Mohan Li     Ph.D. Candidate

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Address: 104 South Wright Street
Urbana, Illinois, 61801, USA
Phone: 217-904-8837
E-mail: mohanli2@illinois.edu
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I am a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and my research is in the field of medical imaging. My work experiences have enabled me to program proficiently in C++ and Python, and I have a strong interest in machine learning and data analysis. In the future, I want to develop my career as a software engineer and pursue my passion for AI and its various applications.

Education

Ph.D. Candidate, Aug 2018 - May 2020
Advisor: Professor Shiva Abbaszadeh
Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Master of Science, Aug 2016 - July 2018
Advisor: Professor Shiva Abbaszadeh
Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Bachelor of Engineering, Sep 2011 - July 2015
Advisor: Professor Zhe Wang
Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University


Wrok & Project Experiences

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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Feb 2017 - Present

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Computed Tomography R&D Intern, Canon Medical Research USA, Inc., Summer 2019
  • Applied clinical CT image esegmentation for personalized patient model building.
  • Developed an augmented reality demo on Magic Leap One for simplifying CT scan protocol and 3D-visual CT marketing.

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Tsinghua University, 2014 - 2016
  • Built a water-based liquid scintillator detector to separately observe the simultaneous scintillation and Cherenkov lights for the next generation of neutrino experiment detector. [project] [paper]
  • Investigated the radioactivity of raw materials of stainless steel with a high-purity germanium detector for the ultra-low background requirement in Jinping Neutrino Experiment. [project] [paper]

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Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, summer 2014

Awards

  1. Cancer Scholars for Translational and Applied Research (C★STAR) Graduate Fellowship, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2018 - 2020 [News]

  2. Graduate College Conference Travel Award, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2017, 2018

  3. National Training Programs of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award, Tsinghua University, 2015

  4. Academic Excellence Scholarship, Tsinghua University, 2012, 2013, 2014

  5. Best summer student of ATLAS group, DESY, 2014

Publications

  1. Mohan Li, Brett Yockey, and Shiva Abbaszadeh, "Design study of a dedicated head and neck cancer PET system." IEEE Transactions on Radiation and Plasma Medical Sciences (2020).

  2. Mohan Li, and Shiva Abbaszadeh, "Depth-of-interaction study of a dual-readout detector based on TOFPET2 application-specific integrated circuit." Physics in Medicine & Biology 64.17 (2019): 175008.

  3. Mohan Li, and Shiva Abbaszadeh, "Influence of channel configuration on bandwidth of cadmium zinc telluride detector with a cross-strip pattern." Radiation Physics and Chemistry 155 (2019): 213-216. [project]

  4. Mohan Li, Ziyi Guo, Minfang Yeh, Zhe Wang, Shaomin Chen, "Separation of scintillation and Cherenkov lights in linear alkyl benzene". Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 830 (2016): 303-308. [project][Notable new references by Long-Baseline News]

  5. Sheng Yang, Mohan Li, Michael Reed, James Hugg, Henry Chen, Shiva Abbaszadeh, "Effect of CZT system characteristics on Compton scatter event recovery." IEEE Transactions on Radiation and Plasma Medical Sciences (2019)

  6. Ghulam Hussain, Zhi Zeng, Chunfa Yao, Mohan Li, Ziyi Guo, Lei Guo, Zhe Wang, Shaomin Chen, "Assay of low-background stainless steel by smelting for the neutrino experiment at Jinping." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 881 (2018): 65-71. [project]

  7. Beacom, John F., et al., "Physics prospects of the Jinping neutrino experiment." Chinese physics C 41.2 (2017): 023002.

  8. Beacom, John F., et al., "Letter of intent: Jinping neutrino experiment." arXiv preprint arXiv:1602.01733 (2016).

Conference presentations

  1. Mohan Li, and Shiva Abbaszadeh. "Characterization of a high-resolution dual-ended PET detector." SPIE Medical Imaging, Houston, Feb. 15-20, 2020.

  2. Mohan Li, and Shiva Abbaszadeh. "Sub-scanner characterizing for a dedicated head-and-neck cancer PET." SNMMI Annual Meeting, Anaheim, Jun. 22-25, 2019.

  3. Mohan Li, and Shiva Abbaszadeh. "Translating high-resolution radiation detection technology to head-and-neck imaging: a comparison study between CZT and LYSO/SiPM technologies." SPIE Medical Imaging, San Diego, Feb. 16-21, 2019.

  4. Hengquan Zhang, Mohan Li, and Shiva Abbaszadeh. "Reducing limited angle artifacts in the image reconstruction for a two-panel dedicated head and neck PET system." SPIE Medical Imaging, San Diego, Feb. 16-21, 2019.

  5. Mohan Li, and Shiva Abbaszadeh. "Development of a high-resolution detector for a head-and-neck cancer dedicated PET scanner." IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Sydney, Nov. 10-17, 2018.

  6. Mohan Li, and Shiva Abbaszadeh. "Simulation of a two-panel head and neck dedicated PET system." IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Atlanta, Oct. 21-28, 2017.

  7. Mohan Li, and Shiva Abbaszadeh, "Effect of cathode energy spectrum on the depth of interaction estimation and anode signal recovery in CZT detectors". SPIE International Society for Optics and Photonics, San Diego, Aug. 6-10, 2017.

  8. Mohan Li, and Shiva Abbaszadeh. "Bandwidth consideration for data acquisition electronics of radiation detectors." 10th International Topical Meeting on Industrial Radiation and Radioisotope Measurement Applications, Chicago, July 9-13, 2017.

  9. Mohan Li. "Linead Alkyl-Benzene (LAB) Cherenkov and scintillation separation." Workshop of Jinping Neutrino Program, Beijing, 2015.