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Junjie Yao

Jeffrey N. Vinik Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Room 1427, Fitzpatrick CIEMAS, 101 Science Drive, PO Box 90281, Durham, NC 27708
Hudson Hall Annex 261, Durham, NC 27708
Office hours Monday to Friday: 9:30 am to 6:00 pm (walk-in welcome)  

Service to the Profession


Program Chair · May 2026 - May 2026 Event/Organization Administration European Molecular Imaging Meeting (EMIM) 2026
Session Chair and Organizer · May 2026 - May 2026 Event/Organization Administration Acoustical Society of America Annual Meeting 2026
Program Chair, Optical Tomography and Spectroscopy · April 2026 - April 2026 Event/Organization Administration OPTICA Biophotonics Congress 2026
Associate Editor · 2026 Editorial Activities IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
Editorial Board Member · 2026 Editorial Activities PhotoniX Life
Advisory Committee Member, Optical Biopsy Conference · January 2026 - January 2026 Event/Organization Administration SPIE Photonics West 2026
Participant, Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Leaders Network (ACC/ALN) · 2026 Professional Development Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Consortium
Session Chair, Light and Aging · November 2025 - November 2025 Event/Organization Administration PIERS 2025 (Photonics and Electromagnetics Research Symposium)
Imaging Track Chair · October 2025 - October 2025 Event/Organization Administration Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting 2025
Deep Dive Session Organizer · September 2025 - September 2025 Event/Organization Administration CZI Imaging the Future 2025
Session Chair, BRAIN · April 2025 - April 2025 Event/Organization Administration OPTICA Biophotonics Congress 2025
Program Chair · March 2025 - March 2025 Event/Organization Administration European Molecular Imaging Meeting (EMIM) 2025
Associate Editor · 2025 Editorial Activities Journal of Biomedical Optics (SPIE)
Associate Editor · 2025 Editorial Activities Science Advances (AAAS)
Session Chair · October 2024 - October 2024 Event/Organization Administration Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting 2024
Session Chair · October 2023 - October 2023 Event/Organization Administration Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting 2023
Editorial Board Member · 2023 Editorial Activities CHATmed
Editorial Board Member · 2023 Editorial Activities BMC Medical Imaging
Associate Editor · 2021 Editorial Activities Frontiers in Neuroscience
Session Chair · October 2020 - October 2020 Event/Organization Administration Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting 2020
Guest Editor · 2020 - 2020 Editorial Activities Biomedical Optics Express
Editorial Board Member · 2020 Editorial Activities Photoacoustics (Journal of Photoacoustics)
Session Chair · October 2019 - October 2019 Event/Organization Administration Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting 2019
Organizing Chair, Special Workshop on Photoacoustic Imaging · October 2018 - October 2018 Event/Organization Administration Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting 2018
Committee Member · April 2018 - April 2018 Event/Organization Administration OSA Biophotonics Congress: Biomedical Optics 2018
Editorial Board Member · 2018 Editorial Activities Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery
Session Chair, Imaging Techniques in Biomechanics · October 2017 - October 2017 Event/Organization Administration Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting 2017
Session Chair, Novel Photoacoustic Technologies · July 2017 - July 2017 Event/Organization Administration 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC 2017)
Session Chair · July 2017 - July 2017 Event/Organization Administration 31st KAST International Symposium on Photoacoustic Imaging in Medicine and Biology
Editorial Board Member · 2017 Editorial Activities Scientific Reports (Biophysics)
Associate Editor · 2017 Editorial Activities Infrared and Laser Engineering
Guest Editor · 2015 - 2015 Editorial Activities BioMed Research International
Guest Editor · 2014 - 2014 Editorial Activities The Scientific World Journal

Service to Duke


Session Chair · March 2025 - March 2025 Event/Organization Administration Duke Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics Annual Symposium 2025
Member, Provost’s Advisory Committee on Bass Professorships · 2025 Committee Service Duke University
Member, Pratt Engineering Faculty Council (EFC) · 2025 Committee Service Duke University Pratt School of Engineering
Chair, BME Distinguished Seminar Committee · 2024 Committee Service Duke University Department of Biomedical Engineering
Chair, BME Imaging Faculty Search Committee · 2023 Committee Service Duke University Department of Biomedical Engineering
Member, BME Doctoral Academic Committee · 2022 Committee Service Duke University Department of Biomedical Engineering
Member, BME Distinguished Seminar Committee · 2022 Committee Service Duke University Department of Biomedical Engineering
Member, Pratt Science Culture and Accountability Planning Committee · 2022 - 2022 Committee Service Duke University Pratt School of Engineering
Member, BME Strategic Visioning Committee · 2022 Committee Service Duke University Department of Biomedical Engineering
Co-Chair, Posters Award Committee · May 2021 - May 2021 Event/Organization Administration Duke Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics Annual Symposium 2021
Member, Pratt DECI Faculty Committee · 2021 Committee Service Duke University Pratt School of Engineering
Participant, BME Graduate Recruitment Open House · 2021 - 2021 Event Participation Duke University Department of Biomedical Engineering
Mentor, BME Coffee Chat Program · 2021 - 2021 Professional Development Duke University Department of Biomedical Engineering
Member, Executive Committee and Seminar Committee · 2021 Committee Service Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics, Duke University
Member, BME DST 2.0 Faculty Search Committee · 2021 Committee Service Duke University Department of Biomedical Engineering
Guest Mentor, BME PhD Peer Mentoring Program · 2020 - 2020 Professional Development Duke University Department of Biomedical Engineering
Member, BME DST Faculty Search Committee · 2020 Committee Service Duke University Department of Biomedical Engineering
Member, Pratt Undergraduate Research Committee · 2018 Committee Service Duke University Pratt School of Engineering
Member, Red Team Review Panel · 2017 Committee Service Duke University Office of Foundation Relations
Member, BME Medical Imaging Training Program Symposium Award Committee · 2017 Committee Service Duke University Department of Biomedical Engineering
Member, Duke University Laser Safety Committee · 2017 Committee Service Duke University
Member, Medical Center Laser Safety Committee · 2017 Committee Service Duke University Medical Center
Judge, BME Design Symposium Award · 2016 Event Participation Duke University Department of Biomedical Engineering