Qiushi Ren received a bachelor's degree in optical engineering from Hua-Zhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, in 1984 and his master's and Ph.D. degrees in solid state electronics from Ohio State University, in 1987 and 1990, respectively.

During his Ph.D. study, he worked as a research assistant at the Wellman Laboratories of Photo-Medicine of Massachusetts General Hospital and the Ophthalmic Laser Laboratory of Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary of Harvard Medical School from 1989 to 1990.

In 1991, he joined the faculty of the Department of Biomedical Engineering as an assistant professor, with adjunct appointment at the Department of Ophthalmology and Bascom Palmer Eye Institute of University Miami, Florida, where he worked on the innovative laser therapies for medical application. He joined the faculty of the Department of Biomedical Engineering as a full professor and became the director of the Institute for Laser Medicine and Bio-Photonics at Shanghai Jiao-Tong University in 2002.

In 2005, he was appointed as the chief scientist by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China for National Key Basic Research Project (973 Project) titled “Basic Research on Visual Function Recovery for Blindness and Its Related Key Technologies.” In 2006, he received the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars from the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

He currently holds a Chang-Jiang Distinguished Professorship specially appointed by the Ministry of Education of China. His research interests include ophthalmology and visual optics, laser–tissue interaction, and biomedical applications of lasers and electro-optics. He published more than 70 journal papers, received one U.S. patent, and coedited three proceeding books.

Experience

• Professor (2002 - present)

  Department of Biomedical Engineering

  Shanghai Jiao Tong University

• Director (2002 - present)

  C-Sight

• Assistant Professor (1991 - 2001)

  Department of Biomedical Engineering

  University of Miami, Florida

Education

• PhD, Solid State Electronics (1988 - 1990)

  Ohio State University

• MS, Solid State Electronics (1985 - 1987)

  Ohio State University

• BS, Optical Engineering (1984)

  Hua-Zhong University of Science and Technology