Research Interests
Photoacoustic tomography (PAT) technologies, and translating PAT advances into diagnostic and therapeutic applications, especially in functional brain imaging and early cancer theranostics.
Selected Grants
3D super-resolution cavitation mapping in laser lithotripsy
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2028DART.3-Revolutionizing Neuropsychiatric Treatment through Noninvasive, Programmable Cell-Type-Specific Neuropharmacology
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2027CAREER: Mapping deep brain functions with super-resolution protoacoustic imaging
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2022 - 2027High-throughput Imaging-integrated Vascular Model for Understanding Thromboembolism and Therapeutics Screening
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Brigham and Women's Hospital · 2023 - 2026Precise Photoacoustic Imaging Guidance in Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by North Carolina Biotechnology Center · 2024 - 2026Innovations in Shock Wave Lithotripsy Technology
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · 1997 - 2026Investigating In Vivo Lipid Cardiometabolic Alterations with Incretin Target Engagement Using a Novel Photoacoustic Tomography
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Eli Lilly and Company · 2024 - 2026Noninvasive Deep-Brain Neurovascular Imaging with Light and Sound
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative · 2024 - 2025Targeted neuromodulation to enhance recovery of the aged brain after ischemic stroke
ResearchSignificant Contributor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2025High-resolution High-speed Photoacoustic and Ultrasound Imaging of Small Vessels Functions in Ischemic Stroke
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2025Mixtures and maternal health: the effects of forever chemicals in the context of cART
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Battelle · 2024 - 20253D Functional Photoacoustic Imaging of Human Brain with a Stretchable Ultrasound Matrix Array
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Pennsylvania State University · 2021 - 2024A turnkey research platform to accelerate clinical translation of targeted immunomodulation-enhanced therapies
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by SonoVol, Inc. · 2021 - 2024Sub-Diffraction Deep Photoacoustic Imaging with NIR photochromic Probes
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Albert Einstein College of Medicine · 2021 - 2024Head-mounted Photoacoustic Imaging of Deep-brain Neural Activities in Freely Behaving Animals
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2024High-Throughput Volumetric Photoacoustic Imaging of Living Vascularized Organoids
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2023Transcranial photoacoustic imaging using a virtual array
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Pennsylvania State University · 2020 - 2023Whole-organ bioreactor with integrated nondestructive 3D molecular imaging
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by SonoVol, Inc. · 2019 - 2022Photoacoustic-Imaging-Guided Intravascular Sonothrombolysis
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by North Carolina State University · 2019 - 2021Development of a Longitudinal Molecular Imaging Platform to Support Immuno-Oncology Research
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by SonoVol, Inc. · 2019 - 2020A turnkey research platform to accelerate clinical translation of focused-ultrasound (FUS) oncology therapies
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by SonoVol, Inc. · 2019 - 2020Evaluation of the accuracy of computer-guided laser delivery versus a human-operator for cutaneous applications
ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by American Society for Dermatologic Surgery · 2019 - 2020Training in Medical Imaging
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2003 - 2020External Relationships
- Lumius Imaging, INC
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