
Chao Zhou
Washington University in St. Louis, USA
Dr. Chao Zhou is a professor in the Biomedical Engineering Department at Washington University in St. Louis with experience spans over two decades in biophotonics. He obtained his B.S. degree in physics from Peking University, his Ph.D. degree also in physics from the University of Pennsylvania, and post-doctoral training at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Before joining WashU in 2019, he was an assistant/associate professor in Electrical Engineering and Bioengineering at Lehigh University. Dr. Zhou is a fellow of Optica (formerly the Optical Society of America, OSA), the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) and American Heart Association (AHA), and a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He has published over 90 peer-reviewed journal articles in top journals, including Science Advances, Nature Medicine, Nature Communications, Cancer Research, Medical Image Analysis, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Cell Stem Cells, etc., with a total citation of over 8,000 times and an h-index of 47 according to Google Scholar. He is a recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the National Institute of Health (NIH) K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award (2011), the National Innovation Award (2017) from TechConnect World Innovation Conference and National Innovation Summit, RPB Stein Innovation Award (2020) from the Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) Foundation, the Innovative Research Award (2021) from the Clayco Foundation and the ASRM/Jones Foundation Investigative Scientist Award (2024).