Dr. Zhen Tian

Associate Professor

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Biography

Zhen Tian is an Associate Professor and a board-certified Medical Physicist in the Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology at the University of Chicago. His research focuses on the application of artificial intelligence and parallel computing to advance radiotherapy techniques. He has developed significant expertise in GPU-based iterative low-dose image reconstruction and ultra-fast Monte Carlo dose calculation. Dr. Tian's work on microscopic Monte Carlo simulation and AI-based auto-planning for radiotherapy has garnered attention in the field. He has been awarded multiple NIH grants, including R01 and R37 grants, underscoring his contributions to the advancements in personalized and automated therapies for cancer treatment. His academic training includes a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Tsinghua University and postdoctoral work in Medical Physics at the University of California San Diego. He is committed to collaboration and invites interested parties to reach out to his lab for potential research initiatives.

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