معرفی
Shijie Zhou is an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), previously serving as an Assistant Professor at Miami University, Ohio. He holds a PhD from Dalhousie University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins University. His research focuses on cardiac electrophysiology and biomedical engineering, particularly in developing AI-driven 3D computational heart models for personalized diagnostics and therapies. Dr. Zhou’s work bridges clinical practice and research, emphasizing ventricular tachycardia localization and translational studies to improve patient outcomes. He leads the Computational Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory (CCCEL), which has secured grants including the 2025 American Heart Association Innovative Project Award and National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute R15 Grant. His lab relocated to WPI in 2023, focusing on clinical applications of virtual-heart technologies.
Education
- PhD in Biomedical Engineering, Dalhousie University, Canada (2018)
- Postdoctoral Research, Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University (2018–2020)
Research Interests
Dr. Zhou’s research integrates computational modeling with clinical data to address arrhythmia mechanisms. Key areas include:
- AI-based ventricular tachycardia localization using ECG and imaging fusion
- Personalized heart digital twins for guiding ablation therapies
- Non-invasive ECG imaging techniques (ECGI)
- Fat infiltration’s role in post-infarct arrhythmogenesis
Professional Recognition
- Fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society
- Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology
- Awarded multiple grants including AHA Innovative Project Award (2025), AHA Career Development Award (2025), and NHLBI R15 Grant (2025)
Lab Activities
CCCEL develops real-time systems for arrhythmia origin localization, including the RAPID-VT platform. Current projects aim to enhance clinical decision-making through automated algorithms and patient-specific models.