Educational Background:
· Bachelor's degree from the Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, 2005
· h.D. in Medical Physics from Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010
In 2010, he started his residency training in Radiation Oncology Medical Physics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, graduating in 2013. In the same year, he obtained the certification as a Therapeutic Medical Physicist from the American Board of Radiology. From 2013 to 2019, he served as an Assistant Professor and Clinical Medical Physicist at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine During this period, he established the Multimodal Imaging and Precision Radiotherapy Laboratory in 2014 and served as its Director. In February 2019, he returned to the USTC as a dual-appointed professor in the School of Physical Sciences and the First Affiliated Hospital of USTC.
Degree:
· 08/2006 – 05/2010: Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology
· 09/2001 – 07/2005: Bachelor's, Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University
Major Work Experience:
· 02/2019 – Present: Professor, School of Physical Sciences and the First Affiliated Hospital of USTC
· 08/2013 – 02/2019: Assistant Professor and Medical Physicist, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
· 07/2010 – 08/2013: Medical Physics Resident, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Research Directions:
1. Image-Guided Radiotherapy Systems:
Integrating medical imaging technologies such as CT, MRI, and Optical imaging into radiotherapy systems to achieve precise tumor localization, treatment guidance, and efficacy evaluation.
2. Nanotechnology-Based Molecular Imaging Systems:
Developing high-sensitivity and high-specificity molecular imaging technologies and methods using novel targeted nanotechnologies to achieve precise tumor diagnosis and treatment.
Representative Research Papers:
K. Xu,J. Shi, A. Pourmand, T. Udayakumar, N. Dogan, W. Zhao, A. Pollack, Y. Yang*. Plasmonic Optical Imaging of Gold Nanorods Localization in Small Animals. Scientific Reports. 2018. 8:9342.
J. Shi, T. Udayakumar, K. Xu, N. Dogan, A. Pollack, Y. Yang*. Bioluminescence Tomography Guided Small Animal Radiotherapy and Tumor Response Assessment.
International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics. 2018. 102(4):848-857.
J. Shi, T. Udayakumar, Z. Wang, N. Dogan, A. Pollack, Y. Yang*. Optical Molecular Imaging Guided Radiation Therapy Part 2: Integrated X-ray and Fluorescence Molecular Tomography. Medical Physics. 2017. 44(9):4795-4803.
J. Shi, T. Udayakumar, Z. Wang, N. Dogan, A. Pollack, Y. Yang*. Optical Molecular Imaging Guided Radiation Therapy Part 1: Integrated X-ray and Bioluminescence Tomography. Medical Physics. 2017. 44(9):4786-4794.
M. I. Monterroso, N. Dogan, Y. Yang*.Evaluation of Motion Effect on Dose Delivery in Tumor Tracking Based Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy of Abdominal Targets. Austin J Radiat Oncol & Cancer. 2016. 2(2): 1020.
H. Sha, Thirupandiyur Udayakumar, Perry Johnson, N. Dogan, A. Pollack, Y. Yang*. An Image Guided Small Animal Stereotactic Radiotherapy System. Oncotarget. 2016. 7(14): 18825–18836.
Y. Yang*, M. Armour, K. Wang, N. Gandhi, I. Iordachita, J. Siewerdsen, and J. Wong. Evaluation of a Cone Beam Computed Tomography Geometry for Image Guided Small Animal Irradiation. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2015. 60: 5163-5177.
Y. Yang*, K. Wang, S. Eslami, I. Iordachita, M. S. Patterson, J. Wong. Systematic Calibration of an Integrated X-Ray and Optical Tomography System for Preclinical Radiation Research. Medical Physics. 2015. 42:1710-1720.
Y. Yang*, E. Ford, B. Wu, B. van Triest, M. Pinkawa, P. Campbell, D. Song, T. McNutt. An Overlap-Volume-Histogram Based Method for Rectum Dose Prediction and Automated Treatment Planning in the External Beam Prostate Radiotherapy Following Hydrogel Injection. Medical Physics. 2013. 40(1):011709.
Y. Yang, J. Liu, Y. Yang, S.H. Cho, T.C. Hu. Assessment of Cell Infiltration in Myocardial Infarction：A Dose-Dependent Study Using Micrometer-Sized Iron Oxide Particles. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 2011. 66:1353-1361.
Y. Yang, A. Schumacher, Y. Yang, J. Liu, X. Shi, W.D. Hill, T.C. Hu. Monitoring Bone Marrow-Originated Mesenchymal Stem Cell Traffic to Myocardial Infarction Site Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 2011. 65:1430-1436.
Y. Yang, Y. Yang, N. Yanasak, A. Schumacher, T.C. Hu. Temporal and Noninvasive Monitoring of Inflammatory-Cell Infiltration to Myocardial Infarction Sites Using Micrometer-Sized Iron Oxide Particles. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 2010. 63:33-40.
Affiliation:
· School of Physical Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)
· The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC
· Room 603, Instruments Center for Physical Science, Central Campus of USTC
Phone: +86-551-63607486