Jingwen Yao, PhD

Jingwen’s research interest focuses on the development and application of advanced MRI techniques in brain diseases. She is currently working on developing myelin imaging technique using ultrashort echo (UTE) relaxometry MRI with Dr. Peder Larson and multi-modal characterization of Huntington’s disease (HD) at 7T with Dr. Janine Lupo. Jingwen received her PhD in Bioengineering in March 2021 from University of California Los Angeles, under the mentorship of Dr. Benjamin Ellingson. Her dissertation involved developing and validating pH-sensitive chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) MRI in adult glioma patients. Outside the lab, she loves origami and hiking.