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Edmund Y. Lam  —  Publications

All keywords:

| AI and deep learning | biomedical microscopy | compressed sensing | computational imaging | computational lithography | digital holography | education technology | electronic imaging | eye imaging | lensless imaging | light field | machine vision and automation | magnetic resonance imaging | metasurface | microplastics | neuromorphic imaging | optical coherence tomography | speckle | super-resolution |

Current keyword: microplastics

Academic Journals:

  1. Yingyu Bao, Yuen-Wa Ho, Zhiyong Shen, Edmund Y. Lam, James K.H. Fang, Kenneth M.Y. Leung, and Patrick K.H. Lee, “Seasonal divergence between microbiomes on microplastics and natural particles increases with rising water temperatures in urban rivers,” Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 60, no. 20, pp. 14712–14725, May 2026.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5c13903

  2. Jingyan Chen, Yaping Zhao, Yuxing Li, Yanmin Zhu, Yuqing Cao, and Edmund Y. Lam, “Snapshot HoloSpec: Dispersion-coded 4D feature learning for waterborne particle monitoring,” Journal of Physics: Photonics, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 015051(1–12), February 2026.
    DOI: 10.1088/2515-7647/ae3c71
    Spotlight Series

  3. Yingyu Bao, Yuen-Wa Ho, Zhiyong Shen, Edmund Y. Lam, James K.H. Fang, Kenneth M.Y. Leung, and Patrick K.H. Lee, “Ecological roles and shared microbes differentiate the plastisphere from natural particle-associated microbiomes in urban rivers,” Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 59, no. 32, pp. 17298–17309, August 2025.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5c06538

  4. Jianqing Huang, Shuo Zhu, Yuxing Li, Chutian Wang, and Edmund Y. Lam, “Computational polarized holography for automatic monitoring of microplastics in scattering aquatic environments,” APL Photonics, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 036114(1–12), March 2025.
    DOI: 10.1063/5.0245936

  5. Yunping Zhang and Edmund Y. Lam, “Robust holographic imaging for real-world applications with joint optimization,” Optics Express, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 5932–5944, February 2025.
    DOI: 10.1364/OE.550046

  6. Yanmin Zhu, Yuxing Li, Jianqing Huang, Yunping Zhang, Yuen-Wa Ho, James Kar-Hei Fang, and Edmund Y. Lam, “Advanced optical imaging technologies for microplastics identification: Progress and challenges,” Advanced Photonics Research, vol. 5, no. 11, pp. 2400038(1–22), November 2024.
    DOI: 10.1002/adpr.202400038

  7. Shaopeng Xu, Qi Wang, Jia-Yong Lao, Yaru Cao, Pei Hong, Chong Chen, Edmund Y. Lam, James Kar-Hei Fang, Seokhwan Lee, and Kenneth M.Y. Leung, “Typical tire additives in river water: Leaching, transformation, and environmental risk assessment,” Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 58, no. 42, pp. 18940–18949, October 2024.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c05449

  8. Yanmin Zhu, Yuxing Li, Jianqing Huang, and Edmund Y. Lam, “Smart polarization and spectroscopic holography for real-time microplastics identification,” Communications Engineering, vol. 3, pp. 32(1–8), February 2024.
    DOI: 10.1038/s44172-024-00178-4

  9. Yuxing Li, Yanmin Zhu, Jianqing Huang, Yuen-Wa Ho, James Kar-Hei Fang, and Edmund Y. Lam, “High-throughput microplastic assessment using polarization holographic imaging,” Scientific Reports, vol. 14, pp. 2355(1–11), January 2024.
    DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-52762-5
    Part of Holography collection

  10. Jianqing Huang, Yanmin Zhu, Yuxing Li, and Edmund Y. Lam, “Snapshot polarization-sensitive holography for detecting microplastics in turbid water,” ACS Photonics, vol. 10, no. 12, pp. 4483–4493, December 2023.
    DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.3c01350

