Yang Liu

Yang Liu, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Iowa. His research program focuses on bioinstrumentation, optical imaging, augmented reality, and computer vision. He has served as the principal investigator of grants from the US Army, the US Air Force, NASA, the Ohio Department of Development, and the Ohio Department of Education, and Frederick Gardner Cottrell Foundation. Dr. Liu is a Young Investigator award recipient from the International Society of Computer Aided Surgery. His research has been featured by national media such as the DoD Research Highlights and the CNBC TV. The imaging instruments his team developed are currently being used at Cleveland Clinic in clinical studies. Dr. Liu received his PhD from Washington University in St. Louis in 2013. He is a scholar who values multidisciplinary collaboration.