Biomedical Optical Imaging Laboratory

Yang Liu

Professor of Bioengineering & Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, 2006
M.S. in Chemistry, University of Chicago, 2001
B.S. in Chemistry, Nankai University, 1999

Phone: (217)244-6208

Email: liuy46@illinois.edu

Address: 4047 Beckman Institute, 405 N Mathews Ave, M/C 251, Urbana, IL 61801

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Hongqiang Ma

Resarch Assistant Professor

Hongqiang received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China. His current research focuses on developing high-throughput, low-cost and multi-color super-resolution microscopy system and advanced 3D live-cell imaging sytems.

Email: mhq@illinois.edu

Address: 3436 Beckman Institute, 405 N Mathews Ave, M/C 251, Urbana, IL 61801

Phuong (Hong) Nguyen

Hong is Research Scientist. She received her Ph.D. in Biotechnology from Kyung Hee University in Korea. She is working on developing multiplexed fluorescence labeing strategies for multiplexed transcriptomic and proteomic imaging. She also applies these techniques to study tumor microenvironment.

Email: pn88@illinois.edu

Address: 1250 Digital Computer Laboratory, 1304 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

Yaxin Yang

Yaxin Yang is a graduate student in the Department of Bioengineering at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her current research focuses on genomic and large-scale image analysis to identify the molecular and physical traits of cancer cells when they develop resistance to chemotherapy.

Chaojie Zhang

Chaojie Zhang is a graduate student in the Department of Bioengineering at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. His current research focuses on single-cell morphodynamics to predict the cell response to theraupetics.

Dimitrios Gotsis

Dimitrios is a graduate student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. His current research focuses on large-scale image analysis of spatial omics data in inflammatory bowel diseases.

Shuyuan Zhang

Shuyuan is a graduate student in the Department of Bioengineering at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her current research focuses on biological investigation of epigenetic factors and tumor microenvironment in drug resistance of cancer cells.

Shengjie Ma

Shengjie is a master student in the Department of Computer Science at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He is working on the development of software package for super-resolution image reconstruction and image analysis.

Vidhi Parmar

Vidhi is a master student in the Department of Bioengineering at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She is developing low-cost long-term live-cell imaging devices.

Shengwei Chen

Shengwei is a Mechanical Engineering student at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He is developing automated imaging and sample preparation devices.