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Ruikang (Ricky) Wang, PhD (Glasgow, ’95), is currently a Professor of Bioengineering and Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Washington, Seattle, USA. After two years’ postdoctoral research training at Glasgow, Scotland, he joined as a Lecturer, and then, Senior Lecturer in Bioimaging Science with Keele Medical School, England. In 2002, he became a Chair Professor in Biomedical Optics with Cranfield University, England, where he created and directed Biophotonics and Imaging Laboratory. In 2005, he joined Oregon Health and Science University, Oregon, where he was a Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Anesthesiology and the Director of Biophotonics and Imaging Laboratory. In 2010, he moved to scenic and vibrant Seattle in Washington. Dr Wang is a leading figure in biophotonics and optical coherence tomography worldwide. He is author of more than 200 peer-reviewed journal articles, one monograph in optical information processing, as well as 12 book chapters. He is fellow of Optical Society of America (OSA), International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE), and American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), and a chartered member of the Biomedical Imaging and Technology Study Section for National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA. He currently serves as an associate editor for a number of leading international journals in biomedical optics, including Journal of Biomedical Optics and Biomedical Optics Express. His current research interests include biophotonics and imaging, optical coherence tomography, optical microangiography, photoacoustic imaging and their applications in neurology, ophthalmology, dermatology and cancer.