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Academic Profile

Academic Background: Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2005; M.S., Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2002; B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2000.

Research Interests: Ultrasound therapy, histotripsy, and non-invasive medical treatments.

Appointments: Li Ka Shing Endowed Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2005–present.

Awards: IEEE Ultrasonics Early Career Award, 2011; NIH R01 Grant Recipient, 2015.

Publications:

• Histotripsy: Noninvasive Ultrasound Surgery (Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, 2016)
• Ultrasound-mediated tissue ablation (Journal of the Acoustical Society, 2019)

Additional Contributions: Holds multiple patents in histotripsy technology; co-founder of HistoSonics, a medical device company.