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.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Education
Ph.D. Optical Engirneering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China & Nanyang Technological University 2018
M.S. Optical Engirneering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China 2014
B.S. Electronic Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China 2011
Short Biography
Guangming Ni received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from University of ElectronicScience and Technology of China in 2011 and 2014, respectively. From 2014 to 2018, He was a Ph.D. sutdent of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China and a joint Ph.D. student of Nanyang Technological University. His research area is focused on optical coherence tomography (OCT) and its applications in biomedical imaging.
Graduate Student
Education
Ph.D. student in Biomedical Engineering, Lehigh University, 9/2014 – present
Master student in Optics, Peking University, 9/2011- 7/2014
Short Biography
Jing Men received her Bachelor’s degree in Northeast Normal University in July 2010. From September 2011 to July 2014, she is a master student in Optics in Peking University. Since September 2014, she becomes a Ph.D. student of Lehigh University in Biomedical Engineering. Her research area is mainly about Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) and its applications on fruit flies.
Education
Ph.D Student in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Lehigh University, 01/2015-Present
B.S. in Bioengineering, Lehigh University, 08/2011- 01/2015
Short Biography
Jason earned a B.S. in Bioengineering from Lehigh University in January 2015. He is currently working towards a Ph.D in Electrical and Computer Engineering. His research area is focused on optical coherence tomography (OCT) and its applications in biomedical imaging.
Education
Ph.D. Student in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Lehigh University, 06/2016-Present
University of Southern California 08/2012-12/2014
B.S. in Sichuan University 08/2008-08/2012
Education
Ph.D. student in Department of Biomedical Engineering in Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, 07/2019 – present
Master student in Electrical & Computer Engineering, Lehigh University, 09/2016 – 05/2018
B.S. in Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, 09/2012 – 07/2016
Short Biography
Jinyun Zou received his B.S. degree in Optoelectronic Engineering at Shenzhen University in July 2016, obtained his Master degree in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) at Lehigh University. He has been a Ph.D. student in Department of Biomedical Engineering in Washington University in St. Louis since 2019. His research area is focused on optical coherence tomography (OCT) and its applications in biomedical imaging.
Visiting Scholar
Zhiwen Yang
Visiting Student (01/2019 – 08/2019)
Email: zhiweny@wustl.edu
B.S. student in Beihang University
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 |