Dr. Feng is a professor at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Her research centers on biomedical optical imaging. She is dedicated to developing safe, painless, and precise optical imaging tools to better understand, detect, and treat diseases. 

Prior to joining HUST, Dr. Feng was a tenure-track assistant professor at the University of Texas at Dallas. She completed her postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), where she developed novel optical coherence elastography (OCE) techniques for the in vivo diagnosis of corneal and skin biomechanics. During her PhD studies at UT Austin, she advanced the clinical translation of Raman spectroscopy for skin cancer diagnosis. Her lab aims to capture the structural, biomechanical, and chemical information of tissues, and accelerate the translation of these techniques from bench to bedside.

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Email：xufeng@hust.edu.cn

Representative Publications：

Feng X*, Li GY*, Jiang Y*, Shortt O, and Yun SH. Optical coherence elastography measures mechanical tension in the lens and capsule, Acta Biomaterialia, 199, p. 252–261 (2025). Impact factor: 9.6, Q1 in Biomedical Engineering.

Feng X*, Li GY*, and Yun SH. Ultra-wideband optical coherence elastography from acoustic to ultrasonic frequencies, Nature Communications, 14, p. 4949 (2023). Impact factor: 17.694, Q1 in Multidisciplinary Sciences.

Li GY*, Feng X*, and Yun SH. Simultaneous tensile and shear measurement of the human cornea in vivo using S0- and A0-wave optical coherence elastography, Acta Biomaterialia, 175, p. 114–122 (2024). Impact factor: 9.6, Q1 in Biomedical Engineering.

Li GY*, Feng X*, and Yun SH. In vivo optical coherence elastography unveils spatial variation of corneal stiffness, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 71(5), p. 1418–1429 (2023). Cover paper. 

Moon W*, Feng X*, Li GY, and Yun SH. High-frequency optical coherence elastography for gingival tissue characterization: Variability in stiffness and response to physiological conditions, Biomaterials Research, 28, p. 1–10 (2024). Impact factor: 11.3, Q1 in Biomedical Engineering.

Feng X*, Li GY*, Ramier A, Eltony AM, and Yun SH. In vivo stiffness measurement of epidermis, dermis, and hypodermis using broadband Rayleigh-wave optical coherence elastography, Acta Biomaterialia, 146, p. 295–305 (2022). Impact factor: 9.6, Q1 in Biomedical Engineering.