Dr. Ji is a recipient of the Dartmouth SYNERGY Scholars Award. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Materials Science and Computer Science from Shanghai Jiaotong University, China, with the highest honor and a number of awards. He received his D.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering and M.S. degree in Computer Science in 2003, both from Washington University in St. Louis. His major research interests are traumatic brain injury, sports-related concussion in particular, and surgical image-guidance. Both of his research programs are supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Ji has published over 50 peer-reviewed articles, over 50 conference papers/abstracts, and 2 book chapters. He is a co-inventor of 7 patents (issued or pending).