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Junjie Yao, PhD (he/him/his)

Associate Professor
Duke University
Durham, United States

Dr. Junjie Yao is an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Duke University, with a secondary appointment at Duke Neurology. He is also affiliated with the Duke Cancer Institute, Duke Institute of Brain Sciences, and Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics. Dr. Yao earned his B.S. (2006) and M.S. (2008) degrees in Biomedical Engineering from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. He further pursued his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, and completed his doctoral studies in 2013 and postdoctoral training in 2016, both under the mentorship of Dr. Lihong V. Wang.
Since joining Duke University in 2016, Dr. Yao's research has focused on the development of photoacoustic tomography (PAT), ultrasound imaging, and ultrasound bioprinting technologies for applications in the life sciences. His pioneering work involves the integration of light and sound to enable high-speed functional brain imaging, deep-tissue molecular imaging, early-stage cancer detection, and through-tissue ultrasound printing. Dr. Yao’s research have been supported by grants from organizations such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), American Heart Association (AHA), and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI).
Dr. Yao's contributions to the field of biomedical engineering have been recognized with several notable awards, including the 2019 IEEE Photonic Society Young Investigator Award, the 2021 National Jewish Fund Faculty Fellowship, the 2022 NSF CAREER Award, and the 2023 Rising Stars of Light Award. In 2023, Dr. Yao was elected as a Fellow of OPTICA (formerly OSA) and senior member of SPIE ‘for breaking the limits of photoacoustic imaging in resolution, speed, and functionality, and translating the technical innovations to theragnostic impacts’.
For more detailed information about Dr. Yao's research, please visit his website at http://photoacoustics.pratt.duke.edu/.

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