The Leung Research Group seeks to exploit the various degrees of freedom of light to create designer optical beams and utilize them to develop quantum-inspired imaging protocols that are capable of overcoming fundamental limitations set by classical methods. The goal is to translate these new optical technologies to develop state-of-the-art highly-multiplexed imaging and sensing technologies that could provide predictive value to biomedical and bioenergy studies.

Dr. Leung is passionate about using advanced light forms to enhance non-invasive optical imaging and sensing technologies to tackle unmet needs in the biomedical field. Before joining Indiana University Bloomington, she was a faculty at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Leung has built strong track records in microscopy innovation and in the clinical translation of novel biomedical imaging devices. Her work have advanced optical biopsy, helped to identify airway pathophysiology at the cellular level, and enhance capabilities to unravel the role of dysregulated metabolism and inflammatory responses in tumor malignancy and diseases progression. She currently serves on the editorial board of SPIE's Journal of Optical Microsystems and is on the Photonics West conference program committee. She is also currently the chair of Optica's Applied Spectroscopy Technical Group.