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. Gewei Yan, Guangnan Tian, Yiming Fu, Yingzhu He, Zhentao SHE, Kenny K. Y. Chen, Julie L. Semmelhack, Jianan Y. Qu, “Active pixel power control for crosstalk-free all-optical neural interrogation”, Nature Communications, (2026)
2. Zhentao SHE, Yiming Fu, Yingzhu He, Gewei Yan, Wanjie Wu, Zhongya Qin, Jianan Y. Qu, “Rapid adaptive optics enabling near noninvasive high-resolution brain imaging in awake behaving mice”, Nature Communications, (2025)
3. 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)
4. 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)
5. 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)
6. 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, (2022)
7. 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, (2020)

Group Members

Senior technician and laboratory manager

Bruce LEE

E-mail eelee at ust.hk

Graduate students

Yiming FU

B.S., Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
E-mail yfuaq at connect.ust.hk

Yingzhu HE

B.S., Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Email yhebi at connect.ust.hk

Kangqi LIU

M.S., BUAA, Beijing, China
E-mail kliubg at connect.ust.hk

Zhentao SHE

B.S., HUST, Wuhan, China
E-mail zshe at connect.ust.hk

Jonathan TING

B.S., HKUST, Hong Kong, China
E-mail thtingaa at connect.ust.hk

Wanjie WU

B.S., Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
E-mail wwuas at connect.ust.hk

Gewei YAN

B.S., SUSTech, Shenzhen, China
E-mail gyanac at connect.ust.hk

Peian XIAO

M.S., UCLA, Los Angeles, USA
E-mail eepeianx at ust.hk

Ruyi ZHOU

M.S., Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
E-mail rzhouaw at connect.ust.hk

Group Gallary →

Alumni

Zhijian Huang (Postdoc, 1998-99; PhD, HUST, China), Senior Network Solution Manager, Huawei Technologies, Basingstoke/Reading, United Kingdom

Jianwen Hua (Postdoc, 1998-2001; PhD, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Professor, The Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Yue Wen (Visiting scholar, 1998-2001), Professor, Beijing Jiaotong University

Henry Cheng (MPhil, 2001; B.S., HKUST, Hong Kong, China), Solicitor, Ellen Au & Co, Hong Kong

Wumei Lin (MPhil, 2003; B.S., Zhejiang University), Senior Engineer, The Institute of Optics and Electronics, The Chinese Academy of Sciences

Balwin Chan (MPhil, 2003; B.S., HKUST, Hong Kong, China), Senior Technician, HKUST

Peng Xi (Postdoc. 2004-2005; PhD, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Professor, the College of Future Technology, Peking University, China

Yuk Lam WONG (MPhil, 2006; B.S., Hong Kong University),

Yicong Wu (PhD, 2007; B.S. & M.S., Zhejiang University), Senior Staff Scientist, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, NIH, USA (since 2011); Director, Cancer Imaging Program at National Cancer Institute, NIH, USA (2023)

Tao Wu, (PhD, 2008; B.S., HUST, China), Research Scientist, Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA (last contact)

Jianping Li (PhD student, 2004-2005; B.S., Shandong University), PhD, Hong Kong Baptist University; Principal Engineer, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Juanjuan Zheng (MPhil, 2009; M.S., Zhejiang University), Specialist, NIO NextEV Limited

Min Wang (MPhil, 2010; B.S., Zhejiang University), Senior Engineer, ASM Pacific Technology, Hong Kong, China

Dong Li (PhD, 2011; B.S. Zhejiang University), Professor, Institute of Biophysics, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (since 2015); Professor, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University (2023)

Wei Zheng (PhD, 2011; B.S. Zhejiang University), Professor, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Wei Zhang (MPhil, 2012; B.S., Fudan University), Senior Engineer, Micron Semiconductor Asia, Singapore

Seng Khoon Teh (PhD student, 2011-2013; B.S.&M.S., National University of Singapore), Senior manager, Johnson and Johnson.

Yan Zeng (PhD, 2014; B.S., Zhejiang University), Home Domain Project Leader & Standard Director, Huawei Technologies, Shenzhen

Jun Jiang (MPhil, 2014; B.S., Shandong University), PhD, Duke University; Senior Engineer, KLA, USA

Qiqi Sun (PhD, 2017; B.S., Zhejiang University), Senior R&D Engineer, Edan Instruments, Shenzhen, China

Sicong He (PhD, 2017; B.S., Zhejiang University), Assistant Professor, School of Life Science, SUSTech, China

Xuesong Li (PhD, 2018; B.S., Zhejiang University), Postdoc Fellow, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, NIH, USA (since 2018); Assistant Professor, School of Life Science, SUSTech, China (2024)

Congping Chen (PhD, 2021; B.S., HUST), Senior R&D Engineer, Mindray Medic, Shenzhen, China

Zhongya Qin (PhD, 2021; B.S., Zhejiang University), Senior R&D Engineer, 2012 Lab, Huawei Technlogies, Shenzhen, China