Bo Zhao - Biography

I am an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Austin since fall 2020, where I hold dual appointments in the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering & Sciences and the Department of Biomedical Engineering. I received my Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign adviced by Dr. Zhi-Pei Liang. Prior to joining the faculty of UT-Austin, I was a postdoctoral researcher and junior faculty at Harvard Medical School under the supervision of Dr. Lawrence L. Wald.

My research lies in the area of medical imaging and computational imaging with special emphasis on the modality of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. Specifically, my research focuses on developing mathematical models, computational algorithms, and data acquisition schemes to address inverse problems in imaging. We take unique approaches that integrate spin physics, statistical inference, and machine learning to push the performance limits of the imaging systems. My research has been recognized with several awards, including an NIH Pathway to Independence Award (2019) and an NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Fellowship (2017). I hold two U.S. patents, both as the lead inventor.

I am a member of IEEE, ISMRM, and SIAM. I have served as a member of the Computational Imaging Technical Committee of the IEEE Signal Processing Society since 2020. I am currently an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Computational Imaging and have served as area chairs for IEEE ICASSP and ICIP.