People

Highlights

• Biomedical engineer specializing in the development of wearable/implantable bioelectronics for physiological sensing and treatment, focusing on cardiac/neural health, tissue engineering, and machine learning.
• Authored 27 publications (11 first/co-first author) with 4 in Nature Electronics, 1 in Nature Communications, and 5 in Science Advances among several other journals.
• Significant contributions in wearable bioelectronics through the development of new technology to avoid motion artifacts (2020 Top 50 Chemistry and Materials Sciences Articles, Nature Communications).
• NSF Graduate Research Fellow with >10 awards, with notable achievements at prominent conferences such as ASME IMECE, IEEE MEMS, and NASA Human Research Program Investigators’ Workshop.
• Substantial contributions to several grants/proposals, setting up new labs at multiple institutions, and purchasing equipment for electrophysiological (in vivo and in vitro) and biological characterizations.
• 4+ years of teaching undergraduate and K-12 students and mentoring several undergraduate, Masters, and junior PhD students, all of whom have contributed to many publications.

Education

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign                                   
Urbana, IL
Postdoc, Electrical and Computer Engineering (Aug. 2024 – Dec. 2024)
Advisor: Dr. Cunjiang Yu                                   

Pennsylvania State University                                   
University Park, PA
PhD, Biomedical Engineering (Jan. 2022 – Aug. 2024)
University of Houston (Aug. 2018 – Dec. 2021) 
Advisor: Dr. Cunjiang Yu                                   

University of Houston                                                 
Houston, TX
BS, Biomedical Engineering (Aug. 2014 – May 2018)                                                                
Minor in Nanoengineering, Summa Cum Laude

Honors and Awards

2019-2024: National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship
2023: Gold Prize at 9^th International College Students’ “Internet+” Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition
2023: Harry G. Miller Fellowship in Engineering
2023: Future Faculty Symposium NSF Travel Grant at SES
2022: Best Poster in Wearables, Implantables and Health and Biosensors at Materials Day PSU
2022: 2nd Place in Oral Presentations at Engineering Science and Mechanics (ESM) Today
2022: Outstanding Student Paper Finalist at IEEE MEMS
2021: C. W. Chu Scholarship from Texas Center for Superconductivity at UH
2020: Best Presenter Award in NSF Poster Competition at ASME IMECE
2020: NSF Poster Competition Travel Grant at ASME IMECE
2020: 1st Place in Poster Competition at NASA Human Research Program Investigators’ Workshop
2019: 2nd Place in Poster Competition at UH Graduate Research Showcase
2019: 3-Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition Finalist at UH Graduate Research Showcase
2018: PURS (Provost Undergraduate Research Scholarship) Scholar
2015-2016: NSF Funded H-LSAMP (Houston-Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation) Scholar
2014-2018: Cullen College of Engineering Dean’s List (4 consecutive years)
2014-2018: Academic Excellence Scholarship (4 consecutive years)

Professional Organizations

2022-Current: BMES (Biomedical Engineering Society) Member
2019-Current: IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Member