2026 Lihong V. Wang: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	148	309	296	181	173	1060	93243

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Research.com Recognitions

2020 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
2019 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2018 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For inventions in photoacoustic microscopy enabling functional, metabolic, and molecular imaging in vivo.
2004 - OSA Fellows For contributions to biomedical optics.
2004 - SPIE Fellow
2003 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

Lihong V. Wang is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, with significant contributions across subfields such as biomedical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, mechanics of materials, and atomic and molecular physics and optics.

The scientist's work spans a range of topics with notable emphasis on photoacoustic and ultrasonic imaging, thermography and photoacoustic techniques, optical imaging and spectroscopy techniques, random lasers and scattering media, advanced fluorescence microscopy techniques, organic electronics and photovoltaics, and nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Lihong V. Wang include Peng Hu, Konstantin Maslov, Lei Li, Yide Zhang, and Junhui Shi. The collaboration count with these co-authors ranges from 17 to 21 papers each, indicating ongoing research partnerships.

The researcher has published extensively in several venues, with the highest number of publications appearing in arXiv (Cornell University), SSRN Electronic Journal, Nature Communications, Light Science & Applications, and the Journal of Biomedical Optics.

Key recent papers include:

The emerging role of photoacoustic imaging in clinical oncology, 2022, Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology
Biomass derived porous carbon (BPC) and their composites as lightweight and efficient microwave absorption materials, 2020, Composites Part B Engineering
Massively parallel functional photoacoustic computed tomography of the human brain, 2021, Nature Biomedical Engineering
High-speed three-dimensional photoacoustic computed tomography for preclinical research and clinical translation, 2021, Nature Communications
Roadmap on wavefront shaping and deep imaging in complex media, 2022, Journal of Physics Photonics

Lihong V. Wang has received several awards and honors over the years, including:

Fellow, National Academy of Inventors, 2020
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2019
Member of the National Academy of Engineering, 2018, for inventions in photoacoustic microscopy enabling functional, metabolic, and molecular imaging in vivo
OSA Fellow, 2004, for contributions to biomedical optics
SPIE Fellow, 2004
Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), 2003

Best Publications

MCML—Monte Carlo modeling of light transport in multi-layered tissues

Lihong Wang;Steven L. Jacques;Liqiong Zheng

4592
Citations
Photoacoustic Tomography: In Vivo Imaging from Organelles to Organs

Lihong V. Wang;Song Hu

4587
Citations
Functional photoacoustic microscopy for high-resolution and noninvasive in vivo imaging

Hao F Zhang;Konstantin Maslov;George Stoica;Lihong V Wang

2237
Citations
Biomedical Optics: Principles and Imaging

Lihong V. Wang;Hsin-I Wu

2075
Citations
Looking and listening to light: the evolution of whole-body photonic imaging.

Vasilis Ntziachristos;Jorge Ripoll;Jorge Ripoll;Lihong V Wang;Ralph Weissleder

1927
Citations
Fullerenes with metals inside

Yan Chai;Ting Guo;Changming Jin;Robert E. Haufler

1627
Citations
Universal back-projection algorithm for photoacoustic computed tomography

Minghua Xu;Lihong V. Wang

1609
Citations
Multiscale photoacoustic microscopy and computed tomography.

Lihong V. Wang

1609
Citations
Gold nanocages covered by smart polymers for controlled release with near-infrared light

Mustafa S. Yavuz;Yiyun Cheng;Jingyi Chen;Claire M. Cobley

1563
Citations
Porphysome nanovesicles generated by porphyrin bilayers for use as multimodal biophotonic contrast agents

Jonathan F. Lovell;Cheng S. Jin;Cheng S. Jin;Elizabeth Huynh;Elizabeth Huynh;Honglin Jin;Honglin Jin

1420
Citations
A practical guide to photoacoustic tomography in the life sciences

Lihong V Wang;Junjie Yao

1385
Citations
Gold nanostructures: a class of multifunctional materials for biomedical applications

Claire M. Cobley;Jingyi Chen;Eun Chul Cho;Lihong V. Wang

923
Citations
Optical-resolution photoacoustic microscopy for in vivo imaging of single capillaries.

Konstantin Maslov;Hao F. Zhang;Song Hu;Lihong V. Wang

905
Citations
In vivo photoacoustic tomography of chemicals: high-resolution functional and molecular optical imaging at new depths

Chulhong Kim;Christopher Favazza;Lihong V. Wang

874
Citations
Photoacoustic tomography and sensing in biomedicine

Changhui Li;Lihong V Wang

804
Citations
Tutorial on Photoacoustic Microscopy and Computed Tomography

L.V. Wang

786
Citations
High-speed label-free functional photoacoustic microscopy of mouse brain in action

Junjie Yao;Lidai Wang;Joon Mo Yang;Konstantin I. Maslov

763
Citations
Photoacoustic imaging and spectroscopy

Lihong V. Wang

742
Citations
Single-shot compressed ultrafast photography at one hundred billion frames per second

Liang Gao;Jinyang Liang;Chiye Li;Lihong V. Wang

602
Citations
Photoacoustic tomography of a nanoshell contrast agent in the in vivo rat brain

Yiwen Wang;Xueyi Xie;Xueding Wang;Geng Ku

578
Citations