Wen, Han 1968-
Oral history interview with Han Wen, 2020 March 2.
In this interview Han Wen discusses his childhood in Beijing and the circumstances that led to his decision to pursue graduate studies in statistical quantum mechanics at the University of Maryland, and its joint biophysics program that the Department of Physics ran with the NIH. Wen describes his early interest in MRI first as a graduate student at the NIH and then as a full time physicist. Wen provides an overview of his contribution to improvements in MRI technology and explains how the spirit of interdisciplinary collaboration at the NIH has enhanced his research. Wen explains his current work on x-ray CT imaging, which he hopes will improve in the future to the point when radiation exposure is minimized and the imaging quality becomes so good that many biopsies will no longer be necessary.
Dr. Han Wen runs the Imaging Physics Laboratory at the National Institute of Health. He graduated from Peking University in Beijing with a B.S. in physics earned his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Maryland through the CUSPEA Scholarship. Dr. Wen has been a principle investigator at NIH since 1997. He has served on the editorial boards of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Scientific Reports, as well as a number of professional societies. Some of his honors include National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Director's Award, the Orloff Science Award and Distinguished Service Award to the ISMRM Society as a Reviewer for MRM.
Wen, Han 1968-
National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
University of Maryland, College Park
Biophysics
Magnetic resonance imaging
Radiation
X-ray -- Industrial applications.
China.
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Zierler, David, 1979- interviewer.
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American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA