Dr. Jun Xia, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York, and the director of the Optical and Ultrasonic Imaging Laboratory in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. He received his doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto and post-doctoral training at Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Xia is the principal investigator or co-investigator on multiple grants from NIH, NSF, private foundations, and industrial partners. He is a recipient of the 2017 Komen Career Catalyst Award and the 2020 Qualcomm Faculty Award. Dr. Xia’s research focused on biosensing and bioimaging using a combination of light and sound. He has published one book, three book chapters, and more than ninety papers in peer-reviewed journals. He currently serves as the Associate Editor of Biomedical Optics Express and Frontiers in Photonics: Biophotonics.

Title of Talk : Translational Photoacoustic Imaging