People

Principal Investigator

Pengfei Song, PhD
Y. T. Lo Faculty Fellow and Associate Professor, Fellow of AIUM

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Primary)
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology (Full-time faculty)
Department of Bioengineering (Affiliate)
Carle Illinois College of Medicine (Affiliate)
Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology (Affiliate)
Cancer Center at Illinois (Member)
Neuroscience Program (Member)
National Center for Supercomputing Applications (Affiliate)
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine & Science
Beckman 4041 | songp@illinois.edu | (217) 300-9763

Research Scientists

Matthew Lowerison, PhD
Ph.D. in Medical Biophysics, University of Western Ontario
Beckman 4039 | mloweri@illinois.edu
Research: In vivo applications of super-resolution ultrasound imaging

Postdoctoral Research Associates

Zhe Huang, MD, PhD
Ph.D. in Clinical Medicine, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
M.D., Harbin Medical Sciences University
Beckman 4039
Research: In vivo applications of super-resolution ultrasound imaging

Yue Xu (Jan, 2025)
Ph.D. (expected) in Biomedical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
B.S. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing
Research: Cardiac ultrasound imaging; super-resolution imaging

PhD Students

Qi You, MS
B.S. in Electronics Science and Engineering, Nanjing University
M.S. in Electronics and Engineering, Nanjing University
Beckman 4031 | qiyou3@illinois.edu
Research: Fast super-resolution ultrasound imaging; 3D super-resolution imaging

YiRang Shin, MS
B.S. in Information and Communication Engineering, DGIST
M.S. in Information and Communication Engineering, DGIST
Beckman 4027 | yirangs2@illinois.edu
Research: Deep learning in ultrasound  imaging; super-resolution imaging

Yike Wang
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology
Beckman 4035 | yikew2@illinois.edu
Research: Functional ultrasound imaging

Bing-Ze Lin, MS
B.S. in Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, National Yang-Ming University
M.S. in Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, National Yang-Ming University
Beckman 4031 | bzlin2@illinois.edu
Research: Molecular super-resolution imaging, focused ultrasound

Dongliang Yan, MS
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California
Research: High frequency ultrasound transducer/array development; functional ultrasound imaging

Murong Yi, MS
B.S. in Communication Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
M.S.E in Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
Research: Deep learning and computational imaging in ultrasound imaging

Yashuo He, MS
M.S. in Computer Science and Technology, Shanghai Tech University (Shanghai Tech)
Research: Transducer development; wearable ultrasound.

Master’s Students

Owen Shin (BIOE)
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Research: Wearable ultrasound

Research Staff

Senior Research Specialist
Rita Miller, DVM

Beckman 4215 | rjmille@illinois.edu | (217) 333-3133

Administrative Staff

Administrative Support (Beckman)
Bill Mullins
Beckman 4209 | wmullins@illinois.edu | (217) 300-1052

Alumni

  • Xi Chen, PhD | 2019 – 2024, PhD student | Current position: Reconstruction Scientist, Canon Medical Research USA
  • Zhijie Dong, PhD | 2019 – 2023, PhD student | 2023 Postdoctoral Research Associate | Current position: Senior System Engineer, iota Biosciences
  • Jihun Kim, PhD | 2021-2022, Postdoctoral Research Associate | Current position: Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Kangnam University
  • Wei Zhang, MD | 2019 – 2020, Postdoctoral Research Associate and Visiting Scientist | Current position: Radiologist and Associate Chief Physician, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
  • Huiming Yi, MD | 2019 – 2020, Visiting Scientist | Current position: Radiologist and Associate Chief Physician, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
  • Ashley Sung | 2023-2024, BIOE undergraduate student | Current position: graduate student at Northwestern University
  • Jake Nickel | 2021-2022, ECE undergraduate student | Current position: graduate student at University of California, Berkeley
  • Jason Pan | 2019-2020, ECE undergraduate student
  • Ben Sisserman | 2019-2020, ECE undergraduate student