Principal Investigator
Qinggong Tang, Ph.D.
Dr. Tang is an Associate Professor with Endowed Stephenson Professorship at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Optoelectronics from the Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, in 2012 and his Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2017. His research has been focused on the development of translational optical imaging devices and novel machine-learning-based computer-aided diagnosis algorithm for biomedical applications including early cancer detection, cancer therapy monitoring, functional brain imaging, and surgical guidance. His interests include machine learning, optical coherence tomography, endoscopy, fluorescence imaging, multiphoton microscopy, and the development of novel quantitative multi-modal optical imaging devices. Sponsored by NIH, NSF, Oklahoma state and other funding agencies, his research has led to >45 peer-reviewed articles in highly acclaimed biomedical journals and over 75 presentations and invited talks in leading biomedical conferences and seminars. Dr. Tang is the NSF EPSCoR Research Fellow and recipient of the NSF CAREER award in 2022.
Research Assistant Professor
Tri's research focused on Photoacoustic Imaging.
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=kt9OJ3YAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate
Contact: tri.q.vu-1@ou.edu
Postdoctoral Scholars
Chen Wang (May 2024- ), Ph.D. University of Oklahoma Chen's research work is closely related to optical coherence tomography (OCT) technique used for diagnose and surgery. Also, Chen interested in endoscope and its applications on detection of tissue in order to help doctors in therapy process.
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=BZVRYOEAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate
Contact: chen_wang_ou@ou.edu
Feng Yan (May 2024- ), Ph.D. University of Oklahoma Lucas (Feng) earned his Bachelor of Engineering in Optoelectronic Information Science and Engineering at Nanchang Hangkong University. His past research was focused on Stimulated Brillouin Scattering (SBS) and Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT). Currently, he is working on the application of OCT and Fluorescence Laminar Optical Tomography (FLOT) on early Cancer and Tumor Detection.
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=eZnHgiEAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate
Contact: feng.yan@ou.edu
Graduate Students
Qinghao Zhang (Fall 2022- )
Qinghao Zhang is a PhD student in Biomedical Engineering at University of Oklahoma, he earned his Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Information Engineering at Guilin University of Electronic Technology. His previous research focused on robotics and communications, now he is working on applying Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) for donor organs evaluation and surgical guidance.
Contact: qinghao.zhang-1@ou.edu
Bornface Mutembei (05/2022- )
Honors Research program, Accelerated Master Student
Bornface's research focuses on medical image processing using machine learning and deep learning.
Contact: bornface.m.mutembei-1@ou.edu
Daniel Karami (July 2025 — Present)
Daniel is a PhD student in the Stephenson School of Biomedical Engineering at The University of Oklahoma. He earned his Bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering & Master’s in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Oklahoma in 2015 & 2021, respectively. He has worked in Germany, Thailand, & France as a chemical engineer & biotechnologist. He is involved in the community around Oklahoma City as members of boards for the OKC Philharmonic, OKC Ballet, Contemporary Art Museum, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, & Leadership Oklahoma City.His research interests include translational engineering, drug delivery & bioreactors & is currently working on human organ perfusion.
Contact: dk@ou.edu
Undergraduate Students
Contact: kaustubh.pandit@ou.edu
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Leena Ahmad (09/2025-)
Leena Ahmad is a second-year undergraduate Biology major on the pre-medicine track. She has experience in environmental microplastics research using fluorescence imaging and data analysis. She will assist with organ perfusion research to study the bioaccumulation of microplastics.
Contact: leena.m.ahmad-1@ou.edu
