Biomedical Microdevices - Meet the Editors of Biomedical Microdevices

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Editors-in-Chief

Alessandro Grattoni, Houston Methodist Research Institute, TX, USA

Frank J. and Jean Raymond Centennial Chair, Chairman and Professor, Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, Texas, USA.

Dr. Grattoni’s research activities are dedicated to the development and clinical translation of implantable technology platforms for controlled long-acting drug delivery and cell transplantation. Active areas of research include HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), metabolic syndrome, and intratumoral cancer immunoradiotherapy. Additionally, Dr. Grattoni’s laboratory is actively studying electrokinetics in nanofluidics for modulating molecular transport to achieve a remotely controlled drug delivery platform for telemedicine. Further area of research is 3D-manufactured microencapsulation devices for the transplantation of endocrine cells. The primary focus is the creation of a protected environment supporting cell transplantation, long-term viability and function. Areas of applications include type 1 diabetes and hypogonadism among others. With the support for the ISS National Lab, Dr. Grattoni has established a Center for Space Nanomedicine at the Houston Methodist Research Institute, fully focused on leveraging the microgravity laboratory of the International Space Station, for the investigation of nanomedicine approaches for the benefit of patients on-Earth as well as for Space exploration. 

Research Areas: 

• Nanomedicine
• Nanofluidics
• Drug Delivery, Silicon Technologies
• Implantable Devices
• Space Medicine
• Cell Transplantation

Arum Han, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA

Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA

Dr. Han is a Professor of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and the Chancellor’s EDGES Fellow and the Presidential Impact Fellow of Texas A&M University. He also holds joint appointments in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, is a Graduate Faculty of the Texas A&M Health Science Center, Faculty of the Texas A&M Institute for Neuroscience, and Faculty of Toxicology. His research focuses on development of microfluidic, lab-on-a-chip, and organ-on-a-chip systems that enable unique biological experiments at high throughput and high accuracy that can then be readily adopted by the broad bio/medical science community. He has pioneered the area of high-throughput microfluidics for microbiology applications, and has been applying these technologies for synthetic biology, host-pathogen interactions, infectious disease, and microbial bioproduction. Developing technologies that enable complex multi-step biological assays that involve mammalian cells, microorganisms, and viruses to be conducted in high-throughput microfluidics format are some of his key accomplishments. He has also pioneered the area of organ-on-a-chip systems for feto-maternal interface and preterm birth research, and is applying these microphysiological system models for new therapeutic development and toxicity testing. He is also the director of the AggieFab Nanofabrication Facility, a campus-wide core user facility. 

Research Areas: 

• Lab-on-a-chip
• High-throughput microfluidics
• Single-cell assay
• Organ-on-a-chip

Associate Editors

Natalie Artzi, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, MA, USA

Dr. Artzi is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She is a Principal Research Scientist at MIT and an Associate Member of the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT. She completed her postdoctoral studies at MIT focusing on studying tissue:biomaterial interactions and designing smart biomaterials for therapy and diagnosis applications. 

Dr. Artzi is the recipient of multiple grants and awards, including the inaugural Kabiller Rising Star Award in Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine, the One Brave Idea award, Stepping Strong Innovator Award, Controlled Release Society Young Investigator Award, Mid-Career Award from the Society for Biomaterials, Bright Futures Prize, and the Massachusetts Life Science Center for women entrepreneurs.

Currently, Dr. Artzi directs multiple research venues aiming to integrate science, engineering and medicine to rationally design personalized materials to improve human health, and has co-founded a startup company, BioDevek, which develops the next-generation biomaterials to improve outcomes following internal surgeries.

Editorial Topics:

• Nanomedicines for Therapy and Imaging
• Micro- and Nanotechnology for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases
• Biomedical Sensors
• Micro- Nanotechnology for Medical Implants and Wearable Devices

Giancarlo Canavese, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy

Assistant Professor at the Department of Applied Science and Technology (DISAT), Politecnico di Torino (Italy), member of the Interdepartmetal laboratory PolitoBIOMed Lab and member of the Materials and Processes for Micro & Nano Technologies (Chilab Laboratory) at DISAT.

Giancarlo Canavese received the ME degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2004 and his Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Engineering in 2008 from Politecnico di Torino. From 2010 to 2015, he worked as Senior Post‐Doc at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy, where he studied nanostructured piezoelectric materials for biosensors and energy devices. In the period 2013-14 he served as visiting scientist at the Houston Methodist Research Institute, Texas US, to develop microfluidic lab on chips for drug delivery in microgravity condition.

His current main research topics are about sonodynamic technique enhanced by engineered nanostructures for theranostic application, interaction of oxide nanoparticles under ultrasound activation with biomaterial structure such as cells and extra cellular vesicles, and acoustophoretic lab on chip aimed for drug delivery, tumour biomarkers detection and bio-imaging.

