Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator
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Shu Jia, Ph.D. (CV - short version)
Associate Professor, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, GT/Emory
Faculty member: BioEngineering Program, Petit Institute for Bioengineering & Bioscience (IBB), Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology (IEN), Winship Cancer Institute
Advisory and Editorial Boards: Cell Reports Physical Sciences, Optics Express
Office: Whitaker 2112 || Lab: Whitaker 2219, 2220, 2221, 2222
Phone: 404.894.0290
Email: shu.jia AT gatech.edu
Business Administrator: Sheyil Taylor, sheyil.taylor AT bme.gatech.edu, 404.385.1155, Whitaker 2104
Postdoctoral Associates
Postdoctoral Associates
Xuanwen Hua, Ph.D. (webpage)
B.S. in Biophysics, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University
UAW 2219
Email: x.hua AT gatech.edu
Petit Scholar Mentor, 2019
ASME-IMECE NSF Student Poster Competition Award, 2024
ASME NSF Research Award, 2024
RA&S Spotlight Award, Georgia Tech, 2025
Graduate Students
Graduate Students
Kidan Tadesse (webpage)
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Physics Minor, University of Arkansas
Bioengineering PhD Program, Department of Biomedical Engineering
UAW 2219
Email: ktadesse3 AT gatech.edu
Petit Scholar Mentor, 2022
Suddath Award Honorable Mention, 2024
Keyi Han (webpage)
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Double Minor in Chemistry and Electrical Engineering, Boston University
Biomedical Engineering PhD Program
UAW 2219
Email: khan300 AT gatech.edu
F. L. "Bud" Suddath and Frances "Lee" Gafford Suddath Fellowship Award, 2025
OPTICA Outstanding Reviewer, 2025
Corey Zheng (webpage)
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Minor in Computing and Intelligence, Georgia Institute of Technology
Biomedical Engineering PhD Program
UAW 2219
Email: czheng45 AT gatech.edu
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
President's Fellowship, Georgia Tech
3MT Winner, Georgia Tech, 2023
GT IEN seed grant, 2023
OPTICA Imaging Congress Best Student Paper Prize, 2025
Kyungduck Yoon (webpage)
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang University, Korea
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota
Bioengineering PhD Program, Department of Mechanical Engineering
UAW 2219
Email: leo.k.yoon AT gatech.edu
Nels Nelson Memorial Fellowship
ACS Photonics Cover Story, 2023
Optics in 2024, OPTICA - The Optical Society of America
Jooyeong Yun (webpage)
B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
UAW 2221
Email: jooyeongyun AT gatech.edu
Best Poster Award, MRS Spring Meeting, 2023
GT IEN seed grant, 2024
Asan Foundation Biomedical Science Scholarship, 2025
Zhi Ling (webpage)
B.S. & M.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
Bioengineering PhD Program, Department of Mechanical Engineering
UAW 2219
Email: zling41 AT gatech.edu
National College Chinese Chess Championship
Emil Wolf Best Paper Award, OPTICA (Optical Society of America), 2023
Ph.D. Research Excellence Award, Georgia Tech, 2025
Hao Wu (webpage)
B.S. in Optical Engineering, University of Rochester
Biomedical Engineering PhD Program, GT/Emory
UAW 2221
Email: hwu648 AT gatech.edu
Musicianship and Pianist with the Eastman School of Music, Rochester
Hansol Yoon (webpage)
B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Sogang University
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
UAW 2221
Email: h.yoon AT gatech.edu
Outstanding Presentation Award, the 7th Carnegie Mellon Forum on Biomedical Engineering, 2025
Zijun Gao (webpage)
B.S. in Materials and Nanosciences, University of Waterloo, Canada
M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington
Bioengineering PhD Program, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
UAW 2219
Email: zgao326 AT gatech.edu
Emil Wolf Best Paper Award, OPTICA (Optical Society of America), 2023
Peng Chen (webpage)
B.S. in Physics, Optoelectronics, Energy, Soochow University
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Hong Kong
Bioengineering PhD Program, Department of Biomedical Engineering
UAW 2219
Email: pchen406 AT gatech.edu
Yan Huang (webpage)
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech / Emory
Biomedical Engineering PhD Program
UAW 2221
Email: yhuang711 AT gatech.edu
Undergraduate Students
Undergraduate Students
Alumni
Alumni
Former Postdoctoral Associates and Scholars
Former Postdoctoral Associates and Scholars
Dingding Han (2025), now with the Susan Thomas lab at Georgia Institute of Technology
Biagio Mandracchia (2022), now RAMÓN Y CAJAL Professor at University de Valladolid
Changliang Guo (2019), now Associate Investigator at Peking University
Abhijit Marar (2021), now at Naveen Jindal School of Management, the University of Texas at Dallas
Haoyu Li (2017), now Professor at Harbin Institute of Technology
Jian Wang (2017), now Professor at Harbin Institute of Technology
Bin Yu (2018), now Professor at Shenzhen University
Former Graduate Students
Former Graduate Students
Bryce Schroeder (MD/PhD, 2018), now Pediatric Gastroenterologist at SUNY Downstate Medical Center / Kings County Hospital
Jeonghwan (Dylan) Son (PhD, 2023), now Strategy Consultant at Siemens
Xuanwen Hua (PhD, 2023), now Postdoctoral Fellow at GT/Emory
Shunan Wu (PhD - GT/Emory/PKU with Dr. Xunbin Wei, 2025), now in the semiconductor industry
Xinzhu Xu (PhD - GT/Emory/PKU with Dr. Peng Xi, 2024), now an engineer at Apple
Wenhao Liu (PhD, 2024), now at Harbin Institute of Technology
Nikita Yadunath (MS, 2017), now Senior Engineer at Dexcom
Lipi Shah (MS, 2020), now an Engineer at SpaceX
Tara Urner (NSF Graduate Research Fellow, 2018-20), now at Emory University
Oluwatofunmi (Tofunmi) Sodimu (MS, 2023), now College of Computing, Georgia Tech
Former Undergraduate Students
Former Undergraduate Students
Tianrui Qi (2025), now a Ph.D. student at Boston University
Amy Wang (2024), now Ph.D. student with Professor John Rogers at Northwestern University
Anna Wong (2024), SURE REU, now at Wellesley University
Qingyu Chen (2023), now a Ph.D. student with Professor Ji Yi at Johns Hopkins University
Andrew Inman (2022), now Systems/Robotics R&D at Johnson & Johnson
Suraj Rajendran (2021), now Ph.D. student with Dr. Fei Wang and Dr. Iman Hajirasouliha at Weill Cornell Medical College
Stella Yang (2021), now a research staff member at Stanford University
Benjamin Lapid (2021), now an MD student at the Medical College of Georgia
Jacqueline Zhu (2019), Petit Scholar, now with Janssen Pharmaceuticals
Haoyu Xu (2019), now a Ph.D. student with Professor Marcus Cicerone at Georgia Tech
Jimmy George (2018), now Diagnostic Radiologist at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
Milan Gunasekera (2018), now Data Scientist at Bristol Myers Squibb
Sravan Munagavalasa (2018), now a Ph.D. student with Professor Paolo Privitera at the University of Chicago
Taehyoung Kim (2017), now a medical imaging engineer at Samsung
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