Hongliang REN, Ph. D.
Professor, Electronic Engineering Department, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Hong Kong
Short Biography
Hongliang Ren received his Ph.D. in Electronic Engineering (Specialized in Biomedical Engineering) from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) in 2008. He served as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Automation Science & Engineering (T-ASE) and Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing (MBEC). He has navigated his academic journey through the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Johns Hopkins University, Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Children’s National Medical Center, United States, and the National University of Singapore. He is currently a Professor at the Department of Electronic Engineering at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and holds an adjunct professor position at the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the National University of Singapore. His areas of interest include biorobotics, intelligent control, medical mechatronics, soft continuum robots, soft sensors, and multisensory learning in medical robotics. He is the recipient of NUS Young Investigator Award and Engineering Young Researcher Award, IAMBE Early Career Award 2018, Interstellar Early Career Investigator Award 2018, ICBHI Young Investigator Award 2019, and Health Longevity Catalyst Award 2022 by NAM & RGC.
Contact and Web/CV
Email: hren(at)cuhk.edu.hk
Web:http://www.labren.org/mm/
CV: http://www.labren.org/mm/cv/
Research Interests
- Biomedical Mechatronic
- Computer-Integrated Surgery
- Robotic and Sensing in Medicine
- Wireless Biomedical Sensor Network
Teaching Areas
Robotics, Perception, Sensors, Signal Processing, Probability, Engineering Design, Surgical Robotics
Affiliations
- Director, Laboratory of Medical Mechatronics
Past Affiliated Labs
- Pediatric Cardiac Bioengineering Lab
Harvard Medical School
Children’s Hospital Boston
Harvard University - Center for Computer-Integrated Surgical Systems
Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics [More]
SMARTS Lab [More]
Department of Biomedical Engineering [More]
Department of Computer Science
Whiting School of Engineering
The Johns Hopkins University - Bioengineering Initiative, Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children’s National Medical Center
- Automation Lab, University of California at Berkeley
- Medical Robotics Lab, Electronic Engineering Department, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)