Welcome!
Welcome to KU lab website! We are a group of engineers and physicists at Radiological Physics Division (RPD), Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Our philosophies are: (a) to develop novel technologies that will change the game; (b) to be genuine and respectful, and earn respect from the community; and (c) to enjoy doing the above, but family and health always come first. We wish to develop technologies that enable quantum leaps in medical imaging. We identify clinically important problems and tackle them by taking theoretically sound engineering approaches, respecting physics and math, and taking into account physiology and medicine. We have a long history of developing novel technologies for x-ray CT such as spectral, photon counting CT, and are now expanding for intra-interventional perfusion imaging. We are enjoying our exciting projects and working hard to make real-world impacts.
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Opportunities and Medical Physics PhD Program
We are hiring an MS student from either ECE, BME, or Physics MS program and will hire a PhD student or two for fall 2026 admission from either Medical Physics PhD program or BME PhD program. We are looking for students with strong analytical/engineering and physics/math skills with interest in solving BME or medical problems. We hope to help you achieve your full potential and advance to the next stage. Please visit To prospective students and Medical Physics Program. Ken is Co-Director of Medical Physics PhD and Certificate Programs. The program website is medicalphysics.jhmi.edu.
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Non-CAMPEP track for engineering students
If you have a B.S. in engineering without minor in physics, you might be a strong candidate for us. We encourage you to seriously consider our non-CAMPEP track of Medical Physics PhD program. You may be able to switch the track once you fulfill a few conditions [specified in the program policy book; see Q3.4 in the PhD program page (link below)]. If you stay in the non-CAMPEP track, you will still receive high quality education and training in our program and our lab, which will help you launch your professional career. Visit the program website at medicalphysics.jhmi.edu.
Medical Physics PhD Program