Postdoctoral Scientist (Feb 2009 - present) B.S. (Mechatronics, Northwestern PolyU) 2000 M.S. (Mechatronics, Northwestern PolyU) 2003 Ph.D. (Inst. Sci., Shanghai Jiaotong) 2008 Email: pengqin@eee.hku.hk Research Direction: Therapeutic Ultrasound Specialty: Ultrasound-Induced Bioeffects

BIOGRAPHY

Peng joined HKU in February 2009 as a Postdoctoral Scientist. Building upon his background in instrumentation science, he is currently using a number of biological experiment techniques to investigate how ultrasound is physically affecting the dynamics of living cells. Peng has completed his BS and MS degrees in Mechatronic Engineering from Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China, in 2000 and 2003 respectively. He has also obtained a PhD degree in Instrumentation Science from Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China, in 2007.

RESEARCH OUTPUTS

Journal Articles

1. Ultrasound-microbubble mediated cavitation of plant cells: effects on morphology and viability
   P Qin, L Xu, W Zhong, ACH Yu. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, vol. 38, no. 6, pp. 1085-1096, 2012.

Conference Proceedings and Abstracts

1. Towards developing a plant-based experimental model for sonoporation-mediated gene therapy: bioeffects analysis
   P Qin, L Xu, W Zhong, ACH Yu. International Symposium on Therapeutic Ultrasound, 2011.
2. Developing a new model for sonoporation treatment using plants: cellular mechanism analysis
   P Qin, L Xu, W Zhong, ACH Yu. Proceedings of IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, No. P2Aa-2, 2011.