Faculty
Dr. Jianbo Tang earned his PhD in Biomedical Engineering from University of Florida. He completed his postdoctoral research training with Dr. David Boas in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Boston University and the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at MGH-Harvard Medical School. His research focuses on developing novel functional imaging technologies and ultrasound therapy techniques for biomedical research and translational applications.
We have open positions immediately available. Please email [email protected] for more information.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Optical coherence tomography
Laser speckle contrast imaging
Dynamic imaging
Functional ultrasound imaging
Ultrasound localization microscopy (super-resolution ultrasound imaging)
Focused ultrasound therapy
EDUCATION
Ph.D. University of Florida, USA 08/2011-05/2016
M.S. Harbin Institute of Technology, China 08/2005-06/2011
B.S. Harbin Institute of Technology, China 08/2005-06/2011
WORKING EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor – Southern University of Science and Technology, ShenZhen 10/2020
Postdoc –Harvard Medical School & Boston University, USA 09/2016-10/2020
HONORS & AWARDS
1.NIH K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award (1K99AG063762-01A1) 04/2020
2.Biomedical Optics Congress Student Poster Presenter Award Finalist, OSA 04/2016
3.Travel fund award, University of Florida 04/2016
4.Best Oral Presentation, the Departmental Pruitt Research Day 11/2014
PUBLICATION
2023
1.Fen Yang, Wenguo Ding, Xinlei Fu, Wei Chen, and Jianbo Tang*. “Photoacoustic Elasto-viscography and Optical Coherence Microscopy for Multi-parametric ex vivo Brain Imaging”, Biomed. Opt. Express. 2023 (Accepted)
2. Bingxue Liu, Yongchao Wang, Natalie Fomin-Thunemann, Martin Thunemann, K?v?lc?m K?l??, Anna Devor, David A. Boas, and Jianbo Tang*. “Time-lagged Functional Ultrasound Imaging for Measuring Multi-parametric Cerebral Hemodynamic Responses”, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging.2023 (Accepted)
3. Xiangsen Guo, Guangyuan Ren, and Jianbo Tang*. “Autocorrelation Analysis-based OCT Velocimetry for Axial Blood Flow Velocity Imaging of the Cerebral Capillary Network”. Optics Letters. 2023 Jul 1; 48(13): 3599-3602. doi: 10.1364/OL.493011.
4. Junxiong Zhou, Yuntao Li, Jianbo Tang*. "Adaptive dynamic analysis-based optical coherence tomography angiography for blood vessel projection artifact suppression," Biomed. Opt. Express 14 (1), 477-488 (2023).
5. Linyang Li, Xiao Liang, Wei Qin, Heng Guo, Weizhi Qi, Tian Jin, Jianbo Tang*, and Lei Xi*. “Double spiral resonant MEMS scanning for ultra-high-speed miniaturized optical microscopy”, Optica, Vol. 10, Issue 9, pp. 1195-1202 (2023).
6. Christian Staehr, John T. Giblin, Eugenio Gutiérrez-Jiménez, Halvor Guldbrandsen, Jianbo Tang, Shaun L. Sandow, David A. Boas, Vladimir V. Matchkov. “Neurovascular Uncoupling is Linked to Microcirculatory Dysfunction in Regions Outside the Ischemic Core Following Ischemic Stroke”. Journal of American Heart Association. 2023 Jun 6;12(11):e029527. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.123.029527
7. Stephen S. Tucker, John T. Giblin, Kivilcim Kili?, Anderson Chen, Jianbo Tang, and David A. Boas. “Optical coherence tomography-based design for a real-time motion corrected scanning microscope”, Optics Letters. Vol. 48, Issue 14, pp. 3805-3808 (2023)
8. Qi Pian, Mohammed Alfadhel, Jianbo Tang, Grace V. Lee, Baoqiang Li, Buyin Fu, Yagmur Ayata, Mohammad Abbas Yaseen, David A. Boas, Timothy W. Secomb,d, and Sava Sakadzic*. “Cortical microvascular blood flow velocity mapping by combining dynamic light scattering optical coherence tomography and two-photon microscopy”, Journal of Biomedical Optics, 28(7), 076003 (2023),
2022
9. Yuntao Li, Jianbo Tang*. “Blood vessel tail artifacts suppression in optical coherence tomography angiography,” Neurophotonics, vol. 9, no. 2, Jan. 2022, doi: 10.1117/1.NPH.9.2.021906.
10. John T Giblin, Seong-Wook Park, John Jiang, K?v?lc?m K?l??, Sreekanth Kura, Jianbo Tang, David A Boas, and Ichun A Chen. “Measuring capillary flow dynamics using interlaced two-photon volumetric scanning”. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism, 2022; 0 (0), doi:10.1177/0271678X221145091.
2021
11. Jianbo Tang*, Xiaojun Cheng, Kivilcim Kilic, Anna Devor, Jonghwan Lee, and David A. Boas. “Imaging localized fast optical signals of neural activation with optical coherence tomography in awake mice.” Optics Letters, 2021, Vol. 46, No. 7
12. Jianbo Tang*, Kivilcim Kilic, Thomas L. Szabo, and David A. Boas. “Improved color Doppler for cerebral blood flow axial velocity imaging.” IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 2021, Vol. 40, Issue 2, 758-764, DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2020.3036468.
2017-2020
13. Jianbo Tang, Dmitry D. Postnov, Kivilcim Kilic, ?efik Evren Erdener, Blaire Lee, John T. Giblin, Thomas L. Szabo, and David A. Boas*. “Functional Ultrasound Speckle Decorrelation-Based Velocimetry of the Brain.” Advanced Science, 2020, Vol. 7, Iss. 18, DOI: 10.1002/advs.202001044.
