Rongguang (ron) Liang PhD

Dr. Liang is an Associate Professor of Optical Science. His research focuses on biomedical optical imaging is to develop new optical technologies/instrumentation for biomedical research and clinical applications. He has a broad background in biomedical imaging and optical design.

At Motic, Dr. Liang designed optical systems for several commercially successful microscopes. As a principal research scientist Eastman Kodak Company, his research areas covered medical imaging, digital imaging, and display. As a senior principal research scientist at Carestream Health Inc., Dr. Liang laid the groundwork for the biomedical optical research in the company. He proposed four research projects on biomedical optical imaging, and led three of them.

Two of the projects have been successfully commercialized worldwide. He has also generated 45 patents during his 10 year research career in industries.Dr. Liang is the author of the book Optical Design for Biomedical Imaging (SPIE 2011) and the is editor of the book Biomedical Imaging Techniques: Design and Applications (Springer 2012). He has chaired a number of conferences on design of biomedical technologies.