  11. Yanmin Zhu, Hau Kwan Abby Lo, Chok Hang Yeung, and Edmund Y. Lam, “Microplastic pollution assessment with digital holography and zero-shot learning,” APL Photonics, vol. 7, no. 7, pp. 076102(1–10), July 2022.
    DOI: 10.1063/5.0093439

  12. Yanmin Zhu, Tianjiao Zeng, Kewei Liu, Zhenbo Ren, and Edmund Y. Lam, “Full scene underwater imaging with polarization and an untrained network,” Optics Express, vol. 29, no. 25, pp. 41865–41881, December 2021.
    DOI: 10.1364/OE.444755
    Top Downloads in Optics Express (Dec 21)

  13. Yanmin Zhu, Chok Hang Yeung, and Edmund Y. Lam, “Microplastic pollution monitoring with holographic classification and deep learning,” Journal of Physics: Photonics, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 024013(1–12), April 2021.
    DOI: 10.1088/2515-7647/abf250
    Invited Paper for the Focus on Computational Imaging and Artificial Intelligence

  14. Yanmin Zhu, Chok Hang Yeung, and Edmund Y. Lam, “Digital holographic imaging and classification of microplastics using deep transfer learning,” Applied Optics, vol. 60, no. 4, pp. A38–A47, February 2021.
    DOI: 10.1364/AO.403366
    Among 15 most cited articles in the journal between 2020 and 2022

Conference Proceedings:

  1. Yunfei Tian, Rongzhou Chen, Yanmin Zhu, Jingyan Chen, and Edmund Y. Lam, “Coherent lensless diffraction imaging via multicore fiber for label-efficient microplastics characteristic discrimination,” in Holography, Diffractive Optics, and Applications, volume 13719 of Proceedings of the SPIE, pp. 137191L, October 2025.
    DOI: 10.1117/12.3073960

  2. Shuo Li, Yanmin Zhu, Yuxing Li, and Edmund Y. Lam, “Fluorescence polarimetry for microplastics identification,” in Holography, Diffractive Optics, and Applications, volume 13719 of Proceedings of the SPIE, pp. 137191G, October 2025.
    DOI: 10.1117/12.3074194

  3. Yunping Zhang, Yunfei Tian, Yuxing Li, and Edmund Y. Lam, “A portable AI-powered rotifer-tracking system for in-situ water quality assessment,” in Multimodal Sensing and Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Future, volume 13570 of Proceedings of the SPIE, pp. 135700S, June 2025.
    DOI: 10.1117/12.3062375

  4. Yuxing Li, Jianqing Huang, Yanmin Zhu, and Edmund Y. Lam, “Monitoring microplastic and nanoplastic pollution with SPLASH,” in International Conference on Information Optics and Photonics, August 2024.
    Invited Paper at the conference

  5. Yuxing Li, Jianqing Huang, Jingyan Chen, and Edmund Y. Lam, “Rapid identification of microplastics through spectral reconstruction from RGB images,” in Optica Topical Meeting in Applied Industrial Spectroscopy, pp. AW3A.2, July 2024.
    DOI: 10.1364/AIS.2024.AW3A.2

  6. Jingyan Chen, Yuxing Li, Jianqing Huang, and Edmund Y. Lam, “Wide-field microplastic identification based on spectrum and deep learning,” in Optica Topical Meeting in Imaging Systems and Applications, pp. IM1G.6, July 2024.
    DOI: 10.1364/ISA.2024.IM1G.6

  7. Jianqing Huang, Yuxing Li, Yanmin Zhu, and Edmund Y. Lam, “A field deployable imaging system for detecting microplastics in the aquatic environment,” in IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, pp. 1–5, May 2024.
    DOI: 10.1109/ISCAS58744.2024.10557869

  8. Yanmin Zhu, Yuxing Li, Jianqing Huang, Yunping Zhang, and Edmund Y. Lam, “Material analysis with polarization holography and machine learning,” in Optica Topical Meeting in Digital Holography and Three-Dimensional Imaging, pp. JW2A.3, August 2023.
    DOI: 10.1364/DH.2023.JW2A.3

