Professor
CHAO ZHOU
Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Washington University in St. Louis
Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), Optical Society of America (OSA)
Tel: 314-935-1296
Email: chaozhou@wustl.edu
Office: Whitaker Hall, Room 390E
Education
Ph.D. Physics, University of Pennsylvania 2007
M.S. Physics, University of Pennsylvania 2003
B.S. Physics, Peking University 2001
Short Biography
Dr. Chao Zhou graduated from Peking University in China (B.S., 2001), obtained his Ph.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania (2007), and received post-doctoral training from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Zhou joins the McKelvey Engineering School from Lehigh University, where he is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and a founding member of the Department of Bioengineering. He joined Lehigh in 2012 as an assistant professor and served as the P. C. Rossin Assistant Professor from 2015-2017. Dr. Zhou has extensive experience in biophotonics and has contributed to the development and validation of novel imaging modalities for various applications ranging from measuring the brain function to monitoring cancer treatments. Dr. Zhou has published over 70 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters and is a senior member of the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), Optical Society of America (OSA), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He serves as an associate editor of the IEEE Photonics Journal.
Research Scientist
Education
Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics, Institute of Gene Biology RAS (Moscow, Russia)
M.S. in Biotechnology, Timiryazev Agricultural Academy (Moscow, Russia)
B.S. in Agronomy and Pest Control, Timiryazev Agricultural Academy (Moscow, Russia)
Research Interest
Gene regulation, Optogenetics, Drug Discovery.
Hobby
Skiing, hiking, cooking, dog psychology.
Education
Research Interest
OCT, Biophotonics, Optical Diagnosis
Hobby
Soccer, Gardening, Handcrafting
Postdoctoral Researcher
Education
Ph.D. Electronis Engineering, Kyungpook National University, South Korea
M.S. Electronis Engineering, Kyungpook National University, South Korea
B.S. Electronis Engineering, Kyungpook National University, South Korea
Research Interest
OCT, Organoid, Clearing
Hobby
Soccer, Golf
Education
Ph.D. in Optical Science and Engineering, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA
M.Sc. in Physics, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA
Research Interest
OCT, Photonic Device
Hobby
Visiting new places, exploring new food
Graduate Student
Education
Ph.D. student in Electrical System and Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis , 09/2020-Present
B.S. Computer Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, 09/2016 – 06/2020
Research Interest
Software engineering, OCT system development, Photonic devices, Image processing
Hobby
Badminton, Melodica, Ancient mythology, Linguistics
Education
Ph.D. student in Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, 08/2021-Present
B.S. Biomedical Engineering; Business Administration, Tsinghua University, 08/2016-07/2020
Research Interest
Cardiovascular study, tissue engineering, optogenetics, iPSC, Drosophila, OCT
Hobby
Badminton, Art, Design
Education
Biomedical Engineering
Research Interest
Fruit fly project/optogenetic pacing
Hobby
Running
Education
Ph.D. student in Imaging Science, Washington University in St. Louis , 09/2022-Present
M.S. Electrical System and Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis , 09/2021-Present
M.S. Computer Science, Saint Louis University 09/19-06/21
B.S. Computational Mathematics, University of Science and Technology of China 09/15-06/19
Research Interest
Image Analysis, Deep Learning
Hobby
Board Game, Cooking
Education
Ph.D. student. Imaging Science, Washington University in St. Louis, 08/2022-Present
B.A. Physics; Music, Skidmore College, 09/2017-05/2021
Research Interest
Optical imaging, Integrated photonics, Computational tools
Hobby
Music, Rock Climbing
Education
Ph.D. student in Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis , 09/2022-Present
BS in biomedical engineering and minor in biological sciences, University of Rochester
Research Interest
Multi-photon imaging, cancer research, and tissue clearing.
