Meet Our Faculty

Jie Deng, Ph.D., Professor

Research Interests

  • MR guidance for cancer radiotherapy
  • Quantitative MRI and imaging biomarker
  • AI in medical imaging

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Jie Deng, Ph.D.

Raquibul Hannan, M.D., Ph.D., Professor

Research Interests

  • Prostate cancer radiotherapy target delineation

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Raquibul Hannan, M.D., Ph.D.

Hao Peng, Ph.D., Professor

Research Interests

  • Adaptive proton therapy
  • AI
  • PET imaging
  • FLASH
  • PULSAR

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Hao Peng, Ph.D.

David Sher, M.D., M.P.H., Professor

Research Interests

  • AI-assisted decision making and automation for head and neck cancer radiotherapy

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David Sher, M.D., M.P.H.

Jing Wang, Ph.D., Professor

Research Interests

  • AI-assisted clinical decision making and medical image processing
  • Lesion classification
  • Radiomics
  • Treatment outcome prediction

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Jing Wang, Ph.D.

Yulong Yan, Ph.D., Professor

Research Interests

  • AI-empowered real-time localization systems

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Yulong Yan, Ph.D.

Shahed Badiyan, M.D., Associate Professor

Research Interests

  • MR guidance for cancer radiotherapy
  • Quantitative MRI and imaging biomarkers
  • AI in radiation therapy treatment planning

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Shahed Badiyan, M.D.

Bin Cai, Ph.D., Associate Professor

Research Interests

  • AI-assisted CBCT guided online adaptive radiotherapy

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Bin Cai, Ph.D.

Neil Desai, M.D., Associate Professor

Research Interests

  • Auto-segmentation of sexual function structures

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Neil Desai, M.D.

Andrew Godley, Ph.D., Associate Professor

Research Interests

  • Clinical implementation of AI-based decision support to improve plan quality

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Andrew Godley, Ph.D.

Mu-Han Lin, Ph.D., Associate Professor

Research Interests

  • Clinical implementation of AI-assisted adaptive radiotherapy

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Mu-Han Lin, Ph.D.

Weiguo Lu, Ph.D., Associate Professor

Research Interests

  • Intelligent imaging, planning, and quality assurance for radiotherapy
  • Medical error detection and prevention
  • High-performance computation

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Weiguo Lu, Ph.D.

Dan Nguyen, Ph.D., Associate Professor

Research Interests

  • Intelligent treatment planning for cancer radiotherapy
  • Optimization techniques and algorithms

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Dan Nguyen, Ph.D.

Asal Rahimi, M.D., M.S., Associate Professor

Research Interests

  • AI-assisted breast cancer radiotherapy

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Asal Rahimi, M.D.

Zabi Wardak, M.D., Associate Professor

Research Interests

  • AI-based distributed radiosurgery for brain metastases

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Zabi Wardak, M.D.

Ying Zhang, Ph.D., Associate Professor

Research Interests

  • MRI-guided online adaptive radiotherapy
  • AI-assisted image auto-segmentation
  • AI-accelerated adaptive replanning and delivery

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Ying Zhang, Ph.D.

You Zhang, Ph.D., Associate Professor

Research Interests

  • Intelligent 4D image reconstruction and motion modeling
  • AI-driven real-time volumetric imaging and target localization
  • AI-driven automatic quality assurance for radiotherapy

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You Zhang, Ph.D.

Tingliang Zhuang, Ph.D., Associate Professor

Research Interests

  • AI-empowered simulation-free radiotherapy

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Tingliang Zhuang, Ph.D.

Prasanna Alluri, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Research Interests

  • AI prediction of radiation-induced cardiotoxicity

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Prasanna Alluri, M.D., Ph.D.

Liyuan Chen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Research Interests

  • Inverse treatment planning
  • Medical image processing: denoising, deblurring, segmentation, classification, and registration
  • Medical image reconstruction
  • Treatment outcome prediction

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Liyuan Chen, Ph.D.

Tu Dan, M.D., Assistant Professor

Research Interests

  • Adaptive MR-guided radiotherapy
  • Radiogenomics
  • AI-assisted treatment planning for brain tumors

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Tu Dan, M.D.

Michael Dohopolski, M.D., Assistant Professor

Research Interests

  • Adaptive radiation therapy
  • AI in medical imaging
  • AI-based outcome predictions
  • AI uncertainty quantification
  • Application of large language models

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Michael Dohopolski, M.D.

Aurelie Garant, M.D., Assistant Professor

Research Interests

  • Target delineation for prostate and bladder cancer radiotherapy
  • AI-assisted transperineal procedures with image guidance

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Aurelie Garant, M.D.

Yesenia Gonzalez, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Research Interests

  • Adaptive radiotherapy
  • Deep learning for medical applications

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Yesenia Gonzalez, Ph.D.

Heejung Kim, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Research Interests

  • Adaptive radiotherapy
  • Artificial intelligence

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Heejung Kim, Ph.D.

Dillon Li, M.D., Assistant Professor

Research Interests

  • Precision radiation therapy strategies based on the integration of tumor genomic profiling
  • AI-assisted radiogenomics modeling

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Dillon Li, M.D.

Nina Sanford, M.D., Assistant Professor

Research Interests

  • Rectal cancer biomarkers for treatment response assessment

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Nina Sanford, M.D.

Chenyang Shen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Research Interests

  • Machine learning/deep learning algorithms for cancer radiotherapy
  • Intelligent treatment planning
  • Numerical optimization algorithms for medical imaging and treatment planning

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Chenyang Shen, Ph.D.

Justin Visak, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Research Interests

  • Adaptive radiotherapy
  • Novel treatment planning technology

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Justin Visak, Ph.D.

Daniel Yang, M.D., Assistant Professor

Research Interests

  • Machine learning applications for clinical oncology
  • Clinical informatics tools to improve patient care

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Daniel Yang, M.D.

Bowen Jing, Ph.D., Instructor

Research Interests

  • AI in medical image analysis
  • Treatment outcome prediction
  • Radiomics and image biomarkers

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Bowen Jing, Ph.D.

Mahdieh Kazemimoghadam, Ph.D., Instructor

Research Interests

  • AI in medicine
  • Deep learning and predictive models
  • Medical image segmentation

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Mahdieh Kazemimoghadam, Ph.D.

Hua-Chieh Shao, Ph.D., Instructor

Research Interests

  • Real-time volumetric imaging and tumor motion tracking
  • Deformable image registration and its applications in image-guided radiotherapy
  • Dynamic CBCT and MRI image reconstruction
  • Magnetic resonance-guided radiotherapy

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Hua-Chieh Shao, Ph.D.

Junjie Wu, Ph.D., Instructor

Research Interests

  • Clinical implementation of AI technologies

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Junjie Wu, Ph.D.

Jin Seung Kim, Ph.D., Visiting Associate Professor

Jin Seung Kim, Ph.D.

Jin Hwa Choi, M.D., Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor

Jin Hwa Choi, M.D., Ph.D.