Changhuei Yang
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering & BioEngineering
MC 136-93, 13 Moore
Phone: (626) 395-8922
Email: chyang@caltech.edu
Education
PhD, EECS, MIT,2002
BSc, Mathematics, MIT,2002
MEng, EECS, MIT, 1997
BSc, Physics, MIT, 1997
BSc, EECS, MIT, 1997
Field of Study
Professor Yang’s research area is biophotonics—the imaging
and extraction of information from biological targets through the use of light.
His research efforts can be categorized into two major groups – Optofluidics
for biosensing and interferometry based imaging.
Optofluidics - Optofluidics is a nascent technology field that combines optics
and microfluidics. Prof. Yang's group is working on developing a microscope-on-a-chip
system that is tiny, high resolution and cheap.
This optofluidic microscope has the potential of dramatically improving third
world healthcare and simplifying bioscience research. Prof Yang serves as the
associate director of the DARPA funded Center for Optofluidic Integration at
Caltech.
Interferometry
based imaging - Prof Yang's group has been developing novel imaging schemes based
on interferometry that enable high sensitivity cell dynamic studies
and fast microscopy imaging. In addition, his group has been developing a
novel narrow bore imaging needle scope that can enable clinicians to 'see' ahead
of
a needle tip during surgical procedures.
Professor Yang graduated from MIT in 2002 and has steadily moved towards warmer
climate thereafter. After short stints at ESPCI (Paris) and Duke University,
he settled down in Caltech in Dec 2003. Professor Yang recently received the
NSF CAREER award and the Coulter Foundation Early Career Award.
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