Research Interests
Acoustofluidics, microfluidics, lab-on-a-chip, biomedical micro-electro-mechanical systems (BioMEMS), optofluidics, plasmofluidics.
Selected Grants
Automated High-purity Exosome isolation-based AD diagnostics system (AHEADx)
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute on Aging · 2023 - 2028Acoustofluidics for drug development
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by GlaxoSmithKline · 2024 - 2028Development 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 - 2026Hematology & Transfusion Medicine (T32)
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1975 - 2026Harmonic Acoustics for Neighboring cell Dynamic studies (HANDs)
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Brigham and Women's Hospital · 2022 - 2026Automated High-purity Exosome isolation-based AD diagnostics system (AHEADx)
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute on Aging · 2023 - 2028Acoustofluidics for drug development
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by GlaxoSmithKline · 2024 - 2028Development 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 - 2026Hematology & Transfusion Medicine (T32)
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1975 - 2026Harmonic Acoustics for Neighboring cell Dynamic studies (HANDs)
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Brigham and Women's Hospital · 2022 - 2026Acoustofluidic Separation of Placental Nanovesicle Subpopulations in Obstetrical Diseases
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation · 2021 - 2026Collaborative Research: Surface Acoustic Wave Holography Enabled Additive Manufacturing of Multifunctional Composites
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2021 - 2025Development of a digital acoustofluidic system for automating liquid handling in biomedical research
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 2021 - 2025An acoustofluidic device for high-resolution 3D imaging and sorting of C. elegans without anesthetics
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Ascent Bio-Nano Technologies, Inc. · 2022 - 2025Novel development ofan acoustofluidic device for targeted antibody removal in pediatric organ transplan rejection
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2025Three-Dimensional (3D) Acoustofluidic Scanning Nanoscope with Super Resolution and Large Field of View
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Dayton · 2021 - 2024Integrated Acoustofluidic Plasmonic Molecular Diagnostic System for Detecting MicroRNA Biomarkers
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2024An acoustofluidic device for diagnosing preclinical Alzheimer's disease
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Ascent Bio-Nano Technologies, Inc. · 2022 - 2024An Acoustofluidic Device for Biocompatible Platelet Separation
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Ascent Bio-Nano Technologies, Inc. · 2022 - 2024Enabling Efficient, Fast, Biocompatible Exosome Separation via Acoustofluidics
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2024Acoustofluidic Separation, Purification and Raman Spectral Fingerprinting of Single EVs: From Cell of Origin to Target Cell and Biofluids
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by University of California - Los Angeles · 2019 - 2023Structural dynamics and mechanisms of photoreceptor signaling
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Minnesota · 2020 - 2023Acoustic Device to Prevent Antibody Mediated Organ Transplant Failure
ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by Hartwell Foundation · 2019 - 2023Saliva-based AFS Separation of SARS-CoV-2 for Earliest and Concurrent Detection of Viral RNA, Viral Load and Host Antibody
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of California - Los Angeles · 2020 - 2022Collaborative Research: High Resolution Acoustic Manipulation of Single Cells with Integrated MEMS based Phased Arrays
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2018 - 2022An integrated acoustofluidic droplet-sorting platform for classification of lymphocyte activity and functional phenotyping at single cell level
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Northeastern University · 2018 - 2022Developing Biomarkers for Traumatic Brain Injury and Alzheimer's Disease via Acoustic Exosome Separation Devices
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by United States Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity · 2018 - 2021Extracellular vesicles and their ncRNAs cargo as markers of trophoblast injury
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation · 2016 - 2021Determining treatment sensitivity in B cell lymphoma by novel microfluidics-based NK cell immunogenicity platform
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Northeastern University · 2018 - 2021An acoustofluidic device for diagnosing preclinical Alzheimer's Disease
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Ascent Bio-Nano Technologies, Inc. · 2020 - 2021Acoustic based plasmapheresis to prevent antibody-mediated organ transplant
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System · 2019 - 2021An Acoustofluidic Device for Biocompatible Platelet Separation
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Ascent Bio-Nano Technologies, Inc. · 2018 - 2020Structural dynamics and mechanisms of photoreceptor signaling
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Stony Brook University · 2018 - 2019Detect autologous transfusion by novel separation and characterization of RBC storage exosomes
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Partnership for Clean Competition · 2018 - 2019An Acoustofluidic Device for Point-of-Care Sputum Processing and Analysis
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Ascent Bio-Nano Technologies, Inc. · 2017 - 2019Standing Surface Acoustic Wave Based Cell Sorters for Maintaining Cell Integrity
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2018Validation of acoustic tweezers for single-cell analyses of purine metabolism
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2018Single Cell Virology
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Pennsylvania State University · 2016 - 2018IDBR: Type A: Precise manipulation and patterning of protein nanocrystals using surface acoustic wave technology_BCF
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Stony Brook University · 2016 - 2018STTR Phase II: Development of Bio-compatible, Bio-safe Cell Sorters
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Ascent Bio-Nano Technologies, Inc. · 2016 - 2017IDBR: Type A: Precise manipulation and patterning of protein nanocrystals using surface acoustic wave technology
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Stony Brook University · 2016 - 2017External Relationships
- Ascent Bio-Nano Technologies, Inc.
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Chongqing University, China
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