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