  9. Jianqing Huang, Yanmin Zhu, Yuxing Li, Yunping Zhang, and Edmund Y. Lam, “Polarization-sensitive digital holography for microplastic identification through scattering media,” in Optica Topical Meeting in Digital Holography and Three-Dimensional Imaging, pp. HW3D.2, August 2023.
    DOI: 10.1364/DH.2023.HW3D.2

  10. Yuxing Li, Yanmin Zhu, Jianqing Huang, Yunping Zhang, and Edmund Y. Lam, “Polarization holographic imaging for high-throughput microplastic analysis,” in Optica Topical Meeting in Digital Holography and Three-Dimensional Imaging, pp. HM1D.6, August 2023.
    DOI: 10.1364/DH.2023.HM1D.6

  11. Yanmin Zhu, Yuxing Li, Jianqing Huang, Yunping Zhang, and Edmund Y. Lam, “Holographic and polarization features analysis for microplastics characterization and water monitoring,” in Multimodal Sensing and Artificial Intelligence: Technologies and Applications, volume 12621 of Proceedings of the SPIE, pp. 126210X, June 2023.
    DOI: 10.1117/12.2678293
    Invited Paper at the conference

  12. Yanmin Zhu, Hau Kwan Abby Lo, Chok Hang Yeung, and Edmund Y. Lam, “Zero-shot learning for holographic context analysis in microplastics probing,” in Optica Topical Meeting in Digital Holography and Three-Dimensional Imaging, pp. W5A.41, August 2022.
    DOI: 10.1364/DH.2022.W5A.41

  13. Yanmin Zhu, Tianjiao Zeng, Kewei Liu, Zhenbo Ren, Chok Hang Yeung, and Edmund Y. Lam, “Image descattering with synthetic polarization imaging and untrained network,” in Holography, Diffractive Optics, and Applications, volume 11898 of Proceedings of the SPIE, pp. 1189813, October 2021.
    DOI: 10.1117/12.2601098

  14. Yanmin Zhu, Chok Hang Yeung, and Edmund Y. Lam, “Digital holography with polarization multiplexing for underwater imaging and descattering,” in IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for the Sea, pp. 219–223, October 2021.
    DOI: 10.1109/MetroSea52177.2021.9611560
    Invited Paper at the conference

  15. Yanmin Zhu, Chok Hang Yeung, and Edmund Y. Lam, “Digital holographic microplastics detection and characterization in heterogeneous samples via deep learning,” in 12th International Conference on Information Optics and Photonics, volume 12057 of Proceedings of the SPIE, pp. 120573G, July 2021.
    DOI: 10.1117/12.2606532
    Invited Paper at the conference

  16. Yanmin Zhu, Chok Hang Yeung, and Edmund Y. Lam, “Underwater holographic descattering with synthetic polarization,” in OSA Topical Meeting in Digital Holography and Three-Dimensional Imaging, pp. DTu6H.6, July 2021.
    DOI: 10.1364/DH.2021.DTu6H.6

  17. Edmund Y. Lam, “Identification and quantification of microplastics using digital holography and deep learning,” in International Workshop on Precision Optics and Artificial Intelligence, October 2020.
    Invited Paper at the conference

  18. Yanmin Zhu, Chok Hang Yeung, and Edmund Y. Lam, “Digital holography with deep learning and generative adversarial networks for automatic microplastics classification,” in Holography, Diffractive Optics and Applications, volume 11551 of Proceedings of the SPIE, pp. 115510A, October 2020.
    DOI: 10.1117/12.2575115

  19. Yanmin Zhu, Chok Hang Yeung, and Edmund Y. Lam, “Holographic classifier: Deep learning in digital holography for automatic micro-objects classification,” in IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics, pp. 515–520, July 2020.
    DOI: 10.1109/INDIN45582.2020.9442146

  20. Yanmin Zhu, Chok Hang Yeung, and Edmund Y. Lam, “Automatic detection of microplastics by deep learning enabled digital holography,” in OSA Topical Meeting in Digital Holography and Three-Dimensional Imaging, pp. HTu5B.1, June 2020.
    DOI: 10.1364/DH.2020.HTu5B.1
    Invited Paper at the conference