Yichen Hu

PhD, Lead Scientist, United Imaging (Houston, TX)

United States

About

▶ 7 years of industrial-level C++ development for advanced MRI and PET/MR clinical systems. ▶ EB-1A (1st preference, Alien of Extraordinary Ability) Green Card holder. ▶ Highly cited (>800) with research output from 2010 to 2025 in the field of Magnetic Resonance. ● https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=mWN-AREAAAAJ&hl=en ▶ Inventor of 17+ personally filed IP patents, with six consecutive years of presenting original research at international conferences such as ISMRM. ▶ Daily hands-on operation of MRI scanners, with deep expertise in engineering-grade experimental setup, human subject scanning, protocol optimization, system maintenance, upgrades, calibration, and quality assurance (QA). Skilled in the integration and operation of peripheral systems such as EEG, ECG, TMS, DBS, fMRI stimulus delivery devices, and ultrasound-based neuromodulation tools. ▶ Experienced in grant application writing as PI, independently preparing multiple funding proposals with strong strategic vision and awareness of emerging research trends. ▶ Years of daily professional operation of NMR instrumentation (including solution-state and MAS solid-state NMR), with hands-on expertise in hardware use and maintenance, such as probe repair, tuning/matching and waveform inspection with oscilloscopes, system upgrades and servicing, cryogens refilling, preparation of experimental scan materials (tubes/MAS rotors), and biochemical or material samples.

Experience

  • United Imaging - North America ()
    • Lead Scientist
      Jun 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 2 mos

      ▶ Principal developer and investigator for MRI applications: ● Arterial Spin Labeling ● 3D Ultra-Fast Imaging (Fast Spin Echo, Gradient and Spin Echo (i.e. GRASE), and Spiral Imaging) ● 3D Real-Time Imaging. ▶ Scientific research on innovative MRI technology.

    • Senior Scientist
      Jun 2017 - May 2023 · 6 yrs

      ▶ Advanced MRI sequence development for 3.0T MRI, 1.5T MRI, and 3.0T PET/MR systems.

  • Scientific Journal Reviewer - Voluntarily at Wiley
    Aug 2022 - Present · 4 yrs

    ▶ Dedicated review service for Small by Wiley (■ Impact Factor =15.153, 2023).

  • Springer Nature Group (7 yrs 5 mos)
    • Scientific Journal Reviewer - Voluntarily
      Feb 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 6 mos

      ▶ Review service for Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine.

    • Scientific Journal Reviewer - Voluntarily
      Mar 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 5 mos

      ▶ Review service for Applied Magnetic Resonance. ■ Selected Distinguished Reviewer.

  • Scientific Journal Reviewer - Voluntarily at Elsevier
    Feb 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 6 mos

    ▶ Review service for Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences (JMIRS).

  • Scientific Journal Reviewer - Voluntarily at Royal Society of Chemistry
    Jan 2018 - Present · 8 yrs 7 mos

    ▶ Dedicated review service for Chemical Communications (■ Impact Factor = 6.065, 2023).