{"id":2498,"date":"2026-01-30T20:05:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T01:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cheng-group\/?page_id=2498"},"modified":"2026-09-18T21:31:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T01:31:25","slug":"former-research-assistant-professor-postdoctoral-fellows","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cheng-group\/people\/former-members\/former-research-assistant-professor-postdoctoral-fellows\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Research Assistant Professor &#038; Postdoctoral Fellows"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Former Research Assistant Professor<\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Haonan Lin<span><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cheng-group\/people\/current-members\/haonanlinphotonoct2023\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1668\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cheng-group\/files\/2023\/10\/HaonanLinPhotonOct2023-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1668 size-thumbnail\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cheng-group\/files\/2023\/10\/HaonanLinPhotonOct2023-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cheng-group\/files\/2023\/10\/HaonanLinPhotonOct2023-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<pre><strong>Current Position:<\/strong> Tenure Track Assistant Professor\r\nat Georgia Tech BME\r\n<strong><span>Email:<\/span><\/strong><span> haonan.lin@bme.gatech.edu\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/pre>\n<h3><strong>Hongjian He<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cheng-group\/files\/2024\/03\/hongjian2-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1754 size-thumbnail\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cheng-group\/files\/2024\/03\/hongjian2-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cheng-group\/files\/2024\/03\/hongjian2-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n<pre><strong>Current Position<\/strong>: Professor at Tongji University\r\n<strong>Email:<\/strong> hjhe@bu.edu\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Former Postdoctoral Fellows<\/h2>\n<h4><span><strong>Meng Zhang<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cheng-group\/files\/2021\/02\/Meng-Zhang-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1239 size-thumbnail\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cheng-group\/files\/2021\/02\/Meng-Zhang-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cheng-group\/files\/2021\/02\/Meng-Zhang-636x636.jpg 636w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cheng-group\/files\/2021\/02\/Meng-Zhang-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cheng-group\/files\/2021\/02\/Meng-Zhang-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cheng-group\/files\/2021\/02\/Meng-Zhang.jpg 983w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<pre><span><strong>Current Position: <\/strong>Principal Optical Scientist, Harvard University<\/span>\r\n<strong>Year at Cheng Group: <\/strong>March 2018 - April 2025\r\n<strong>Email:<\/strong><span> zm@bu.edu\r\n<\/span><\/pre>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span><strong>Yuhao Yuan<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cheng-group\/files\/2023\/04\/yuhao-e1681319798518-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1518 size-thumbnail\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cheng-group\/files\/2023\/04\/yuhao-e1681319798518-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cheng-group\/files\/2023\/04\/yuhao-e1681319798518-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<pre><b>Current Position: <\/b>Scientist, Photothermal Spectroscopy Corp.\r\n<strong>Year at Cheng Group: <\/strong>Sept 2022 - June 2025\r\n<strong>Email:<\/strong><span> yuhaoy@bu.edu \r\n\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/pre>\n<h3><strong>Jiaze Yin<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cheng-group\/files\/2019\/10\/jiaze-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-952\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cheng-group\/files\/2019\/10\/jiaze-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cheng-group\/files\/2019\/10\/jiaze-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n<pre><span><strong>Current Position: <\/strong>Principal Scientist, Vibronix USA <strong>\r\nYear at Cheng Group<\/strong>: 2024 - 2025\r\n<\/span><strong>Email<\/strong>:\u00a0<span>jzyin@bu.edu\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/pre>\n<h3><strong>Feiyuan Yu<\/strong><\/h3>\n<pre><span><strong>Current Position: <\/strong>BU<strong>\r\nYear at Cheng Group<\/strong>: Feb 2023 - Feb 2025\r\n<\/span><strong>Email<\/strong>:\u00a0<span>NA\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/pre>\n<h3><strong>Le Wang<\/strong><\/h3>\n<pre><span><strong>Current Position: <\/strong>Scientist, Liquid Instrument<strong>\r\nYear at Cheng Group<\/strong>: Sept 2020 - Aug 2023\r\n<\/span><strong>Email<\/strong>: lewangruc@gmail.com\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<h3><strong>Lu Lan<\/strong><\/h3>\n<pre><span><strong>Current Position: <\/strong>CTO, Vibronix Inc.