# Tri Vu

> Tri Vu is the co-founder and CEO of Lumius, a Durham, North Carolina medical imaging startup building fast, smart, accessible 3D ultrasound - what the team calls a 3D camera for the body. A Duke-trained biomedical engineer with a doctorate in ultrasound and photoacoustic imaging and more than 1,900 research citations, Vu left an academic track to turn a decade of imaging research into a device clinicians actually want to pick up. Lumius went through Y Combinator's Spring 2026 batch and is starting with vascular access, where roughly half of first attempts fail.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Lumius
- **Organizations:** Lumius, University of Oklahoma, Duke University
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, University at Buffalo (SUNY), M.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, Duke University
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Lumius, a Y Combinator (P26) 3D ultrasound company, Earned a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University in imaging and deep learning, More than 1,900 research citations, h-index of 21, i10-index of 37 on Google Scholar

## Career timeline

- **2022** — Earned M.S. in Biomedical Engineering at Duke University
- **2024** — Completed Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering at Duke, focused on photoacoustic and ultrasound imaging and deep learning
- **2024** — Co-founded Lumius with Luca Menozzi and Chenhang Li
- **2025** — Named Research Assistant Professor at the University of Oklahoma's Stephenson School of Biomedical Engineering; co-authored 3D diffractive acoustic tomography work in Nature Communications
- **2026** — Lumius selected for Y Combinator's Spring 2026 (P26) batch; launched Lumius as the 3D camera for the body

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Lumius, a Y Combinator (P26) 3D ultrasound company
- Earned a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University in imaging and deep learning
- More than 1,900 research citations, h-index of 21, i10-index of 37 on Google Scholar
- Co-authored peer-reviewed work in Nature Communications, Science, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, Photoacoustics, and Light: Science & Applications
- Contributed to real-time whole-brain photoacoustic imaging of hemodynamics at micro-vessel resolution
- Appointed Research Assistant Professor at the University of Oklahoma

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Lumius joined Y Combinator's Spring 2026 (P26) batch and launched publicly as the 3D camera for the body
- **2026-03** — Reported seed funding of roughly $130K-$500K to advance the 3D ultrasound platform

## Links

- Website: https://lumius-imaging.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/tri-vu-pa

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Last updated: 2026-07-31