Ultrasound Biophysics & Bioengineering Laboratory

Yutong Guo

Education
2014 – B.Sc. Mathematics, University College London.
2016 – M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University.

Starting date August 2016; Qualifying Exams: March 2018

PhD Topic (Tentative): Ultrasound and microbubble mediated mass-transport in the brain

Expected graduation date: 2021

Publications

  1. Schoen Jr, S. J., Zhao, Z., Guo, Y. & Arvanitis, C. D. “Spectrally Resolved Super-Resolution Ultrasound for Quantitative Imaging of Microvessels.” in preparation (2019).
  2. C. Arvanitis, V. Askoxylakis, Y. Guo, M. Datta, J. Kloepper, G. B. Ferraro, M. O. Bernabeu, D. Fukumura, N. McDannold, and R. K. Jain, “Mechanisms of enhanced drug delivery in brain metastases with focused ultrasound-induced blood–tumor barrier disruption”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115 (37), pp. E8717–E8726 (2018).

Abstracts at National and International meetings

Oral Presentations

  1. Guo, C. D. Arvanitis, V. Askoxylakis, M. Datta, J. Kloepper, G. B. Ferraro, M. O. Bernabeu, D. Fukumura, N. McDannold, and R. K. Jain, “Mechanisms of enhanced drug delivery in brain metastases with focused ultrasound-induced blood–tumor barrier disruption” in 2019 International Congress on Ultrasound(Bruges, Belgium, Sept 2019).
  2. Guo, C. D. Arvanitis, V. Askoxylakis, M. Datta, J. Kloepper, G. B. Ferraro, M. O. Bernabeu, D. Fukumura, N. McDannold, and R. K. Jain, “Mechanisms of enhanced drug delivery in brain metastases with focused ultrasound-induced blood–tumor barrier disruption” in 2018 Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting(Atlanta, GA USA, Oct 2018).
  3. Guo, M. O. Bernabeu, C. D. Arvanitis, “Mathematical modeling of drug transport in brain tumors” in 2018 COMSOL conference(Boston, MA USA, Oct 2018)
  4. O. Bernabeu, Y. Guo, C. D. Arvanitis, “Quantifying the impact of focused ultrasound induced blood-tumour barrier disruption on anticancer agent transport ” in 7th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics (Glasgow, UK, June 2018)
  5. Guo, C. D. Arvanitis, V. Askoxylakis, M. Datta, J. Kloepper, G. B. Ferraro, M. O. Bernabeu, D. Fukumura, N. McDannold, and R. K. Jain, “Experimental and numerical assessment of doxorubicin pharmacokinetics in brain metastases from breast cancer after focused ultrasound-induced blood-brain/blood-tumor barrier disruption” in the 17th International Symposium for Therapeutic Ultrasound (Nanjing, China, June 2017)

Posters

  1. Schoen Jr, S.J., Zhao, Zhigen, Guo, Y., & Arvanitis, C. D. “Spectrally Resolved Super-Resolution Ultrasound for Microvascular Imaging and Quantification” in 2019 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (Glasgow, UK, Oct. 2019).
  2. Guo, M. O. Bernabeu, C. D. Arvanitis, “Mathematical modeling of drug transport in brain tumors after focused ultrasound-mediated blood-tumor barrier disruption reveal new therapeutic strategies for improved drug delivery ” in the 18th International Symposium for Therapeutic Ultrasound (Nashville, TN USA, May 2018).
  3. Anastasia Velalopoulou, Yutong Guo, Arpit Patel, Johannes Leisen, Costas D. Arvanitis, “Focused ultrasound-induced mild hyperthermia improves immune cell infiltration in a mouse intracranial glioma model” in the 18th International Symposium for Therapeutic Ultrasound (Nashville, TN USA, May 2018).

Awards
Controlled Release Society Nancoscale Deliver Fundamental Research Award (2020)
Provost’s Award, Georgia Tech Career, Research, and Innovation Development Conference (CRIDC) Poster Competition (2018)

Leadership
IEEE-UFFC Georgia Tech Student Chapter
President (2019)

Personal Interests
Travelling, hiking, yoga, pets