Shuo Yang

Shuo Yang’s research focuses on the development of next-generation implantable and wearable optical and photoacoustic technologies for deep-tissue sensing, imaging, and intervention. Before transitioning into the biomedical field, Dr. Yang spent a decade developing fiber-optic devices for telecommunications and industrial sensing in extreme environments. This background provided him with deep expertise in laser-based microfabrication, specialty optical fibers, and advanced fiber optics—knowledge he now leverages to design novel biomedical interfaces.

Dr. Yang has authored dozens of peer-reviewed articles in high-impact journals, including Nature Neuroscience, Nature Communications, and Light: Science and Applications, and holds several U.S. patents for his inventions. His contributions have been recognized with numerous accolades, including the Best Paper Award at SPIE Photonics West 2025 and an Early-Career Travel Award at Neuroscience 2024. He was also the sole engineering recipient of the 2024 McDonnell Center for Systems Neuroscience Small Grant.

He earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech (2020) and his B.E. in Electronics Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2014). From 2021 to early 2026, he was a postdoctoral research associate in Dr. Song Hu’s lab at Washington University in St. Louis.