Fei Xia, Ph.D., Principle Investigator.
Email: fei.xia[at] uci.edu | [Google Scholar] | [Linkedin]
Fei is an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at the University of California, Irvine. She completed her Ph.D. at Cornell and her postdoc at École Normale Supérieure (ENS) in Paris. She leads a research team working at the interface of optics, computation, and the brain, with a particular interest in designing advanced optical systems to image, sense, and process biomedical information probed by light. She aims to provide innovative solutions to challenging biomedical needs through the co-design of hardware and software. Fei has been recognized by several major awards and honors, including the Scialog Fellow for RCSA Initiative, Rising Star in Light, Optica Foundation Challenge Award, Seal of Excellence for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship, the SPIE Women in Optics, Data Open Championship and the Mong NeuroTech Fellowship.
Members
Jyothsna Konkada Manattayil, Ph.D., Postdoc
Email: jkonkada[at]uci.edu | [Google Scholar] | [Linkedin]
Jyothsna is a postdoc in the lab. She received her Ph.D. in Photonics at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India. She has hands-on experience in designing and developing custom optical setups for biomedical and nanophotonic applications. She is interested in experimental photonics for biomedical imaging, diagnostics, and sensing. She is also keen on computational imaging.
Ming-Liang Wei, EECS PhD student
Email: mlwei[at]uci.edu | [Google Scholar] | [Linkedin]
Ming-Liang is a Ph.D. student in EECS at UC Irvine. He received his M.S. in Medical Engineering from Caltech, and his B.S. and M.S. from National Taiwan University in Physics and Zoology, and in Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics, respectively. His research focuses on nonlinear microscopy, clinical trials, and quantitative analysis. He is particularly interested in lasers, optical systems, and bioimaging.
Joonhyuk Seo, EECS PhD student
Email: joonhys1[at]uci.edu | [Google Scholar] | [Linkedin]
Joonhyuk is a Ph.D. student in EECS at UC Irvine. He received his M.E. in Artificial Intelligence from Hanyang University, South Korea. His research focuses on applying deep learning to optics and nanophotonics. He is particularly interested in the multidisciplinary intersection of photonics, deep learning, and computational imaging.
Yunong Sun, EECS PhD student
Email: yunongs1[at]uci.edu | [Google Scholar] | [Linkedin] | [Website]
Yunong is a Ph.D student in EECS at UC Irvine (2025 Fall). He received his bachelor's and master's degrees in EE from Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) and Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU) respectively. Now, he is interested in computational speckle imaging and low-level computer vision.
Sicheng Chen, EECS PhD student
Email: sichenc5[at]uci.edu | [Google Scholar] | [Linkedin] | [Website]
Sicheng is a Ph.D student in EECS at UC Irvine (2025 Fall). He received his bachelor's and master's degrees in EE from Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU) and UC Irvine respectively. Now, he is interested in digital pathology diagnosis.
Ellie Huang, EECS MS student
Email: elliesh[at]uci.edu | [Linkedin]
Ellie is a Master's student in EECS at UC Irvine. She earned her B.S. in EECS from UC Berkeley, and her interests span data science, photonics, and semiconductor technology. With experience across both software and hardware domains, she is particularly interested in exploring how computational techniques can advance optical systems and emerging device technologies.
Nanxuan Li, EECS MS student
Email: nanxual[at]uci.edu | [Linkedin]
Nanxuan is a MS student in EECS at UC Irvine. He got B.E. in Computer Science from Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHKSZ). He had an internship experience about camera system development in Omnivision and Vivo Mobile Company. He is interested in Image Processing and Computational Imaging.
Aileen Kim, EECS Undergraduate student
Email: aileenjk[at]uci.edu
Aileen is an undergraduate student majoring in Computer Engineering at University of California, Irvine. She starts working with us from summer 2025.
Chad Wong, EECS Undergraduate student
Email: chadkw[at]uci.edu
Chad is an undergraduate electrical engineering student at UC Irvine who is specializing in signal processing and semiconductors/photonics. He is interested in researching computer vision and optical devices for medical purposes.
Alumni
Aidan Fernandez, Undergraduate intern (Summer 2025)
Aidan is an undergraduate student majoring in Computer Engineering at California State University - Bakersfield. He worked with us during summer 2025. He was supported by UCI SURF and NSF Cal-Bridge programs.
Rashad Hall, Undergraduate intern (Summer 2025)
Rashad is an undergraduate student majoring in Computer Science and Physics at California State University - Dominguez Hills. He worked with us during summer 2025. He was supported by NSF Cal-Bridge program.