Biomedical Optics Laboratory

Jackson State University

Shan Yang

Assistant Professor of Physics

Office: Just Hall of Science 350

E-mail: Shan.Yang at jsums.edu ; Tel: 601-979-3611


2014-Present, Jackson State University

2011-2014 Research Associate, Deapartment of Mechanical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH

2010-2011 Postdoc Fellow, Biomedical Research Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV

2004-2010 PhD in Physics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV

The primary research interest of the Biomedical Optics Laboratory is to develop novel optical instruments for medical applications. This interest is supported by a two-pronged approach:

1) Exploring the fundamental physics of light sources, spectroscopy and imaging; and

2) Exploring interactions between lights and biological tissues.

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