2026

  1. Ph.D. preliminary exam presentation

    Ph.D. preliminary exam

    Passed my Ph.D. preliminary exam and am now officially a Ph.D. candidate. Thanks to my committee and labmates for their support along the way.

  2. Giving a talk at SPIE Photonics West 2026

    Two talks and a Best Presentation Award at SPIE Photonics West 2026

    Back in San Francisco for SPIE Photonics West, where I gave two talks, on curvature-adaptive gigapixel microscopy (watch) and high-throughput 3D zebrafish profiling (watch). The zebrafish talk received the BaySpec Best Presentation Award. Another highlight of the week was meeting Prof. Joseph Goodman.

2025

  1. Curvature-adaptive gigapixel microscopy

    Editors' Pick in Optics Letters

    Our curvature-adaptive gigapixel microscopy paper was published and selected as an Editors’ Pick. Press coverage includes Optica, Phys.org, Bioengineer, EurekAlert!, Nanowerk, Optics.org, F4 News, and Photonics Spectra.

  2. Moscone Center during SPIE Photonics West 2025

    First visit to SPIE Photonics West

    My first visit to SPIE Photonics West. I did not present this year, but it was a great chance to learn from leaders in the field, meet new people, and pick up ideas for new research.

2024

  1. HUST graduation ceremony

    Graduated from HUST

    Graduated from HUST. I am grateful to my advisor, Prof. Yong Deng, for her mentorship. These years built the foundation for my work in optics and imaging.

2023

  1. Presenting at the BME 2023 conference in Suzhou

    First conference talk at BME 2023

    Gave my first conference talk at BME 2023 in Suzhou, China, on deep learning for full estimation of optical properties in thin ex vivo tissue. I was the only undergraduate speaker in my session.