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A complete list of publications with a summary of news coverage and impact factors can be found here.
Recent Awards
Rising Star in Chemical Engineering.
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Forbes 30 Under 30 in Science, Class of 2021.
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First-Tier Award for Baxter Young Investigator Award!
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2020 Edison STEM Scholarship from Chinese-American Engineers and Scientist Association of Southern California (virtual award ceremony)
Recent News
Laser-engraved graphene sensor for fast COVID Test
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This sensor diagnoses contagion of COVID-19 at home and in less than 10 minutes, Forbes, Oct 2020.
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RapidPlex aims for swift home COVID-19 tests, The Engineer, Oct 2020. ​
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A 5-cent sensor could detect the coronavirus in 10 minutes at home, Fast Company, Oct 2020.
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Caltech Researcher Unveils Sensor that Rapidly Detects COVID-19 Infection Status, Severity, and Immunity, Caltech News, Oct 2020
All-laser-engraved lab-on-skin for metabolic monitoring
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Can a simple sweat sensor replace blood tests? Physics World (IOP), Jan 2020.
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Mass-producing wearable sensors: No sweat, Science Translational Medicine, Dec 2019.
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Wearable Sweat Sensor Detects Gout-Causing Compounds, Caltech News, Nov 2019.
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U.S. researchers develop wearable sweat sensor, Xinhua, Nov 2019.
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Wearable Sweat Sensor Detects Gout-Causing Compounds, Science Daily, Nov 2019.
Laser-engraved graphene sensor for stress monitoring
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Researchers develop sensor to detect stress from perspiration, Yahoo News, Mar 2020.
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This is Why Graphene Stress Sensors Could Be Used to Test Astronaut Anxiety Levels, Azo Sensors, Mar 2020.
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U.S. scientist develops sweat sensor to detect stress levels, Xinhua, Feb 2020.
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Graphene stress monitor could help NASA find right stuff, The Engineer, Feb 2020.
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Sweat Sensor Detects Stress Levels; May Find Use in Space Exploration, Caltech News, Feb 2020.
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​Noninvasive Cortisol Detector to Monitor Stress, Mental Conditions, MedGadget, Feb 2020.
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Sweat Sensor Detects Stress Levels; May Find Use in Space Exploration, Science Daily, Feb 2020.
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Watch how a sweat sensor monitors stress levels, Engineering360 (IEEE GlobalSpec), Mar 2020.
General news on my work
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The Science of Sweat, Caltech Magazine, Apr 2020. Also appeared on the Back Cover.
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​New Sensor Sweats It Out, The Kavli Foundation, Aug 2020.
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Blood, Sweat and Biosensors: Engineering the Future of Personalized Healthcare, The Kavli Nanoscience Institute, Oct 2018
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Sweating the Small Stuff, The Caltech Effect, Caltech News, Apr 2019.
Sweat-powered electronic skin
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Caltech’s Sweat-Powered E-Skin Could be Used to Power Future Robotics, Yahoo News, Jun 2020.
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Biomedical device for health monitoring is powered by sweat, Materials World Magazine (IOM3), Jun 2020.
Electronic skins sweat it out, Research Highlight, Nature Electronics, 2020, 3, 235.
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Global Air Pollution Drop, Electronic Skin and Brain Machines, Inside Science, Apr 2020.
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Human sweat-powered e-skin points to future robotics, The Engineer, Apr 2020.
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Your sweat powers this wearable, CNET, Apr 2020.
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Researchers develop electronic skin that can monitor your health, Big News Network, Apr 2020.
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Your next fitness wearable could be sweat-powered, Inverse, Apr 2020.
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A smart second skin gets all the power it needs from sweat, The Conversation, Apr 2020.
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A smart second skin gets all the power it needs from sweat, Yahoo News, Apr 2020.
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Electronic Skin Fully Powered by Sweat Can Monitor Health, Serve as Human-Machine Interface, Caltech News, Apr 2020.
Guided microrobotic system for targeted drug delivery
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Microrobots Activated by Laser Pulses Show Promise For Treating Tumors, Caltech News, Jul 2019.
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Therapeutic Micro-Bots, Photoacoustically Controlled, Optics & Photonics News (OSA), Jul 2019.
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New Tiny Robots May Soon Change Cancer Treatment, MSN, Jul 2019.
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Self-Powered Microrobots Deliver Drugs to Tumors in the Gut, MedGadget, Jul 2019.
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Microrobots show promise for treating tumors, ScienceDaily, Jul 2019.
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Microrobots show promise for treating tumors, PhysOrg, Jul 2019.
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Tiny drug-filled capsules motor around the body to target cancer cells, New Scientist, Jul 2019.
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Light-controlled microcapsules promise strong gut reactions, SPIE News, Jul 2019.
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These tiny robots could help treat cancer, New York Post, Jul 2019.
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Human-motion-powered wearable sweat sensor
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​New Device Powers Wearable Sensors Through Human Motion, Caltech News, Oct 2020.