Lihong V. Wang Explained

Lihong V. Wang
Citizenship:	American
Field:	Optical engineering
Work Institutions:	Washington University in St. Louis California Institute of Technology
Alma Mater:	Huazhong University of Science & Technology B.S.& M.S; Rice University PhD
Doctoral Advisors:	Robert Curl Richard Smalley; Frank Tittel
Thesis Title:	FT-ICR studies of gallium arsenide cluster ions
Thesis Year:	1992
Thesis Url:	http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1031096702
Known For:	photoacoustic imaging

Lihong V. Wang is the Bren Professor of Medical Engineering and Electrical Engineering at the Andrew and Peggy Cherng Department of Medical Engineering at California Institute of Technology and was formerly the Gene K. Beare Distinguished Professorship of Biomedical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis. Wang is known for his contributions to the field of Photoacoustic imaging technologies.^{[1] [2]} Wang was elected as the member of National Academy of Engineering (NAE) in 2018.

Education

Wang received B.S. and M.S. degrees in optics engineering from Huazhong University of Science & Technology respectively in 1984 and 1987.Wang earned a PhD from Rice University in Houston, Texas.^[3]

Career

Wang was the recipient of several award, including NIH's FIRST, NSF's CAREER, NIH Director's Pioneer,^[4] and NIH Director's Transformative Research awards.^[5] Wang also received the OSA C.E.K. Mees Medal "for seminal contributions to photoacoustic tomography and Monte Carlo modeling of photon transport in biological tissues and for leadership in the international biophotonics community".^[6] Wang has been conferred upon by an honorary doctorate degree by Lund University located in Sweden for his contributions towards the field of Biomedical Imaging.^[7]

Wang has published more than 470 peer-reviewed journal articles including Nature, Science, and PNAS. His book Biomedical Optics: Principles and Imaging^[8] was one of the first in the field, and received the Joseph W. Goodman Book Writing Award.^[9] Wang was the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Biomedical Optics from 2010 to 2017.

In 2018, Wang was elected as the member of National Academy of Engineering(NAE) for "inventions in photoacoustic microscopy enabling functional, metabolic, and molecular imaging in vivo".^[10]

Awards

• 2018 Michael S. Feld Biophotonics Award.^[11]

See also

• Michael Stephen Feld
• The Optical Society

External links

• Lihong V. Wang Profile at Caltech
• Lihong V. Wang Lab
• Lihong V. Wang on Google Scholar

Notes and References

1. X. Wang. Non-invasive laser-induced photoacoustic tomography for structural and functional imaging of the brain in vivo. Nature Biotechnology. 21. 803–806. 2003. 10.1038/nbt839 . 12808463 . 7. 2961096. etal.
2. Single-shot real-time video recording of a photonic Mach cone induced by a scattered light pulse. 2017. 10.1126/sciadv.1601814. Liang. Jinyang. Ma. Cheng. Zhu. Liren. Chen. Yujia. Gao. Liang. Wang. Lihong V.. Science Advances. 3. 1. e1601814. 28116357. 5249257. 2017SciA....3E1814L.
3. Web site: Caltech Optical Imaging Laboratory Director - Lihong V. Wang Biography . coilab.caltech.edu . November 28, 2018.
4. Web site: 2012 Pioneer Award Recipients . 9 September 2016.
5. Web site: 2013 Transformative R01 Award Recipients . 9 September 2016.
6. Web site: C.E.K. Mees Medal . 9 September 2016.
7. Web site: Honorary doctorate degree conferred on Prof. Lihong V. Wang. 9 January 2014 .
8. Book: Lihong V. Wang. Hsin-i Wu. Biomedical Optics: Principles and Imaging. 26 September 2012. John Wiley & Sons. 978-0-470-17700-6. 3–.
9. Web site: Joseph W. Goodman Book Writing Award . 2010 . 12 September 2016.
10. Web site: National Academy of Engineering Elects 83 Members and 16 Foreign Members.
11. Web site: The Optical Society Presents the 2018 Michael S. Field Biophotonics Award . osa.org . February 28, 2018 . November 28, 2018.