Dr. Jianan Qu received BS and MS degrees in optical engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 1983 and 1986, respectively. He received PhD degree in optics from Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1990. After that he worked one year with Department of Physics in University of California at Irvine and two more years with British Columbia Cancer Research Centre as a postdoctoral fellow. Before joining with HKUST in 1997, he was a staff scientist with Ontario Laser and Lightwave Research Centre and Ontario Cancer Institute. Dr. Qu is currently a full professor of the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, HKUST.

Dr. Qu is an elected fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA) and an elected fellow of the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE). He is serving as topical editor and editorial board member for Optics Letters and Journal of Biomedical Optics.

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1. Wanjie Wu, Yingzhu He, Yujun Chen, Yiming Fu, Sicong He, Kai Liu, Jianan Y. QU, “In Vivo Imaging in Mouse Spinal Cord Reveals that Microglia Prevent Degeneration of Injured Axons”, Nature Communications, (2024)
2. Yingzhu HE, Youshan Heng, Zhongya Qin, Xiuqing Wei, Zhenguo Wu and Jianan Qu, “Intravital microscopy of satellite cell dynamics and their interaction with myeloid cells during skeletal muscle regeneration”, Science Advances, (2023)
3. Zhongya Qin, Zhentao She, Congping Chen, Wanjie Wu, Jackie K.Y. Lau, Nancy Y. Ip and Jianan Y. Qu, “Deep tissue multi-photon imaging using adaptive optics with direct focus sensing and shaping”, Nature Biotechnology, (2022)
4. Wanjie Wu, Sicong He, Junqiang Wu, Congping Chen, Xuesong Li, Kai Liu and Jianan Y. Qu, “ Long-term in vivo imaging of mouse spinal cord through an optically cleared intervertebral window”, Nature Communications, V. 13, 1959 (2022)
5. Zhongya Qin, Congping Chen, Sicong He, Ye Wang, Kam Fai Tam, Nancy Y. Ip and Jianan Y. Qu, “Adaptive optics two-photon endomicroscopy enables deep brain imaging at synaptic resolution over large volumes”, Science Advances, 30 Sep 2020: Vol. 6, no. 40, eabc6521