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Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Haniyeh Malektaj
Aalborg University
2
Xin Hou
Chongqing Normal University
3
Louise Finlayson
University of St Andrews
4
Xiangning Fang
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
5
Taylor Bolt
Georgia Institute of Technology
6
Michael K. Yeung
Education University of Hong Kong
7
Alexander Studier‐Fischer
German Cancer Research Center
8
Heyan Meng
Shandong University
9
Sai Zhou
Lanzhou University of Technology
10
Melissa Y. Lucero
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Papers

1
Transcranial volumetric imaging using a conformal ultrasound patch
Nature|2024
119 cit.
2
Clinical validation of a wearable ultrasound sensor of blood pressure
Nature Biomedical Engineering|2024
69 cit.
3
Autonomic physiological coupling of the global fMRI signal
Nature Neuroscience|2025
40 cit.
4
Wearable ultrasound technology
Nature Reviews Bioengineering|2025
39 cit.
5
Publication in Journal of the American Chemical Society (2025) [38 citations, W4411277382]
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2025
38 cit.
6
The Effect of pH on the Viscoelastic Response of Alginate–Montmorillonite Nanocomposite Hydrogels
Molecules|2024
23 cit.
7
Spectral characterization of intraoperative renal perfusion using hyperspectral imaging and artificial intelligence
Scientific Reports|2024
17 cit.
8
Simulating photodynamic therapy for the treatment of glioblastoma using Monte Carlo radiative transport
Journal of Biomedical Optics|2024
9 cit.
9
Multivalent ion-crosslinked alginate–montmorillonite nanocomposite hydrogels for hydrophilic drug release
Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology|2025
7 cit.
10
Publication in BMC Psychology (2024) [6 citations, W4393997262]
BMC Psychology|2024
6 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Kanyi Pu
Nanyang Technological University
2
Oliver T. Bruns†
Nationales Centrum für Tumorerkrankungen Dresden
3
Tim Bashford
University of Wales Trinity Saint David
4
Sheldon J. J. Kwok
Massachusetts Medical Society
5
Jessilyn Dunn
Duke University
6
Alexander von Lühmann
Massachusetts General Hospital
7
E. E. Sjak-Shie
Leiden University
8
Hu Zhao
Chinese Institute for Brain Research
9
Joonhee Kim
Daewoong Pharmaceutical (South Korea)
10
Giovanni A. Salvatore
Ca' Foscari University of Venice

Papers

1
Nanoparticles with ultrasound-induced afterglow luminescence for tumour-specific theranostics
Nature Biomedical Engineering|2022
252 cit.
2
Molecular radio afterglow probes for cancer radiodynamic theranostics
Nature Materials|2023
190 cit.
3
Renal clearable polyfluorophore nanosensors for early diagnosis of cancer and allograft rejection
Nature Materials|2022
189 cit.
4
A Dual‐Locked Activatable Phototheranostic Probe for Biomarker‐Regulated Photodynamic and Photothermal Cancer Therapy
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2022
169 cit.
5
Activatable near-infrared probes for the detection of specific populations of tumour-infiltrating leukocytes in vivo and in urine
Nature Biomedical Engineering|2023
157 cit.
6
Catalytical nano-immunocomplexes for remote-controlled sono-metabolic checkpoint trimodal cancer therapy
Nature Communications|2022
139 cit.
7
Activatable Cancer Sono‐Immunotherapy using Semiconducting Polymer Nanobodies
Advanced Materials|2022
132 cit.
8
Checkpoint Nano‐PROTACs for Activatable Cancer Photo‐Immunotherapy
Advanced Materials|2022
116 cit.
9
A Dual‐Locked Tandem Fluorescent Probe for Imaging of Pyroptosis in Cancer Chemo‐Immunotherapy
Advanced Materials|2022
100 cit.
10
Chemiluminescent Probes with Long‐Lasting High Brightness for In Vivo Imaging of Neutrophils
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2022
92 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Lihong V. Wang
Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
2
David A. Boas
Neurophotonics Laboratory
3
Vasilis Ntziachristos
Helmholtz Zentrum München
4
Arjun G. Yodh
University of Pennsylvania
5
Michael S. Feld
German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence
6
Keith D. Paulsen
Dartmouth College
7
Daniel Razansky
University of Zurich
8
Enrico Gratton
University of California, Irvine
9
Brian C. Wilson
University of Chicago
10
Britton Chance
University of Pennsylvania

Papers

1
Single Molecule Detection Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS)
Physical Review Letters|1997
6.7k cit.
2
MCML—Monte Carlo modeling of light transport in multi-layered tissues
Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine|1995
3.3k cit.
3
Photoacoustic imaging in biomedicine
Review of Scientific Instruments|2006
2.7k cit.
4
The mitochondrial generation of hydrogen peroxide. General properties and effect of hyperbaric oxygen
Biochemical Journal|1973
2.6k cit.
5
The Respiratory Chain and Oxidative Phosphorylation
Advances in enzymology and related areas of molecular biology/Advances in enzymology and related subjects|1956
2.1k cit.
6
Time resolved reflectance and transmittance for the noninvasive measurement of tissue optical properties
Applied Optics|1989
2.1k cit.
7
Functional photoacoustic microscopy for high-resolution and noninvasive in vivo imaging
Nature Biotechnology|2006
1.8k cit.
8
High Weight Fraction Surfactant Solubilization of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes in Water
Nano Letters|2003
1.8k cit.
9
Noninvasive laser-induced photoacoustic tomography for structural and functional in vivo imaging of the brain
Nature Biotechnology|2003
1.7k cit.
10
Suppression of the coffee-ring effect by shape-dependent capillary interactions
Nature|2011
1.6k cit.

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