Jianan QU

Jianan QU

Professor, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering
Ph.D, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Elected Fellow, Optica (www.optica.org)
Elected Fellow, SPIE (www.spie.org)

E-mail.:. eequ at ust.hk
Department link.:.
ece.hkust.edu.hk/eequ

Principle investigator

Research interests:

Biophotonics
Modern optical devices and systems
Optical imaging processing
Laser technology
Environmental monitoring

Academic experiences and qualifications:

1997 - present: Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
2006: Invited Professor, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne), Switzerland.
2005: Visiting Associate Professor, Beckmann Laser Institute and Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine, USA.
1995 - 1997: Staff Scientist, Division of Biophysics and Bioimaging, Ontario Cancer Institute, Toronto, Canada.
1991 - 1994: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Physics, University of California, Irvine, USA; British Columbia Cancer Research Center, Vancouver, Canada.

Selected recent publications:

1. Wanjie Wu, Yingzhu He, Yujun Chen, Yiming Fu, Sicong He, Kai Liu, Jianan Y. QU, “In Vivo Imaging in Mouse Spinal Cord Reveals that Microglia Prevent Degeneration of Injured Axons”, Nature Communications, (2024)
2. Yingzhu HE, Youshan Heng, Zhongya Qin, Xiuqing Wei, Zhenguo Wu and Jianan Qu, “Intravital microscopy of satellite cell dynamics and their interaction with myeloid cells during skeletal muscle regeneration", Science Advances, (2023)
3. Zhongya Qin, Zhentao She, Congping Chen, Wanjie Wu, Jackie K.Y. Lau, Nancy Y. Ip and Jianan Y. Qu, “Deep tissue multi-photon imaging using adaptive optics with direct focus sensing and shaping", Nature Biotechnology, (2022)
4. Wanjie Wu, Sicong He, Junqiang Wu, Congping Chen, Xuesong Li, Kai Liu and Jianan Y. Qu, “ Long-term in vivo imaging of mouse spinal cord through an optically cleared intervertebral window”, Nature Communications, V. 13, 1959 (2022)
5. Zhongya Qin, Congping Chen, Sicong He, Ye Wang, Kam Fai Tam, Nancy Y. Ip and Jianan Y. Qu, "Adaptive optics two-photon endomicroscopy enables deep brain imaging at synaptic resolution over large volumes", Science Advances, 30 Sep 2020: Vol. 6, no. 40, eabc6521
6. Zhongya Qin, Sicong He , Chao Yang, Jasmine Sum-Yee Yung, Congping Chen, Christopher Kai-Shun Leung, Kai Liu and Jianan Y. Qu, "Adaptive optics two-photon microscopy enables near-diffraction-limited and functional retinal imaging in vivo", Nature – Light: Science & Applications, (2020)9:79