Group Members
Welcome to the VASST Lab!
Jump to staff, master and bachelor students, alumni, administrative support, lab visitors.
Leads
Professor, Robarts scientist
- Professor Medical Imaging, Medical Biophysics, Biomedical Engineering
- Postdoctoral Fellow - Biozentrum University of Basel, Switzerland, 1974
- PhD - Electrical Engineering, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, 1973
- BEng Hons - Bachelor of Engineering, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, 1969
Professor, Robarts scientist
- Professor Medical Biophysics
- Postdoctoral Fellow - Computer Science, Queen's University, Canada, 2009
- PhD - Computer Science, Queen’s University, Canada, 2007
- MSc - Master of Computer Science, Queen’s University, Canada
- BScH - Bachelor of Computer Science, Queen’s University, Canada
Staff
Adam Rankin
Robarts Research Hardware Engineer
- Research Interests - Minimally invasive cardiac surgery guidance
Postdocs
Postdoc, Researcher at Robarts (since 2016)
- PhD - Medical Biophysics, Western University, Canada, 2021
- MESc - Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada, 2013
- BSc - Engineering Science, University of Toronto, Canada, 2011
Postdoc, Researcher at Robarts
- PhD – Biomedical Engineering, Western University, Canada, 2023
- BSc - Computer Science, Western University, 2018
- Research Interests - Image processing of 3D ultrasound with a focus on cardiac ultrasound, and heart valve procedure planning.
Graduate (PhD, Master) Students
PhD Student, started 2022
- MESc - Master of Biomedical Engineering, Western University, Canada, 2022
- BME - Bachelor of Biomedical Engineering, Merida, Mexico
PhD Student, started 2020
- PhD - Biomedical Engineering, Western University, Canada, expected graduation 2024
- MSc - Biomedical Engineering, Tsinghua University, China, 2019
- BSc - Electrical Engineering and Automation, Northeast Electric Power University, China, 2016
PhD Student, started 2020
- PhD - Biomedical Engineering, Western University, expected graduation 2024
- MESc - Biomedical Engineering, Western University, 2020
- BSc - Computer Science, Western University, 2018
Master’s Student, started 2023
- MSc - Medical Biophysics, Western University, expected graduation 2025
- BMSc - Medical Biophysics, Western University, 2023
Undergraduate Students
Undergraduate Student
- BSc - Bachelor of Computer Science (HSP), Western University, Canada, 2023
- Minor - Software Engineering, Western University, Canada, 2023
- Research - Capstone Team, augmented reality medical imaging
Ido Chen
Undergraduate Student
- BSc - Bachelor of Science, Western University, Canada, 2023
Undergraduate Student
- BMSc - Bachelor of Medical Sciences, Western University, Canada, 2024
- Work - St. Joseph's Healthcare Centre, Department of Thoracic Surgery, 2020-2021
- University of Toronto Schools, 2013-2019
Emma Zhang
Undergraduate Student
- BMSc - Bachelor of Medical Sciences, Western University, Canada, 2026
Olivia Qi
Undergraduate Student
- BMSc - Bachelor of Medical Sciences, Western University, Canada, 2026
Jessica Lei
Undergraduate Student
- BASc - Biomedical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada, 2027
Arthur Wang
Undergraduate Student
- BMSc - Bachelor of Medical Sciences, Western University, Canada, 2026
Charles Yuan
Undergraduate Student
- BMSc - Bachelor of Medical Sciences, Western University, Canada, 2026
- IB Bayview Secondary School, Richmond Hill, 2018-2022
Visiting Scholars
Professor, Scientist
- Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Kindai University, Japan
- PhD - Information Engineering, 奈良先端科学技術大学院大学 (Nara Institute of Science and Technology), 1997
- BSc - 京都大学 (Kyoto University), 1993
Alumni
Tara Kemper
Undergraduate Student
- BSc - Bachelor of Science - Honours Specialization in Medical Physics, Western University, Canada, 2023
- VASST Lab summer researcher and Honours Thesis student
Finlay Ferguson
Undergraduate Student
- Western University, Canada, 2023
- 4th Year Capstone Project student
XuanRan (Oscar) Qi
Undergraduate Student
- Western University, Canada, 2023
- 4th Year Capstone Project student
Justin Weller
Undergraduate Student
- Western University, Canada, 2023
- 4th Year Capstone Project student
Visitors
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Master students
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Bachelor Students
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Administrative Support