Alex (Zheng) Han, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at University of Central Oklahoma
Email: zhan1@uco.edu
EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
| 2024- present | Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering University of Central Oklahoma |
| 2022- 2023 | Manager and Data Scientist of Institute for Predictive Medicine, Center for Health Systems Innovation, Spears School of Business, Oklahoma State University |
| 2021-2022 | Instructor, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Department of Surgery, Stephenson Cancer Center |
| 2019-2021 | Research Associate (Faculty level), Johns Hopkins University Department of Radiology |
| 2020-2023 | Online Master, Computer Science Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 2017-2019 | Postdoctoral fellow, Johns Hopkins University Department of Radiology |
| 2011-2017 | Ph.D, Case Western Reserve University Department of Biomedical Engineering |
| 2007-2011 | B.S., Tianjin University, Department of Chemical Engineering |
RESEARCH INTEREST
My research goal is to leverage the state-of-the-art translational artificial intelligence (AI) and engineering approaches to develop the next generation imaging probes, imaging mechanisms, and image-guided drug/gene delivery systems for elucidating, detecting, and quantifying the functional and pathological alterations on the cellular and molecular levels in diseases, particularly cancer, to improve precision medicine of conventional and new treatment strategies. Namely, my current research focuses on
- Develop AI-based tools for image reconstruction, segmentation, generation, and computer-aided diagnosis that facilitate cancer diagnosis
- Developing deep learning (DL) and MR fingerprinting (MRF) methods for improving the precision of photoacoustic and MR molecular imaging , e.g. to increase imaging depth of photoacoustic imaging and accurate quantification of metabolites by MRI.
- Deployment of AI tools to extract clinically relevant information from electronic health data (EHR) to facilitate prediction of post-traumatic epilepsy.
- Design, synthesis, and application of imaging-traceable novel small, macromolecular, and nanoparticle drug/gene delivery systems
- . Apply CEST MRI and other labeling techniques to image otherwise non-traceable biomolecules and metabolic processes .