Qianqian Fang
Associate Professor and Associate Chair For Graduate Affairs, Bioengineering
Affiliated Faculty, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Contact
- q.fang@northeastern.edu
- 360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
Office
- 223 ISEC
- 617.373.3829
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Research Focus
Innovations in translational medical imaging devices to better diagnose cancers, low-cost point-of-care diagnostic tools to delivery life-saving medicines to the resource-poor regions, and high performance computing tools to facilitate the development of the next-generation imaging methods
Education
- 2005 PhD Biomedical Engineering Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College
- 1999 B.Eng. Electrical Engineering University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Honors & Awards
- 2021 College of Engineering Faculty Fellow
- Leading Innovation in Reimagining Global Health, Innovation Countdown 2030 Initiative
Professional Affiliations
- OSA, The Optical Society of America
Research Overview
Innovations in translational medical imaging devices to better diagnose cancers, low-cost point-of-care diagnostic tools to delivery life-saving medicines to the resource-poor regions, and high performance computing tools to facilitate the development of the next-generation imaging methods
Computational Optics & Translational Imaging Lab
The mission of the Computational Optics & Translational Imaging (COTI) Lab is to develop innovative optical imaging techniques and computational methods that can help diagnose and fight diseases, and ultimately improve the health and well-being of all.
Selected Research Projects
- A Versatile High-Performance Optical Mammography Co-Imager
- – Principal Investigator, National Institutes of Health
- GPU-Accelerated Monte Carlo Photon Transport Simulation Platform
- – Principal Investigator, National Institutes of Health
- Next-Generation Optical Brain Functional Imaging Platform
- – Principal Investigator, National Institutes of Health
Department Research Areas
Selected Publications
- A. Phong Tran, S. Yan, Q. Fang, Improving Model-Based fNIRS Analysis Using Mesh- Based Anatomical and Light-Transport Models, Neurophotonics, 7(1), 2020, 015008
- Y. Yuan, P. Cassano, M. Pias, Q. Fang, Transcranial Photobiomodulation with Near-Infrared Light from Childhood to Elderliness: Simulation of Dosimetry, Neurophotonics, 7(1), 2020, 015009
- S. Yan, A.P. Tran, Q. Fang, A Dual-Grid Mesh-Based Monte Carlo Algorithm for Efficient Photon Transport Simulations in Complex 3-D Media, Journal of Biomedical Optics, 24(2), 2019, 020503
- Q. Fang, S. Yan, Graphics Processing Unit-Accelerated Mesh-Based Monte Carlo Photon Transport Simulations, Journal of Biomed. Optics, 24(11), 2019, 115002
- P. Cassano, A.P. Tran, H. Katnani, B.S. Bleier, M.R. Hamblin, Y. Yuan, Q. Fang, Selective Photobiomodulation for Emotion Regulation: Model-Based Dosimetry Study, Neurophotonics, 6(1), 2019, 015004
Oct 02, 2020
PhD Spotlight: Morris Vanegas, PhD’21 – Bioengineering
Advised by Associate Professor Qianqian Fang, Bioengineering Morris Vanegas obtained his BS and MS degrees from MIT before joining the Computational Optics and Translational Imaging Lab (COTI Lab) in the Department of Bioengineering as a PhD student in the Fall of 2016. Since then, he has been the driving force for a number of research […]
Jun 01, 2016
Fang Awarded $1.7M NIH Grant
BioE Assistant Professor Qianqian Fang was awarded a five-year $1.7M NIH grant for "A Versatile High-Performance Optical Mammography Co-Imager".
Sep 04, 2015
New Faculty Spotlight: Qianqian Fang
Qianqian Fang joins the Bioengineering department in Fall 2015 as an Assistant Professor.