CV

Education

2022-present Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT
Advisor: Prof. Sixian You

2022-2024 Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT
M.S. Degree: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Thesis: Deep and Dynamic Metabolic and Structural Imaging in Living Tissues
Advisor: Prof. Sixian You

2018-2022 Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University
B.E. Degree: Electronic Engineering
Minor Degree: Biomedical Engineering
Thesis: Dimensionality-Reduction for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces-Aided Communications
Advisor: Prof. Linglong Dai, Mentor: Zijian Zhang

2015-2018 High School Attached to Northeast Normal University

Talks / Conference Publications

  • May 2024 Kunzan Liu, “The Color of Truth: Cellular Dynamics in Intact Tissue”, MIT Koch Institute Image Awards Exhibition.
  • Jan 2024 Kunzan Liu, Tong Qiu, Honghao Cao, Linda Griffith, Fan Wang, and Sixian You, “High-Speed Simultaneous Label-Free Autofluorescence-Multiharmonic (hSLAM) Microscopy for Multicellular Dynamics”, SPIE Photonics West.
  • Sep 2023 Kunzan Liu, “High-Peak-Power, Visible-to-SWIR, and Tunable Fiber Source for Multiplex Nonlinear Microscopy”, Wellman Optica Student Chapter (invited).
  • Aug 2023 Kunzan Liu, Tong Qiu, Honghao Cao, and Sixian You, “Adaptive Fiber Source for High-Speed Label-Free Multimodal Multiphoton Microscopy”, Optica Imaging Congress. [pdf]

Awards

  • 2024, MathWorks Fellowship
  • 2024, MIT Koch Institute Image Awards
  • 2023, BioMAN Summit Best Student Poster (1st)
  • 2022, MIT Presidential Fellowship
  • 2022, Excellent Bachelor Dissertation of Beijing
  • 2022, Excellent Graduates of Beijing
  • 2022, Grand Prize in Tsinghua Challenge Cup
  • 2021, Tsinghua Grand Scholarship (10 students each year)
  • 2021, SenseTime Scholarship
  • 2021, National Scholarship
  • 2021, Grand Prize in Beijing Challenge Cup
  • 2020, National Scholarship
  • 2019, National Scholarship