Introduction
I am a student at the University of Washington, Seattle, pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy in Bioengineering: Data Science. As of current, I am three years into my study, anticipating my defense in 2028. My coursework completed with knowledge across big data, machine learning topics, and biomedical imaging fundamentals.
Prior to my Ph.D. studies, I earned my Bachelors of Science in Biomedical Engineering, with a specialization in Biophotonics, at the University of California, Irvine in 2023.
Below are my research contributions in full, divided by the respective organization.
Publications
Disclaimer: Due to non-disclosure policies regarding unpublished laboratory research and designs, in addition to University plagarism policies, some information has been omitted to preserve confidentiality. Any ideas, concepts, or intellectual property belongs to their respective organizations, and are not to be plagiarized in any way.
University of Washington, Seattle
Department of Bioengineering
College of Engineering & UW Medicine
The Center for Industrial and Medical Ultrasound (CIMU) - The Applied Physics Laboratory, UW Seattle
My Ph.D. studies are hosted at CIMU under Dr. Tanya Khokhlova and Dr. Vanya Pelivanov, designing ultrasound imaging methods for histotripsy treatment of prostate cancer (PCa) and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). I work specifically with shear wave elastography with high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) to perform treatment planning, and use Doppler ultrasound to perform treatment monitoring.
Minho Song, Gerald Lee, Ivan Pelivanov, Oleg A. Sapozhnikov, George R. Schade, and Tatiana Khokhlova. 2025. “High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) Based Longitudinal Shear Wave Elastography for Tissue Ablation Planning.” Applied Physics Letters 127 (16): 163701. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0290224.
Pavel B. Rosnitskiy, Gilles P.L. Thomas, Gerald L. Lee, Vera A. Khokhlova, Oleg A. Sapozhnikov, George R. Schade, Kyle P. Morrison, Francisco Chavez, and Tatiana D. Khokhlova. 2025. “A Fully Populated Transrectal Array for Boiling Histotripsy Ablation of the Prostate.” IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 1–1. https://doi.org/10.1109/TUFFC.2025.3596780.
Sixth Joint Meeting of Acoustical Society of America and Acoustical Society of Japan - Honolulu, Hawaii, USA 2025
My first 15 minute lecture for a small crowd! This meeting was one of my favorites so far, although one of the most tiring to prepare for. This was a great way to end the year and a wonderful celebration of my efforts halfway through my degree!
24th Annual International Symposium for Therapeutic Ultrasound - Banff, Alberta, Canada 2025
An adventure to the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, with a showcase of the entire field of therapeutic ultrasound. From gorgeous gondola sights to reuniting with peers and colleages from previous encounters, this was a first of many memories embedded in Canada's beautiful landscape.
Winter School for Therapeutic Ultrasound - Ecole de Physique, Les Houches, France 2025
Attending this meeting was an extreme honor! This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunitity to meet some of the legends within therapeutic ultrasound in a prestigious and beautiful location. I will never forget the hospitality and the wealth of knowledge that the international community of therapeutic ultrasound has to offer.
I earned the Remi Berriet Award for Best Student Presentation for my 3-minute research pitch!
Qualifying Exam - Seattle, Washington, USA 2025
February 12th, 2025: The first of three milestone exams for the BioE Ph.D. curriculum at UW Seattle.
The Qualifying Exam is executed within a three week period, testing the student's time management, creativity, written and oral presentation skills, and competency within their specific field without the help of important mentors and their principal investigator.
Biomedical Engineering Society 2024 Annual Meeting - Baltimore, Maryland, USA 2024
The first poster of my Ph.D. work. Designed for a more generalized audience, this was a perfect test of my initial understanding of the physics and motivation of my work, which let me explore more of biomedical engineering and eased me into the following years of my studies.
DermaVision Technologies
Our goal is to provide quantitative imaging for bruise injuries from domestic violence cases, and improve the diagnostic quality of bruise related injuries across all skin tones.
University of California, Irvine
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Theranostics with Radiation-induced Ultrasound Emission (TRUE) Laboratory
My first foray into acoustic imaging was hosted under Dr. Liangzhong (Shawn) Xiang's TRUE Lab, specifically under the guidance of Dr. Siqi Wang. Although my contributions were small, hours upon hours of data collection and experimental setup gave me the fundamentals of working in an imaging lab. I assisted Dr. Wang for two years of my undergraduate studies, earning over $3,400 in undergraduate research funding and becoming a two-time finalist in the first two UCI Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) Oral Presentation Competitions.
Siqi Wang, Prabodh Kumar Pandey, Gerald Lee, Rick J. P. van Bergen, Leshan Sun, Yifei Xu, and Shawn (Liangzhong) Xiang. X-ray–Induced Acoustic Computed Tomography: 3D X-Ray Absorption Imaging from a Single View. Science Advances 10, eads1584 (2024). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ads1584.
UROP Undergraduate Research Symposium 2023 - Irvine, CA, USA
Oral Presentation Competition, Innovations Category
Presented my second presentation on "XACT: 3D X-Ray Absorption Imaging from Single View" (based on the paper that would be published later). I was awarded the Chancellor's Award of Excellence in Undergraduate Research for my presentation!
The Berkeley Lab Laser Accelerator (BELLA) Center - Berkeley, CA, USA
I had the privilege to visit and conduct an experiment hosted at the BELLA Center at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory! As part of the Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP), I helped Dr. Wang conduct acoustic experiments using gamma rays, managed equipment operation and transport, and was responsible for experimental setup and teardown.
UROP Undergraduate Research Symposium 2022 - Irvine, CA, USA
Project Pitch Competition, Innovations Category
My first poster and 3-minute presentation on "Monitoring Radiotherapy with 3D Imaging - XACT". I won 2nd place in my category!
Environmental Injustice: Advanced Research Group
My first research experience began in the world of Anthropology and Environmental Injustice (EiJ). After taking the UCI EiJ class (Anthro 25A) remotely in the Summer of 2020, I was offered an opportunity to perform a case study under Dr. Kim Fortun's guidance. My picture essay on Green Jobs Sectors is hosted by the Disaster STS Network, containing topics discussing the harsh misconceptions about recycling, costs versus benefits when creating certain technologies, the single use plastics stalemate, and current EiJ problems in the lab.
I presented this work alongside Dr. Kim Fortun in a remote lecture hosted jointly by the American Academy of Environmental Engineers (AAEES) at UCI and Engineering Without Borders (EWB) at UCI in November 2020. With the help of other members on the Advanced Research Group, my research was featured on the @environmental_injustice Instagram!