissue modulated quantitative Raman spectroscopy of human blood. PhD Thesis, Syracuse University. https://surface.syr.edu/che_etd/81