Jia Kang

Columbia University

About me

Welcome to Jia Kang's personal website!
Jia Kang is currently seeking for a Ph.D. position in biomedical engineering. Her research interests and experiences include biomedical imaging, image-guided surgeries and neural engineering. Jia will obtain a M.S. degree on Biomedical Engineering from Columbia Unviersity in 2021 and earned her B.S. degree on Information Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2019. She has been passionate about life sciences and hope to apply her knowledge in electronic information to solve biomedical challenges!

Personal Information

Name
Jia Kang
Date of Birth
November 20th, 1997
Address
500 W 120th St #510, New York, NY, 10027
Email
jiakangtt@gmail.com
Telephone
(+1)646-269-0838

Language

Chinese | Native
English | Fluent

Education

Columbia University (CU)

2019.08-2020.12 | New York City, NY, US

  • M.S. in Biomedical Engineering
  • GPA：4.0/4.0

Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU)

2015.09-2019.06 | Shanghai, China

  • B.S. in Information Engineering
  • GPA：3.69/4.0
  • Outstanding Graduate of Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  • Won the Academic Excellence Scholarship for three consecutive years from 2016 to 2018.
  • Excellent Student Leader of Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2017

University of Melbourne (UMelb)

2017.06-2017.07 | Melbourne, Australia

  • Exchange Student
  • GPA：7.0/7.0

Skills

Python/ Matlab

SQL

LaTeX, Markdown

VHDL, Verilog, Assembly Language


C++

Pytorch/Tensorflow/Keras

Computer Vision（CV）

Graph and video softwares (PS, AE)

Internship

Siemens Ltd. China
Image Processing R&D Intern

2018.12-2019.06 | Shanghai, China

Research

Neural Imaging
-- Automatic Workflow For Cell Mapping & Counting In Brain Regions

2019.10–present | Advisor: Alex Dranovsky & Andrew Laine

Disease Diagnosis
-- Lumen/Wall Volume Ratio Measurement on Pulmonary Vessels by CT Scans

2020.03–2020.06 | Advisor: Andrew Laine & R. Graham Barr

Image-guided Surgery
-- Object Tracking & Pose Estimation In VR/AR Surgeries

2017.09–2019.06 | Advisor: Hongkai Xiong

Biochemical Analysis
-- Fingerprint Mapping of Liquors by machine learning

2016.01-2017.03 | Advisor: Fei Tao

Student Work

Academic Sharing Center, Student Union at SJTU

Director | 2017.12-2018.12

Inspiration Forum at SJTU

Team Leader | 2015.09-2016.09

Volunteer

Voluntary Tutor in Public Welfare Organization

Excellent Tutor | 2015.09-2016.01

“Future Booster” Voluntary Activity for Prospective Freshmen

Excellent Regional Leader | 2016.06-2016.08

SJTU 120th Anniversary Celebration

Volunteer | 2016.04

Shanghai International Marathon

Volunteer | 2016.04 & 2016.10

Relevant Organizations

Columbia University

2019.08-2020.12
| graduate

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

2015.09-2019.06
| Undergraduate

University of Melbourne

2017.06-2017.07
| Exchange Student

Siemens Ltd. China

2018.12-2019.06
| Intern