Thomas L. Szabo  received the B.S.E.E. degree from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA, in 1966, the M.S.E.E. degree from the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA, in 1968, and the Ph.D. degree in physics from the University of Bath, Bath, U.K., in 1993. From 1968–1981, he was a Research Scientist with Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (later Rome Air Development Center, Bedford, MA, USA) doing basic research on surface acoustic wave devices and nondestructive evaluation. From 1979 to 1980, he was on the Staff of the School of Engineering Sciences, Oxford University, Oxford, U.K. From 1981 to 2000, he was a Senior Research and Development Engineer with Hewlett Packard and Agilent Technologies, Andover, MA, USA, where he conducted advanced research and development on diagnostic ultrasound imaging systems. Since 2001, he has been a Research Professor with the Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering Departments, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA. He wrote Diagnostic Ultrasound Imaging: Inside Out, over 800 pages, referenced over 2800 times, authored or coauthored over 130 papers and 12 book chapters, and holds five patents, one just awarded in 2023,  and several patent applications. Recently he published a second book, Essentials of Ultrasound  Imaging, in November 2023, co-authored with Peter Kaczkowski, based on a revolutionary teaching concept utilizing interactive simulators. His wide range of interests include ultrasound tissue and spine characterization, wave equations, novel imaging systems, brain imaging, therapeutic ultrasound, nonlinear phenomena, and geophysical exploration. He is now Research Professor Emeritus with the  Biomedical Engineering Department of Boston University.

Dr. Szabo is a fellow of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2007) and the Acoustical Society of America (2000) and a Life Fellow member of the IEEE (2025). He was a recipient of the 1973 U.S. Meritorious Service Medal, a Hewlett Packard Fellowship, and the 1974 best paper award in the IEEE Transactions on Sonics and Ultrasonics (predecessor of Trans UFFC). He is head of the U.S. delegation to the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), Technical Committee 87, has been a delegate since 1986, and a Convenor of Working Group 6 on high intensity therapeutic ultrasound and focusing since 1988. He is a member of Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Xi honorary societies.