Leilei Peng

Assistant Professor of Optical Sciences

Contact Information

Education

  • PhD, Purdue University, 2005

  • MS, University of Science and Technology of China, 2000

  • BS, University of Science and Technology of China, 1997

Employment

  • The University of Arizona: College of Optical Sciences, Assistant Professor, 2009-present.

  • Harvard Medical School: Massachusetts General Hospital, Wellman Laboratories of Photomedicine, Research Fellow, 2005-2009

  • Purdue University: Department of Physics, Research Assistant, 2001-2005

  • University of Science and Technology of China, Department of Modern Physics, Research Assistant, 1997-2000

Professional Affiliations, Activities, and Honors

  • NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00), Densely Multiplexed Fluorescence Imaging by Fourier Transform Fluorometry, National Institute of Health, 2008

  • H.Y. Fan Award for outstanding research in experimental or theoretical and condensed matter physics, Department of Physics, Purdue University, 2005

  • Special Initiative Fellowship, Purdue University, 2000

  • Outstanding Graduate Award, University of Science and Technology of China, 1997

Research

  • Current research:  Fast Fourier transform fluorescence spectroscopy, fluorescence lifetime and hyperspectral imaging, single molecule fluorescence, and super resolution microscopy.

  • Past research:  Interferometric biosensing, laser-based ultrasound detection with self-adaptive interferometry, photorefractive material.

October 2009