Hobby
Baking
Education
Research Interest
Cancer Therapy, Cardiac diseases, Image analysis
Hobby
Dancing, Watching movies
Education
M.S. Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, 09/2021-Present
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Chongqing University, 09/2017-06/2021
Research Interest
Image analysis, OCT system
Hobby
Basketball, Dancing, Music
Education
Research Interest
OCT System, Neuroscience, Image Analysis
Hobby
Yoga, Cooking
Education
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Dayton 01/19-12/21
Research Interest
OCT system
Hobby
Soccer, Basketball, Athletics
Education
Master. Computer Science and Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, 09/2022-present
B.S. Computer Science, Washington University in St. Louis , 09/2018-05/2022
Research Interest
Image processing, computer vision, machine learning
Hobby
Rubik’s cubes, video games
Education
M.S. Data Analytics and Statistics , Washington University in St. Louis
B.A Mathematics, University of Washington, Seattle
Research Interest
Data Analytics, machine learning
Hobby
Shopping, cooking, yoga, traveling
Technician
Education
M.D. Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University
B.S. Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University
Research Interest
OCT
Hobby
Fishing, Soccer
Undergraduate Student
Xiangping Ouyang
Email: o.xiangping@wustl.edu
Education
B.S in Computer Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, 09/2021 – Present
B.S. in Mathematics, The College of Wooster, Ohio, 09/2018 – 06/2022
Research Interests
Image analysis
Hobby
Walking around lakes and enjoying the sunshine
Alumni
| Name | Time at Z-lab | Role at Z-lab | Placement |
| Aneesh Alex | 11/2012-03/2015 | Post-doctoral Associate | Visiting Scientist (GlaxoSmithKline), Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology |
| Xianxu Zeng | 11/2013-10/2014 | Visiting Scholar | Director, Pathology Department, the 3rd Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, China |
| Yutao Ma | 06/2012-09/2012 | Visiting Scholar | Associate professor, Software Engineering, Wuhan University, China |
| Qing Xu | 07/2014-09/2014 | Visiting Scholar | Shanghai, China |
| Mingming Chen (Brain Chan) | 09/2015-09/2016 | Visiting Student | Graduate student at Wuhan University, China |
| Charly Caredda | 06/2013-08-2013 | M.S., TELECOM Saint – Etienne | |
| Fengqiang Li | 06/2012-08/2012 | M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering | Ph.D. student at Northwestern University |
| Andre Sukernik | 12/2013-05/2015 | B.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) |
| Jonah Kohen | 06/2013-08/2013 | B.S., Computer Engineering | Graduate student at Stanford University |
| Katherine Vojir | 06/2012-09/2012 | B.S., Bioengineering | Biomaterials Research Engineer at DSM |
| Nicole Pirozzi | 09/2012-05/2014 | B.S., Bioengineering | Erasmus Mundus Master Program in Europe |
| Luisa Geopfert | 09/2015-02/2016 | Exchange Student | Lehigh University |
| Dana McAllister | 09/2012-05/2014 | High school student | Undergraduate student at Stevens Institute of Technology |
| Yuan Ning | 09/2016-06/2017 | Visiting Student | Tufts University |
| Jinda Pan | 09/2016-06/2017 | Visiting Student | Tianjin University |
| Canyu Li | 08/2016-08/2017 | Visiting Scholar | Deputy Director, The 3rd Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, China |
| Penghe Wu | 08/2015-09/2017 | Ph.D. candidate | |
| Xialin Sang | 07/2017-10/2017 | Visiting Student | Undergraduate student at Hainan University |
| Jia Rao | 01/2016-05/2017 | Undergraduate Student | Graduate Student at Cornell University |
| Ian Rubinoff | 01/2016-05/2017 | Undergraduate Student | Ph.D. student at Northwestern University |
| Qiongyu Guo | Research Scientist | Southern University of Science and Technology | |
| Tao xu | 08/2016-01/2018 | Visiting Student | Wuhan University |
| Xiaofang Wang | 02/2017-02/2018 | Visiting Student | Zhengzhou University |
| Jinming Wang | 08/2017-02/2018 | Visiting Student | Zhengzhou University |
| Mudabbir Badar | 08/2016-12/2018 | Postdoc | Kochi University of Technology |
| Yongyang Huang | 09/2013–05/2019 | Ph.D | Lehigh University |
| Lian Duan | 09/2015–12/2018 | M.S. | Lehigh University |
| Jason Syu | 09/2016-05/2018 | M.S. | Lehigh University |
| Yuanhao | 09/2017-05/2018 | M.S. | Lehigh University |
| Junchao Liu | Visiting Student | Computer Science, Wuhan University | |
| Luisa Goepfert | 09/2015-12/2015 | Visiting Student | |
| Rhea Malhotra | High School Student | Moravian Academy Upper School | |
| Guoyan Liu | 11/2018–07/2019 | Visiting Scholar | Weifang Medical University |
| Zhiwen Yang | 01/2019–08/2019 | Visiting Student | |
| Jingyun Zou | Ph.D. student | ||
| Zhao Dong | Ph.D. | ||
| Jason Jerwick | Ph.D. | ||
| Jing Men | Ph.D. | ||
| Guangming Ni | Postdoc | ||
| Boyang Zhang | M.S. | ||
| Yixuan Ming | Post Doc |