Heng Li

Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA.

Research Interest: Proton Therapy Physics, Motion Management in Radiotherapy, Global Health, and AI Application in Radiation Oncology.

Dr. Li is an Associate Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University, and is a fellow of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine. He serves as the Chief Proton Physicist of the Johns Hopkins Proton Therapy Center, located at the Sibley Memorial Hospital, Washington DC. He completed his Ph.D. Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA in 2006, and received postdoctoral fellowship and therapeutic medical physics residency trainings at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. He was a faculty at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center from 2010-2019. His research interests include proton therapy physics, motion management in radiotherapy, global health, and AI application in radiation oncology. He has published over 70 scientific papers in peer-reviewed academic journals and authored 9 book chapters.