14. Dmitry Postnov, Jianbo Tang, Sefik Evren Erdener, Kivilcim, and David A. Boas. “Dynamic Laser Speckle Imaging. Science Advances 06 Nov 2020:Vol. 6- 45, eabc4628, DOI:10.1126/sciadv.abc4628.
15. ?efik Evren Erdener, Jianbo Tang, Kivilcim Kilic, Dmitry Postnov, Chris B. Schaffer, and David A. Boas. “Dynamic capillary stalls in ischemic penumbra: persistent traffic jams but therapeutic candidates.” Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism, 2020, (doi: 10.1177/0271678X20914179).
16. K?v?lc?m K?l?c?*, Jianbo Tang, S?. Evren Erdener, Smrithi Sunil, John T. Giblin, Blaire S. Lee, Dmitry D. Postnov, Anderson Chen and David A. Boas. “Chronic Imaging of Mouse Brain: From Optical Systems to Functional Ultrasound.” Current Protocols in Neuroscience 93 (1), e98. 2020
17. K?v?lc?m K?l??, Michèle Desjardins, Jianbo Tang, Martin Thunemann, Smrithi Sunil, ?efik Evren Erdener, Dmitry D. Postnov, David A. Boas and Anna Devor. “Chronic Cranial Windows for Long Term Multimodal Neurovascular Imaging in Mice”. Frontiers in Physiology. 2020. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2020.612678.
18. Smrithi Sunil, Sefik Evren Erdener, Xiaojun Cheng, Sreekanth Kura, Jianbo Tang, John Jiang, Kavon Karrobi, K?v?lc?m K?l??, Darren Roblyer, and David A. Boas. “Stroke core revealed by tissue scattering using spatial frequency domain imaging.” NeuroImage: Clinical. 2020. doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2020.102539.
19. Jiarui Yang, Anderson Chen, Shuaibin Chang, Jianbo Tang, Blaire Lee, Kivilvim Kilic, Hui Wang, Caroline Magnain, Shih-Chi Chen, Bruce Fischl, and David Boas. “Improving the characterization of ex vivo human brain optical properties using high numerical aperture optical coherence tomography by spatially constraining the confocal parameters.” Neurophotonics, 2020 Oct;7(4):045005. doi: 10.1117/1.NPh.7.4.045005.
20. Smrithi Sunil, Sefik Evren Erdener, Blaire S. Lee, Dmitry Postnov, Jianbo Tang, Sreekanth Kura, Xiaojun Cheng, Ichun Anderson Chen, David A. Boas, and Kivilcim Kilic. “Awake chronic mouse model of targeted pial vessel occlusion via photothrombosis.” Neurophotons. 2020, 7(1), 015005.
21. Jianbo Tang*, Sefik Evren Erdener, Buyin Fu, and David A. Boas. " Normalized Field Autocorrelation Function-based Optical Coherence Tomography 3D Angiography." Journal of Biomedical Optics. 2019, 24 (3), 036005.
22. Jianbo Tang, Sefik Evren Erdener, Baoqiang Li, Buyin Fu, Sava Sakadzic, Stefan A. Carp, Jonghwan Lee, and David A. Boas. "Shear‐Induced Diffusion of Red Blood Cells Measured with Dynamic Light Scattering‐Optical Coherence Tomography." Journal of Biophotonics. 2018, Vol. 11, Issue 2, e201700070.
23. Jianbo Tang*, Sefik Evren Erdener, Buyin Fu, and David A. Boas. "Capillary Red Blood Cell velocimetry by Phase-resolved Optical Coherence Tomography." Optics Letters, 2017, Vol. 42, Issue 19, 3976-3979.
24. ?efik Evren Erdener, Jianbo Tang, Amir Sajjadi, Sreekanth Kura, Chris B. Schaffer, David A. Boas. “Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Cerebral Capillary Segments with Stalling Red Blood Cells.” Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism, 2017, 39 (5), 886-900.
25. Xianjin Dai, Tao Zhang, Hao Yang, Jianbo Tang, Paul R Carney, Huabei Jiang. “Fast noninvasive functional diffuse optical tomography for brain imaging.” Journal of biophotonics, 2018, 11 (3), e201600267. IF: 3.032
2011-2016
26. Jianbo Tang, Jason E. Coleman, Xianjin Dai, & Huabei Jiang*. Wearable 3-D Photoacoustic Tomography for Functional Brain Imaging in Behaving Rats.” Scientific Reports, 2016, 6, 25470.
27. Jianbo Tang, Xianjin Dai, & Huabei Jiang*. Wearable scanning photoacoustic brain imaging in behaving rats. Journal of Biophotonics. 2016, 9(6), 570-575.
28. Jianbo Tang, Lei Xi, Junli Zhou, Hua Huang, Tao Zhang, Paul R. Carney, & Huabei Jiang*. Noninvasive high-speed photoacoustic tomography of cerebral hemodynamics in awake-moving rats. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism, 2015, 35(8), 1224-1232. (Feature Article with Commentary)
29. Jianbo Tang, Huabei Jiang*. Single Element-Based Dual Focused Photoacoustic Microscopy. Photonics, 2015, 2(1), 156-163).
30. Weibo Wang, Jiubin Tan, Tong Wang, Meiyu Li, and Jianbo Tang. "Reference surface calibration of a Fizeau interferometer through even/odd synthesis." Applied optics, 2011, 50(20): 3482-3487.
31. Chenguang Zhao, Jiubin Tan, Jianbo Tang, Tao Liu, and Jian Liu. "Confocal simultaneous phase-shifting interferometry." Applied optics, 2011, 50(5): 655-661.