Biomedical optics · Vienna, Austria

Mengyang Liu, PhD

Associate Professor

Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering · Medical University of Vienna

I develop optical imaging technologies that reveal tissue structure, microvasculature and molecular processes—bridging optical coherence tomography, photoacoustics and translational medicine.

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OCT · PAI · AI

€7.5M+Grant income

43Publications

2,400+Citations

19Students supervised

About

I am an Associate Professor at the Medical University of Vienna. My research combines photonics, electrical engineering, artificial intelligence and clinical translation, with a particular focus on OCT, OCT angiography and photoacoustic imaging.

Research directions

Optical coherence tomography

High-resolution structural and functional tissue imaging for dermatology, oncology, and vascular disease.

Photoacoustic imaging

Optical absorption contrast for visualizing molecular composition, vasculature, and tumour biology.

Multimodal imaging & AI

Integrated OCT–photoacoustic systems and AI-enhanced quantitative analysis for 3D biological models.

Selected projects

EU H2020 · Coordinator

REAP

Contrast-enhanced OCT and photoacoustic tomography for revealing drug-tolerant persister cells in cancer.

€6.19M

EU H2020 FET-OPEN · Work Package Leader

SWIMMOT

Switchable magneto-plasmonic contrast agents and molecular imaging technologies.

€0.77M work package

EU MSCA Global Fellowship

SkinOptima

Linking skin morphology and vasculature with disease using optical imaging.

€270K

Medical University of Vienna · PI

COCTAIL

A comprehensive OCT solution for skin cancer from cells to vessels.

€49.5K

Selected publications

Recent representative work. Visit Google Scholar for the complete record.

AI-enhanced optical coherence photoacoustic microscopy for 3D cancer model imaging

Light: Science & Applications · 2026

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Lissajous-trajectory scanning optical coherence photoacoustic microscopy for zebrafish larva imaging

Journal of Physics: Photonics · 2026

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Impact of image preprocessing on dermatological OCTA vessel segmentation

Journal of Biomedical Optics · 2025 · Featured Article

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OCTA captures early microvascular remodeling in non-melanoma skin cancer during radiotherapy

Diagnostics · 2025

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DERMA-OCT: a dataset and pipeline for dermatological OCTA vessel segmentation

Scientific Data · 2025

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MCAA China Chapter · 2026

Executive Committee Member, Career Development Department

Appointed for the term 1 January–31 December 2026, contributing to professional development and community activities for Marie Curie scholars.

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Editorial service · Since 24 July 2026

Editorial Board Member, Bioelectromagnetics in Medicine

Serving on the journal’s editorial board in OCT, photoacoustic imaging and multimodal biomedical imaging.

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Editorial service · Since 5 August 2026

Associate Editor, Medical Acoustics and Imaging

Serving as an Associate Editor with expertise in optical coherence tomography and photoacoustic imaging.

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Academic leadership

Mengyang Liu with Professor Ruikang Wang at IFOCT 2026

12 July 2026 · IFOCT 2026

The 2nd International Forum on Optical Coherence Tomography

With Prof. Ruikang Wang of the University of Washington, chair of IFOCT 2026. I served as organizing committee chair and delivered a plenary talk.

Mengyang Liu with Professor Jiang Yang during his visit to Vienna

25 March 2026 · Vienna

Visit by Prof. Jiang Yang

Prof. Jiang Yang of Sun Yat-sen University visited my laboratory and delivered an invited talk at our centre.

06 · Contact

For research collaboration, student supervision or invited talks, please get in touch.

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Medical University of Vienna
Währinger Gürtel 18–20, AKH 4L
1090 Vienna, Austria