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Search Lihong Wang and Changhuei Yang Named to National Academy of Inventors December 09, 2020
Two Caltech faculty members, Lihong Wang and Changhuei Yang, have been named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). According to the NAI, election as a fellow is the highest professional distinction accorded to academic inventors who have demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development and the welfare of society.
Wang, the Bren Professor of Medical Engineering and Electrical Engineering, is focused on biomedical imaging. His lab has developed photoacoustic imaging that allows researchers to see into biological tissues noninvasively, and to peer deeper into the body by nearly two orders of magnitude compared to conventional optical microscopy. Wang has been the recipient of a National Science Foundation CAREER award; and, from the National Insti