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Tony Jun Huang

William Bevan Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
330B LSRC, Box 90300, Durham, NC 27708
330B LSRC, Box 90300, Durham, NC 27708

Overview


Tony Jun Huang received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 2005. His research interests are in the fields of acoustofluidics, optofluidics, and micro/nano systems for biomedical diagnostics and therapeutics. He has authored/co-authored over 300 peer-reviewed journal publications in these fields. His journal articles have been cited more than 36,000 times, as documented at Google Scholar (h-index: 102). He also has 30 issued or pending US/international patents. 

Prof. Huang was elected a fellow (member) of the National Academy of Inventors (USA) and the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. He was also a fellow of the following six professional societies: the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Institute of Physics (UK), and the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK).

Huang's research has gained international recognition through numerous prestigious awards and honors including a 2010 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director's New Innovator Award, a 2011 JALA Top Ten Breakthroughs of the Year Award, a 2012 Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award from the Society for Manufacturing Engineering, a 2013 Faculty Scholar Medal from The Pennsylvania State University, a 2013 American Asthma Foundation (AAF) Scholar Award, the 2014 IEEE Sensors Council Technical Achievement Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the 2017 Analytical Chemistry Young Innovator Award from the American Chemical Society (ACS), the 2019 Van C. Mow Medal from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and the 2019 Technical Achievement Award from the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS).

Current Appointments & Affiliations


William Bevan Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science · 2018 - Present Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Pratt School of Engineering
Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science · 2016 - Present Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Pratt School of Engineering
Professor of Biomedical Engineering · 2017 - Present Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering

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Recent Publications


Wave number-spiral acoustic tweezers for dynamic and reconfigurable manipulation of particles and cells.

Journal Article Science advances · May 2019 Featured Publication Acoustic tweezers have recently raised great interest across many fields including biology, chemistry, engineering, and medicine, as they can perform contactless, label-free, biocompatible, and precise manipulation of particles and cells. Here, we present ... Full text Cite

Three-dimensional numerical simulation and experimental investigation of boundary-driven streaming in surface acoustic wave microfluidics.

Journal Article Lab on a chip · December 2018 Acoustic streaming has been widely used in microfluidics to manipulate various micro-/nano-objects. In this work, acoustic streaming activated by interdigital transducers (IDT) immersed in highly viscous oil is studied numerically and experimentally. In pa ... Full text Cite

Acoustic tweezers for the life sciences.

Journal Article Nature methods · December 2018 Featured Publication Acoustic tweezers are a versatile set of tools that use sound waves to manipulate bioparticles ranging from nanometer-sized extracellular vesicles to millimeter-sized multicellular organisms. Over the past several decades, the capabilities of acoustic twee ... Full text Cite
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Recent Grants


Automated High-purity Exosome isolation-based AD diagnostics system (AHEADx)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute on Aging · 2023 - 2028

Acoustofluidics for drug development

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by GlaxoSmithKline · 2024 - 2028

Development of an acoustofluidic bioprinter for the fabrication of 3D tissue constructs with single-cell resolution

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University · 2022 - 2026

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Education, Training & Certifications


University of California, Los Angeles · 2005 Ph.D.