Qiyin Fang

Professor, Engineering Physics

Dr. Qiyin Fang is a Professor of Engineering Physics at McMaster University and is a Fellow of SPIE, the Society for Optics and Photonics. He received his BSc in Physics from Nankai Unviersity, MSc in Applied Physics, and PhD in Biomedical Physics both from East Carolina University. He held the Canada Research Chair in Biophotonics from 2005-2016 and he is also the recipient for the Early Researcher’s Award from the Province of Ontario. Prior to his tenure at McMaster, Dr. Fang was with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Dr. Fang works on the development of optical spectroscopy and imaging systems for biomedical and environmental applications. His recent research projects include: multimodality optical biopsy techniques for real-time clinical diagnosis and guided therapy, optical endoscope designs for gastrointestinal (GI) cancer screening, photodynamic therapy (PDT) photosensitizer uptake and dosimetry, fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) technologies for high content screening; ultrafast laser micromachining for medical implants; miniaturized optical sensors for water quality monitoring, and optical sensing and imaging technologies for smart home and aging applications.