Prof. Junjie Yao

Fellow Member | Associate Professor at Duke Univ
Yao, Junjie
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SPIE Membership: 11.0 years
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Area of Expertise: Photoacoustic imaging, Optoacoustic imaging, Brain imaging, Molecular imaging, Functional imaging
Websites: Personal Website | Company Website
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ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2381-706X
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Dr. Junjie Yao is an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Duke University, with a secondary appointment at Duke Neurology. He is the director of Biophotonics Program at Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics. He is also affiliated with the Duke Cancer Institute and Duke Institute of Brain Sciences. Dr. Yao earned his B.S. (2006) and M.S. (2008) degrees in Biomedical Engineering from Tsinghua University in Beijing. He further pursued his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, and completed his doctoral studies in 2013 and postdoctoral training in 2016.
Since joining Duke University in 2016, Dr. Yao's research has focused on the development of photoacoustic tomography (PAT), ultrasound imaging, and ultrasound bioprinting technologies for applications in the life sciences. His pioneering work involves the integration of light and sound to enable high-speed functional brain imaging, deep-tissue molecular imaging, early-stage cancer detection, and through-tissue ultrasound printing. Dr. Yao’s research have been supported by grants from organizations such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), American Heart Association (AHA), Eli Lilly Collaborative Grant, and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI).
With a Google Scholar Total Citation count exceeding 13,000 and an H-index of 54, Dr. Yao's contributions to the field of biomedical engineering have been recognized with several notable awards, including the 2019 IEEE Photonic Society Young Investigator Award, the 2021 National Jewish Fund Faculty Fellowship, the 2022 NSF CAREER Award, and the 2023 Rising Stars of Light Award. Dr. Yao was elected as a Fellow of OPTICA in 2023, and Fellow of SPIE and AIMBE in 2025, ‘for breaking the limits of photoacoustic imaging in resolution, speed, and functionality, and translating the technical innovations to theragnostic impacts’. For more detailed information about Dr. Yao's research, please visit his website

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