<strong>\r\nYear at Cheng Group<\/strong>: Sept 2019 - Oct 2022\r\n<\/span><strong>Email<\/strong>:\u00a0<span>NA<\/span><\/pre>\n<pre><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/pre>\n<h3><strong>Guangju Zhang<\/strong><\/h3>\n<pre><span><strong>Current Position: <\/strong>Industry Job, New York\r\n<strong>Year at Cheng Group<\/strong>: Nov 2020 - Oct 2022\r\n<\/span><strong>Email<\/strong>:\u00a0<span>NA\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/pre>\n<h3><span><strong data-start=\"3592\" data-end=\"3605\">Jian Zhao<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<pre><strong>Current Position: <\/strong>Assistant Professor, University of Oklahoma <strong><br data-start=\"3662\" data-end=\"3665\" \/>Year at Cheng Group: <\/strong>Oct 2019 \u2013 Aug 2022<strong><br data-start=\"3705\" data-end=\"3708\" \/>Email: <\/strong>NA\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<h3><span><strong data-start=\"3592\" data-end=\"3605\">Ying Jiang<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<pre><strong>Current Position: <\/strong>Postdoc, MIT <strong><br data-start=\"3662\" data-end=\"3665\" \/>Year at Cheng Group: <\/strong>April 2021 \u2013 Dec 2021<strong><br data-start=\"3705\" data-end=\"3708\" \/>Email: <\/strong>NA\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<h3><span><strong data-start=\"3592\" data-end=\"3605\">Yeran Bai<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<pre><strong>Current Position: <\/strong>Assistant Professor, University of Arizona<strong><br data-start=\"3662\" data-end=\"3665\" \/>Year at Cheng Group: <\/strong>Oct 2016 \u2013 Sept 2021<strong><br data-start=\"3705\" data-end=\"3708\" \/>Email: <\/strong>byr1213@163.com\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<h3><span><strong data-start=\"3592\" data-end=\"3605\">Cheng Zong<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<pre><strong>Current Position: <\/strong>Scientist, Bay Spec Inc.<strong><br data-start=\"3662\" data-end=\"3665\" \/>Year at Cheng Group: <\/strong>Jan 2017 \u2013 Sept 2021<strong><br data-start=\"3705\" data-end=\"3708\" \/>Email: <\/strong>czongcz@gmail.com\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<h3><span><strong data-start=\"3592\" data-end=\"3605\">Zhicong Chen<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<pre><strong>Current Position: <\/strong>MD, Guangzhou Hospital<strong><br data-start=\"3662\" data-end=\"3665\" \/>Year at Cheng Group: <\/strong>Sept 2020 \u2013 July 2021<strong><br data-start=\"3705\" data-end=\"3708\" \/>Email: <\/strong>zcchen_n@163.com\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cheng-group\/files\/2018\/11\/WechatIMG65.jpeg\" alt=\"20160120_Pu-Ting\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-104 alignright\" \/><\/h4>\n<h3>Pu-Ting Dong<\/h3>\n<pre><span><strong>Current Position: <\/strong>Assistant Professor, Stony Brook \r\n<strong>Year at Cheng Group: <\/strong>Feb 2020 \u2013 July 2020\r\n<\/span><strong>Email<\/strong>: pdong<span>@<\/span>forsyth.org\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<h3><span><strong data-start=\"3592\" data-end=\"3605\">Jie Hui<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<pre><strong>Current Position: <\/strong>Postdoc, MGH<strong><br data-start=\"3662\" data-end=\"3665\" \/>Year at Cheng Group: <\/strong>Jan 2018 \u2013 Jan 2020<strong><br data-start=\"3705\" data-end=\"3708\" \/>Email: <\/strong>NA\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<h3><span><strong data-start=\"3592\" data-end=\"3605\">Yingchun Cao<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<pre><strong>Current Position: <\/strong>Scientist, Dassault Systemes <strong><br data-start=\"3662\" data-end=\"3665\" \/>Year at Cheng Group: <\/strong>March 2015 \u2013 Dec 2019<strong><br data-start=\"3705\" data-end=\"3708\" \/>Email: <\/strong>ychcao1984@gmail.com\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<h3><span><strong data-start=\"3592\" data-end=\"3605\">Hyeon Jeong Lee<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<pre><strong>Current Position: <\/strong>Faculty, Zhejiang University<strong><br data-start=\"3662\" data-end=\"3665\" \/>Year at Cheng Group: <\/strong>Jan 2018 - Dec 2019<strong><br data-start=\"3705\" data-end=\"3708\" \/>Email: <\/strong>hyglee@gmail.com\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<h3><span><strong data-start=\"3592\" data-end=\"3605\">Junjie Li<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<pre><strong>Current Position: <\/strong>Global Drug Discovery scientist, Novo Nordisk<strong><br data-start=\"3662\" data-end=\"3665\" \/>Year at Cheng Group: <\/strong>Sept 2015 - July 2019<strong><br data-start=\"3705\" data-end=\"3708\" \/>Email: <\/strong>junjiel168@gmail.com\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<h3><span><strong data-start=\"3592\" data-end=\"3605\">Max (Fengyuan) Deng<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<pre><strong>Current Position: <\/strong>Application Engineer, Liquid Instruments<strong><br data-start=\"3662\" data-end=\"3665\" \/>Year at Cheng Group: <\/strong>July 2018 - April 2019<strong><br data-start=\"3705\" data-end=\"3708\" \/>Email: <\/strong>maxd@liquidinstruments.com\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cheng-group\/files\/2017\/08\/Delong-424x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"108\" height=\"162\" class=\" wp-image-102 alignright\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cheng-group\/files\/2017\/08\/Delong-424x636.jpg 424w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cheng-group\/files\/2017\/08\/Delong-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cheng-group\/files\/2017\/08\/Delong-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cheng-group\/files\/2017\/08\/Delong.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 108px) 100vw, 108px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3><span><strong data-start=\"3592\" data-end=\"3605\">Delong Zhang<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<pre><strong>Current Position: <\/strong>Professor, Zhejiang University<strong><br data-start=\"3662\" data-end=\"3665\" \/>Year at Cheng Group: <\/strong>Sept 2014 - May 2019<strong><br data-start=\"3705\" data-end=\"3708\" \/>Email: <\/strong>dlzhang@zju.edu.cn\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<h3><span><strong data-start=\"3592\" data-end=\"3605\">Jesse Zhang<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<pre><strong>Current Position: <\/strong>Faculty, Purdue University Chemistry Department<strong>\r\n<\/strong><strong>Year at Cheng Group: <\/strong>June 2014 - July 2018<strong><br data-start=\"3705\" data-end=\"3708\" \/>Email: <\/strong>zhangchi@illinois.edu\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<h3><span><strong data-start=\"3592\" data-end=\"3605\">Chien-Sheng Liao<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<pre><strong>Current Position: <\/strong>Pendar Technologies, Thermo Fisher<strong><br data-start=\"3662\" data-end=\"3665\" \/>Year at Cheng Group: <\/strong>July 2017 - Feb 2018<strong><br data-start=\"3705\" data-end=\"3708\" \/>Email: <\/strong>cksearching@gmail.com\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<h3><span><strong data-start=\"3592\" data-end=\"3605\">Weili Hong<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<pre><strong>Current Position: <\/strong>Faculty, Beihang University<strong><br data-start=\"3662\" data-end=\"3665\" \/>Year at Cheng Group: <\/strong>May 2015 - May 2018<strong><br data-start=\"3705\" data-end=\"3708\" \/>Email: <\/strong>weilihong@buaa.edu.cn\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<h3><span><strong data-start=\"3592\" data-end=\"3605\">Pu Wang<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<pre><strong>Current Position: <\/strong>CEO, Vibronix Inc.; <span>Professor, Beihang University<\/span><strong><br data-start=\"3662\" data-end=\"3665\" \/>Year at Cheng Group: <\/strong>Sept 2014 - Dec 2016<strong><br data-start=\"3705\" data-end=\"3708\" \/>Email: <\/strong>puwang101@gmail.com\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<h3><span><strong data-start=\"3592\" data-end=\"3605\">Mikhail Slipchenko<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<pre><strong>Current Position: <\/strong>Research Associate Professor, Purdue University<strong><br data-start=\"3662\" data-end=\"3665\" \/>Year at Cheng Group: <\/strong>2008 - <strong><br