About

K. L. Barry Fung is a PhD Candidate in the UC Berkeley-UCSF Graduate Group in Bioengineering. His research interests are in medical devices and imaging, specifically at the interface of imaging physics, detection electronics, and proof-of-concept applications. Barry’s work under Dr. Steven M. Conolly focuses on enabling immune cell tracking for theranostics using magnetic particle imaging (MPI) through a combination of super-resolution MPI, novel MPI-based biosensing hardware, and proof-of-concept leukocyte tracking using antibody-tagged tracers. Barry also mentors junior students in the lab, teaching and evaluating strategies for research methodology and communication. Barry’s research has been supported by the NSERC Post Graduate Scholarship and UC Berkeley Bioengineering's Craven Scholarship. Previously, Barry studied engineering physics and medical physics during his BASc at the University of Toronto, where his thesis focused on non-linear optics modelling towards cancer diagnostics under Dr. IA Vitkin. Barry also developed optical, electronic, and software systems for x-ray detectors as an R&D Engineering Intern at XLV Diagnostics.

Education

UC Berkeley

Ph.D. , Bioengineering

Class of 2022

Awards & Publications