Zhen Yuan, PhD

Dr. Yuan is an assistant professor and Director of Bioimaging Core with the Faculty of Health Sciences at University of Macau (UM). Before joined UM, he had worked as a clinical assistant professor in the Arizona State University (8/2012-08/2013) and research assistant professor at University of Florida (09/2007-08/2012). He received his PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Science and Technology of China in 2002. Between 2002 and 2007, he had received several postdoc trainings in different institutes including National University of Singapore (2002-2004), Clemson University (2005) and University of Florida (2005-2007). His academic investigation is focused on cutting-edge research and development in laser, ultrasound and EEG/fMRI-related biomedical technologies including biomedical imaging and signal processing/spectroscopy, biomedical optics, neurosciences, cancer and nanomedicine. He, as the principal or co-investigator for the above research activities, has achieved national and international recognition through more than 80 publications in high ranked journals in his field and over 2000 independent citations. He was selected to be an active reviewer for over 50 top journals. He is a guess associate editor of Medical Physics and Applied Optics, and editorial board members of Journal of Biosensors and Bioelectronics, International Journal of Radiology and International Journal of Biomedical Sciences. He is a senior member of OSA and senior member of SPIE.