Assistant Professor, Research Fellow, Doctoral Advisor

Biography

Dr. Shuai Na is interested in the development and clinical translation of photoacoustic and ultrasonic imaging technology. He has published around 30 academic papers in the fields of high-sensitivity ultrasonic transducers, photoacoustic image reconstruction algorithms, and multimodal photoacoustic and ultrasonic imaging technology, applied for two U.S. invention patents, participated in two projects funded by National Institutes of Health (NIH) and one funded by Canadian National Innovation Fund (CFI), led three projects funded by the Canadian Microsystem Design Consortium (CMC Microsystems), and is serving as the guest editor of two journals Micromachines and Applied Science. The achievements on human brain functional photoacoustic tomography and cross-ray ultrasound tomography won two Best Paper Awards of SPIE Photonics West. The achievements on high-sensitivity ultrasonic transducers won the CMC Microsystems Award. His research group, Biomedical Optical and Acoustic Imaging Laboratory (BOAI Lab), will be committed to developing advanced functional imaging technologies with higher sensitivity, higher specificity, and greater universality to promote brain science and clinical medical research.

Education

2013-2017 University of Waterloo, Department of System Design Engineering, Ph.D.

2010-2013 Fudan University, Mechanics and Engineering Science, M.A.

2006-2010 Tongji University, The School of Aerospace Engineering and Applied Mechanics, B.A.

Work experience

2017.11–2022.2 California Institute of Technology, Department of Medical Engineering, Postdoctoral Scholar

2022.4–Present Peking University, College of Future Technology, Assistant professor

Project

n The National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars (2022.1-2024.12)

Representative publications

1. Shuai Na#; Jonathan J. Russin#; Li Lin#; Xiaoyun Yuan#; Peng Hu; Kay B. Jann; Lirong Yan; Konstantin Maslov; Junhui Shi; Danny J. Wang; Charles Y. Liu*; Lihong V. Wang*; Massively Parallel Photoacoustic Computed Tomography of Human Brain Function, Nature Biomedical Engineering, 2022, 6(5), 584-592.

2. Shuai Na; Lihong Wang; Photoacoustic computed tomography for functional human brain imaging, Biomedical Optics Express, 2021, 12(7): 4056-4083

3. Li Lin#; Peng Hu#; Xin Tong#; Shuai Na#; Rui Cao; Xiaoyun Yuan; David C. Garrett; Junhui Shi; Konstantin Maslov; Lihong Wang*; High-Speed Three-Dimensional Photoacoustic Computed Tomography for Preclinical Research and Clinical Translation, Nature Communications, 2021, 12(882).

4. Shuai Na; Xiaoyun Yuan; Li Lin; Julio Isla; David Garrett; Lihong Wang*; Transcranial Photoacoustic Computed Tomography Based on a Layered Back-Projection Method, Photoacoustics, 2020, 20.

5. Shuai Na; Albert I.H. Chen; Lawrence L.P. Wong; Zhenhao Li; Mirek Macecek; John T.W. Yeow*; Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers Based on Annular Cell Geometry for Air-Coupled Applications, Ultrasonics, 2016, 71: 152-160.

6. Shuai Na; Zhou Zheng; Albert I-Hsiang Chen; Lawrence L. P. Wong; Zhenhao Li; John T.W. Yeow*; Design and Fabrication of a High-Power Air-Coupled Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducer Array with Concentric Annular Cells, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 2017, 64(11): 4636-4643.

7. Shuai Na; Zhenhao Li; Lawrence L. P. Wong; Albert I.-Hsiang Chen; Mirek Macecek; John T. W. Yeow*; An Optimization and Comparison Study of Air-Coupled CMUTs with Circular and Annular Cell Geometries, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 2017, 64(11): 1723-1734.

8. Shuai Na; Lawrence L.P. Wong; Albert I.H. Chen; Zhenhao Li; Mirek Macecek; John T.W. Yeow*; Lumped Element Modeling of Air-Coupled Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers with Annular Cell Geometry, Ultrasonics, 2016, 76: 19-27.

9. Shuai Na; Yang Zhang; Lihong Wang; Cross-ray ultrasound photoacoustic computed tomography of brain function, The International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) - Photonics West, 2022. Best paper award.

10. Shuai Na; Jonathan J. Russin; Li Lin; Xiaoyun Yuan; Peng Hu; Kay B. Jann; Lirong Yan; Konstantin Maslov; Junhui Shi; Danny J. Wang; Charles Y. Liu; Lihong V. Wang; Mapping Human Brain Function with Massively Parallel High-Speed Three-Dimensional Photoacoustic Computed Tomography, The International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) - Photonics West, 2021. Best paper award.