Dr. Zihao Ou is an Assistant Professor in the Biomedical Science Program and the Department of Physics at the University of Texas at Dallas. He earned his B.S. in Physics from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2015 and completed his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2020. After that, Dr. Ou joined Stanford University as an interdisciplinary scholar at the Wu-Tsai Neuroscience Institute, where he developed an innovative technique that rendered endogenous tissue transparent, enabling high-resolution imaging. Dr. Ou’s research focus lies at the intersection of fundamental physical principles and cutting-edge genetic and molecular advancements. His goal is to create advanced imaging platforms that allow real-time monitoring of materials and biological processes in their native environments.