data-start=\"3705\" data-end=\"3708\" \/>Email: <\/strong>mslipch@gmail.com\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<h3><span><strong data-start=\"3592\" data-end=\"3605\">Shibing Deng<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<pre><strong>Current Position: <\/strong>Faculty, Nankai University <strong><br data-start=\"3662\" data-end=\"3665\" \/>Year at Cheng Group: <\/strong>Feb 2016 - Nov<strong><br data-start=\"3705\" data-end=\"3708\" \/>Email: <\/strong>deng109@purdue.edu\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<h3><span><strong data-start=\"3592\" data-end=\"3605\">Bing Song<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<pre><strong>Current Position: <\/strong>Faculty, Zhengzhou<strong><br data-start=\"3662\" data-end=\"3665\" \/>Year at Cheng Group: <\/strong>2012 - 2013<strong><br data-start=\"3705\" data-end=\"3708\" \/>Email: <\/strong>bsong1023@gmail.com\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<h3><span><strong data-start=\"3592\" data-end=\"3605\">Ping Wang<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<pre><strong>Current Position: <\/strong>Faculty, Cheng-Ping Laboratory<strong><br data-start=\"3662\" data-end=\"3665\" \/>Year at Cheng Group: <\/strong>2012 - 2015<strong><br data-start=\"3705\" data-end=\"3708\" \/>Email: <\/strong>ping79.wang@gmail.com\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<h3><span><strong data-start=\"3592\" data-end=\"3605\">Justin R. Rajian<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<pre><strong>Current Position: <\/strong>NA<strong><br data-start=\"3662\" data-end=\"3665\" \/>Year at Cheng Group: <\/strong>2012 - 2013<strong><br data-start=\"3705\" data-end=\"3708\" \/>Email: <\/strong>NA\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<h3><span><strong data-start=\"3592\" data-end=\"3605\">Yuxiang Liu<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<pre><strong>Current Position: <\/strong>Faculty, Worcester Polytechnic Institute <strong><br data-start=\"3662\" data-end=\"3665\" \/>Year at Cheng Group: <\/strong>2011 - 2012<strong><br data-start=\"3705\" data-end=\"3708\" \/>Email: <\/strong>yliu11@wpi.edu\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<h3><span><strong data-start=\"3592\" data-end=\"3605\">Thuc Le<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<pre><strong>Current Position: <\/strong>Faculty, Roseman Univ of Health Sciences, Las Vegas<strong><br data-start=\"3662\" data-end=\"3665\" \/>Year at Cheng Group: <\/strong>2006 - 2010, NIH F32 Fellowship<strong><br data-start=\"3705\" data-end=\"3708\" \/>Email: <\/strong>thuc@uchicago.edu\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<h3><span><strong data-start=\"3592\" data-end=\"3605\">Haifeng Wang<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<pre><strong>Current Position: <\/strong>Faculty, National University of Singapore<strong><br data-start=\"3662\" data-end=\"3665\" \/>Year at Cheng Group: <\/strong>2004 - 2007<strong><br data-start=\"3705\" data-end=\"3708\" \/>Email: <\/strong>phywh@nus.edu.sg<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Research Assistant Professor Haonan Lin Current Position: Tenure Track Assistant Professor at Georgia Tech BME Email: haonan.lin@bme.gatech.edu Hongjian He Current Position: Professor at Tongji University Email: hjhe@bu.edu Former Postdoctoral Fellows Meng Zhang Current Position: Principal Optical Scientist, Harvard University Year at Cheng Group: March 2018 &#8211; April 2025 Email: zm@bu.edu &nbsp; Yuhao Yuan Current [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25784,"featured_media":0,"parent":144,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cheng-group\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2498"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cheng-group\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cheng-group\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cheng-group\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25784"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cheng-group\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2498"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cheng-group\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2742,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cheng-group\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2498\/revisions\/2742"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cheng-group\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cheng-group\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}