Biography
Professor Wei-Chiang Lin is an associate professor of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Florida International University, where he has been since 2004. He served as the interim chair of the Department from 2015 to 2017. Professor Lin obtained his B.S. degree in Biomedical Engineering from the Chung-Yuan Christian University in Taiwan, ROC in 1987. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin under the supervision of Ashley J. Welch and Massoud Motamedi.
When he completed his Ph.D. degree, Professor Lin received a postdoctoral fellowship (Advisor: Anita Mahadevan-Jansen) from the W. M. Keck Foundation Free Electron Laser Center and joined the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN in 1997. He became a Research Assistant Professor in the Department in 2000.
Professor Lin’s research focuses on developing engineering solutions for diagnosing and treating tissue disorders and injuries. To date, his research projects have been funded by the National Institute of Health, the Department of Defense, etc.
Education
- Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 1997
- MS, Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 1994
- BS, Biomedical Engineering, Chung-Yuan Christian University, Taiwan, 1989