Leslie Ying

Leslie Ying is a Professor holding dual appointments in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Electrical Engineering at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University at Buffalo. His research focuses on advancing medical imaging technologies through deep learning and hardware innovations, with particular expertise in MRI reconstruction, RF coil design, and federated learning applications in healthcare.

Key research areas include:

• Accelerated MRI using deep learning frameworks
• RF coil array design for ultrahigh field imaging
• Medical imaging denoising and enhancement
• Federated learning for multi-modal healthcare data
• Single-molecule localization microscopy

Recent work explores transformer-based models for MRI fingerprinting, plasmonic spectrometers for lab-on-chip systems, and self-supervised reconstruction techniques. His publications reflect a strong emphasis on bridging computational methods with hardware innovations to address clinical imaging challenges.