Rate My Professor Ken Kang-Hsin Wang

Ken Kang-Hsin Wang, Ph.D., DABR, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, with a joint appointment in the Biomedical Engineering Program. Recruited in 2020 as a CPRIT Scholar in Cancer Research, he leads the Biomedical Imaging and Radiation Technology Lab (BIRTLab), dedicated to innovating biomedical imaging and radiation technologies for cancer research. The lab's multidisciplinary efforts encompass medical physics, biomedical optics, radiation therapy, computational modeling, engineering, and biology, translating developments to empower the scientific community in pursuing cancer cures. Wang earned his B.Sc. in Physics from National Central University, Taiwan (2001), and Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Rochester (2008), where his doctoral work focused on photodynamic therapy. He completed postdoctoral training and a medical physics residency, serving as Chief Resident, at the University of Pennsylvania. From 2012 to 2020, he was Senior Clinical Physicist, Dosimetry Supervisor, and Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, advancing optical tomography-guided radiation therapy and leading stereotactic radiation services.