Dr. Guosong Hong is an Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Stanford University. His research integrates materials science, physics, and chemistry to address fundamental challenges in biology and medicine.
The Hong Lab is internationally recognized for pioneering technologies in in vivo optical transparency, deep-tissue light delivery, and biophotonics-enabled neurotechnology. In 2024, the Hong Lab reported the world’s first live transparent mice in Science, demonstrating that optical transparency in living animals can be achieved transiently and reversibly through materials-based control of light-tissue interactions. This discovery has since catalyzed a wave of follow-up studies worldwide, enabling new approaches to deep-tissue imaging, neural modulation, and light-based therapeutic applications.
Dr. Hong’s contributions have been recognized with several major honors, including the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science, the Sloan Research Fellowship in Physics, and the Walter J. Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching.
The Hong Lab's research emphasizes quantitative understanding of light-tissue interactions, including scattering, absorption, and emission effects, and translates these principles into practical approaches. The Hong Lab works across molecular synthesis, nanomaterials, photonics, and in vivo experimentation, with the goal of enabling new capabilities for visualizing and modulating biological function in living systems.
