People

Craig H. Meyer, Ph.D.

Professor, Biomedical Engineering Professor, Radiology and Medical Imaging

Craig Meyer develops magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques for rapid acquisition and processing of image data in the setting of cardiovascular disease, neural diseases, and pediatrics, using tools in physics, signal processing, image reconstruction, and machine learning.

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Email cmeyer@virginia.edu

Research Scientists

Xue Feng, Ph.D.

Xue’s research focuses on developing fast image acquisition and reconstruction methods in cardiac MRI applications. Xue also has research experience in artificial intelligence methods for medical image analysis.

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Steven Allen, Ph.D.

Steven has worked on diffusion-weighted MRI guidance for focused ultrasound thalamotomy, MR hardware development, and deblurring techniques for spiral acquisitions. Steven's current research plans include using medical imaging to probe the burgeoning variety of available non-invasive surgical techniques, therapies for musculoskeletal diseases, MR pulse sequence design, and novel imaging technologies.

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Graduate Students

Sheng Chen

Ph.D. candidate

Sheng Chen joined Dr. Craig Meyer's lab in the Spring of 2021 as a PhD student. Before coming to University of Virginia, he had been working for five years in the medical industry after graduating from Shanghai Jiao Tong University with a master's degree in biomedical engineering. Hanging out with my families is my favorite after work. I love tennis and soccer too.

Email sc4wj@virginia.edu

Kang Yan

Ph.D. candidate

Kang Yan is a Ph.D. student at the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia. Previously, he received his B.S. and M.S. degrees at the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Xidian University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University, respectively. His current research focuses on non-Cartesian scanning and MRI guidance of focused ultrasound surgery. Outside of academia, he enjoys traveling, reading, watching movies, hiking, swimming, and snowboarding.

Email wrr6ps@virginia.edu