AJ Adkins awarded Imaging Science Fellowship

We are thrilled to announce that AJ Adkins, a PhD candidate in our lab, has been awarded the Imaging Science Fellowship through a highly competitive election process! This fellowship recognizes AJ’s exceptional contributions and dedication to advancing imaging science. We’re incredibly proud of AJ’s hard work and are excited to see his continued success in […]

Z-lab awarded the 2024 ASRM Discovery & Innovation Grant

The American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) has awarded Washington University the 2024 ASRM Discovery & Innovation Grant to support the project to facilitate in vitro fertilization using label-free, time-lapse 3D optical coherence microscopy, led by Prof. Chao Zhou. This award is supported by the Howard and Georgeanna Jones Foundation for Reproductive Medicine. A maximum […]

Z-lab awarded ARPA-H research grant for PIC-OCT

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) has awarded a research grant to the Enabling Technologies for Photonic Chips-based Optical Coherence Tomography (PIC-OCT) project, led by Prof. Chao Zhou. The project has a budget of up to $20 million over a five year period to develop a fully integrated and portable ophthalmic OCT system […]

Prof. Zhou elected Fellow of Optica and American Heart Association

Congratulations to Prof. Zhou for being elected as a fellow to both Optica and the American Heart Association! The title of Fellow recognizes individuals who have made significant and lasting contributions to the advancement of optics and photonics in areas including research, education, engineering, business and society. Read more: https://engineering.wustl.edu/news/2023/Zhou-elected-Fellow-of-Optica-American-Heart-Association.html

Summer students win poster awards

Congratulations to Ping-Hsien Lee, Wei-Shan Wong, and David Honig for receiving poster awards for their summer projects. Ping-Hsien and Wei-Shan presented at the WashU Summer Research Symposium, and David presented at the CardS Research Symposium.

Abby Matt awarded NSF GRFP

Congratulations to our PhD candidate Abby, who was awarded a fellowship through the highly prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program! The NSF GRFP recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students who have demonstrated the potential to be high achieving scientists and engineers, early in their careers.