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Education
2003-2007 B.S. in Optical Information Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
2008-2010 M.S. in Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida
2010-2012 Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida
Work Experience
2018-now Professor of Biomedical Engineering. Southern University of Science and Technology
2014-2018 Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
2013-2014 Postdoctoral Associate, University of Florida
Research Interests
Development of novel optical imaging techniques for fundamental and clinical applications including photoacoustic microscopy, photoacoustic microscopy, optical coherence tomography, diffuse optical tomography and fluorescence molecular tomography.
Selected Publications
1. Shijie Ruan#, Wei Qin#, Linyang xingkong星空集团官网#, Tingting xingkong星空集团官网, Baochen xingkong星空集团官网, Xiao Liang, Lei Xi*, Noninvasive photoacoustic computed mesoscopy forlongitudinal brain imaging, Science Advances, 2026, 12(6), aea1602.
2. Wei Qin#, Tingting xingkong星空集团官网#, Linyang xingkong星空集团官网#, Tian Jin, Baochen xingkong星空集团官网, Weizhi Qi, Yifan Chen, Haoyang xingkong星空集团官网, Shijie Ruan, Heng Guo, Xiao Liang,Lei Xi*, A cortex-wide multimodal microscope for simultaneous Ca2+ and hemodynamic imaging in the awake mouse, Nature Communications, 2025, 16(1), 9364.
3. Linyang xingkong星空集团官网#, Xiao Liang#, Wei Qin, Heng Guo, Weizhi Qi, Tian Jin, Jianbo Tang*, Lei Xi*, Double spiral resonant MEMS scanning for ultra-high-speed miniaturized optical microscopy, Optica, 2023, 10(9), 1195-1202.
4. Tingting xingkong星空集团官网#, Weizhi Qi#, Wei Qin#, Linyang xingkong星空集团官网, Heng Guo, Xiao Liang, Baochen xingkong星空集团官网, Yifan Chen, Lei Xi*, Resolving acoustic temporal aliasing in high-throughput photoacoustic microscopy through spatial division multiplexing, Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2026, 20(14), e03093.
5. Wei Qin#, Tingting xingkong星空集团官网#, Yifan Chen#, Xiao Liang, Linyang xingkong星空集团官网, Heng Guo, Weizhi Qi*, and Lei Xi*, High-efficiency photoacoustic microscopy for ultrafast hemodynamic imaging, Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2025, 19(11), 2401545.
6. Jun Zhang, Denglu Peng, Wei Qin, Weiqi Qi, Xiaoya Liu, Yucheng Luo, Qiongyu Guo*, Lei Xi*, Organ‐PAM: Photoacoustic Microscopy of Whole‐organ Multiset Vessel Systems, Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2023, 17(7), 2201031.
7. Hongdian Sun#, Xiao Liang#, Linyang xingkong星空集团官网, Yuanlong Zhao, Heng Guo, Weizhi Qi and Lei Xi*, Dual-Scanning Photoacoustic Endomicroscopy for High-Speed Gastrointestinal Microvascular Imaging, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 2025, 44(6), 2709-2717.
8. Qiang Liu#, Weian Chao#, Ruyi Wen, Yubin Gong, Lei Xi*, Optimized Excitation in Microwave-induced Thermoacoustic Imaging for Artifact Suppression, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 2025, 44(1), 436-446.
9. Qiang Liu, Xiao Liang, Tingting xingkong星空集团官网, Weian Chao, Weizhi Qi, Tian Jin, Yubin Gong, Huabei Jiang, Lei Xi*, Split ring resonator topology based microwave induced thermoacoustic imaging (SRR-MTAI), IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 2023, 42(8), 3250647.
10. Aihui Sun#, Yaoyao Ji#, Yaxi xingkong星空集团官网, Wenhui Xie, Zhihe Liu, Tingting xingkong星空集团官网, Tian Jin, Weizhi Qi, Kai xingkong星空集团官网, Changfeng Wu, Lei Xi*, Multi-color Photoacoustic volumetric imaging of subcellular structures, ACS Nano, 2022, 16(2), 3231-3238.
