Principle Investigator
Jun Yao, Ph.D. (CV)
Associate Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Institute for Applied Life Sciences
Biomedical Engineering (Adjunct)
E-mail: juny@umass.edu; Contact: 413-545-3324
Dr. Jun Yao got a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a M.S. in Physics from Fudan University, a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Rice University, and a postdoctoral training in Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University. He is a recipient of a NSF CAREER award (2019), a Sony faculty innovation award (2021), a Barbara H. & Joseph J. Goldstein Outstanding Junior Faculty Award from UMass College of Engineering (2020-21), a NIH Trailblazer R21 award (2022), and a Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship (2022).
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PhD Candidates.
Hongyan Gao
B. Sc., Material Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, China
M. Sc., Chemistry, Western Kentucky University
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Siqi Wang
B. S., Polymer Science & Engineering, Xiamen University, China
M. S., Materials Science & Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Tong University, China
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Shuai Fu,
B. S., Electrical & Computer Engineering, UMass Amherst
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.Xiaoyu Wang
B. S., Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China
M. S., Pharmacognosy, China Pharmaceutical University
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Quan Zhang
B.M., Mechanical Design Manufacturing & Automation, Nanjing Agricultural University, China
Tong University, China
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Undergraduate Students
Peixuan Tao
Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Sanjana Kaza
Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Stephanie He
Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Former Group Members
Tianda Fu (PhD, 10/2023): Postdoc at the University of Chicago
Xiaomeng Liu (PhD, 11/2023): Postdoc at the University of Texas, Austin
Dr. Bing Yin (Postdoc): Associate Professor, Dalian University of Technology, China.
Siyu (Nicole) Wu (undergrad): PhD Candidate (EE), University of Texas, Austin.
Alexander Smith (MS): Startup