Dr. Bing Yu joined the MU-MCW Department of Biomedical Engineering from The University of Akron, where he was an Assistant Professor since 2012. Dr. Yu received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech in 2005. Between 2005 and 2012, he was a postdoc, Senior Research Scientist and Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Duke University. His research on cancer diagnosis and therapeutics has attracted over $7M funding from NIH and NSF. Dr. Yu has published over 70 technical papers or abstracts and is the inventor of 10 US/international patents or patent applications. Dr. Yu is also the co-founder of Zenalux Biomedical, Inc., a biomedical device company in North Carolina. His current research interests focus on optical spectroscopy, spectral imaging and endoscopy for cancer detection and treatment monitoring as well as miniature and cost-effective optical devices for global health. Dr. Yu is a Senior member of SPIE and a ASLMS Fellow.
