معرفی
Chao Zhou is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis's McKelvey School of Engineering. He specializes in developing optical imaging technologies for biomedical applications such as cancer research and tissue engineering. His research focuses on biophotonics, medical instrumentation, and advanced imaging modalities like OCT and OCM.
- Education:
- PhD in Physics, University of Pennsylvania
- BS in Physics, Peking University, China
His research interests center on optical coherence tomography, with multiple NIH/NSF grants and over a dozen U.S./international patents. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and serves on editorial boards for Communications Biology, IEEE Photonics Journal, Journal of Biomedical Optics, and Medical Physics.
Zhou leads a multidisciplinary team advancing portable imaging devices for ophthalmology and developmental biology. His lab's recent work includes super-resolution molecular imaging for organoid development and optogenetic pacing innovations.
- Awards: 2023 Fellow of Optica & American Heart Association
- Labs: Whitaker Hall 245 (Imaging Science PhD Program affiliation)
- Grants: NIH/NSF-funded projects totaling up to $20M for high-tech imaging technologies