He has more than 90 scientific publications and a Hirsch Factor of 30 (updated on February 2022). He holds 8 international patents about the micro and nanotechnologies for biomedical applications.

Editorial Topics:

• Micro- and Nanofluidics Physics
• Micro- and Nanotechnology for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases
• Lab on a Chip in Biomedical Sciences and Diagnostics
• Biomedical Sensors
• Micro- Nanotechnology for Medical Implants and Wearable Devices

Dario Carugo, University College London, London, UK

Dario is a Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Nanofabrication and Nanotechnology at University College London (UCL), within the School of Pharmacy (Department of Pharmaceutics). He holds BSc and MSc degrees in Biomedical Engineering from Politecnico di Milano (Italy), with a specialization in biological flow mechanics and biomedical devices. He obtained a PhD in Bioengineering Sciences at the University of Southampton, developing microfluidic-based models as a testing platform to evaluate interventional anticancer therapies. He subsequently worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Southampton and University of Oxford, where he specialized in the areas of acoustofluidic technologies for cell manipulation and intracellular drug delivery. Dario coordinates the Micro-Devices, Interventional and Regenerative Pharmaceutics (μDRIP) group, a multi-disciplinary research team developing therapeutic agents and pre-clinical testing methods with application in interventional medicine and ultrasound-mediated drug delivery. The group works closely with academic institutions, biomedical industries, and clinicians, with a primary focus on antimicrobial therapies, tissue regeneration, and urological/vascular interventions.

Editorial Topics:

• Nanomedicines for Therapy and Imaging
• Micro- and Nanotechnology and Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
• Micro- and Nanotechnology for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases
• Materials and Manufacturing Processes for Biomedical Micro- Nanotechnologies.

Corrine Ying Xuan Chua, Houston Methodist Research Institute, TX, USA

Dr. Corrine Ying Xuan Chua received her Ph.D. degree in Cancer Biology from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX. She is currently a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Nanomedicine at Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, and an Assistant Professor of Nanomedicine Research in the Department of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY. Her research focuses on implantable nanotechnology-based drug and cell delivery devices, with a focus on intratumoral cancer immunotherapy and vaccines.

Editorial Topics:

• Nanomedicines for Therapy and Imaging
• Micro- and Nanotechnology for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases
• Micro- Nanotechnology for Medical Implants and Wearable Devices

Yegân Erdem, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey

Yegan Erdem obtained an M.S. degree in mechanical engineering from University of Washington in 2008, and received a Ph.D. from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California at Berkeley, in May 2013 with minors in materials science and electrical engineering. Dr. Erdem joined Bilkent University in 2013 as an assistant professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department. Her research interests include microfluidics, droplet dynamics, MEMS, nanomaterials, and nanosensors. She was a recipient of the Jane Lewis and Berkeley Mechanical Engineering Fellowships. She also received Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (Tubitak) 2232 fellowship in 2014; Tubitak Early Career Grant and Tubitak 1003 priority grant in 2015 and Young Scientist Award given by Science Academy in Turkey (BAGEP) (2016). 

Editorial Topics:

• Micro- and Nanofluidics Physics
• Lab on a Chip in Biomedical Sciences and Diagnostics
• Materials and Manufacturing Processes for Biomedical Micro- Nanotechnologies.

Aaron Fleischman, Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA

Dr. Fleischmann is the director of the BioMEMS and Nanotech Laboratory at the Cleveland Clinic.

Editorial Topics:

• Micro- and Nanotechnology for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases
• Lab on a Chip in Biomedical Sciences and Diagnostics
• Biomedical Sensors
• Materials and Manufacturing Processes for Biomedical Micro- Nanotechnologies
• Micro- Nanotechnology for Medical Implants and Wearable Devices

Huijie Hou, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Huijie Hou is a Full Professor of School of Environmental Science and Engineering at Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wu Han, China. In 2011, she received a Ph.D. in Texas A&M University. From 2011 until 2012, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Santa Barbara. From 2012 until 2014, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the Pennsylvania State University. In 2015, she entered HUST as an Associate Professor and became a Professor in 2020.
Her primary research interests are electrochemical technologies for environmental sensing and remediation.

Editorial Topics:

• Environmental sensing
• Electrochemisty

Beom Joon Kim, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Professor Beom Joon Kim received his B.S. degree from Seoul National University, Dept. of Mechanical Design and Production Engineering, Seoul, Korea, in 1993, and received his M.Eng., and Ph.D. in Department of Precision Engineering, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, in 1995 and 1998, respectively. 

He is currently a Professor of the Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo, Japan (Dept. of Precision Engineering, The Univ. of Tokyo) and a director of LIMMS/CNRS-IIS IRL 2820. Recently he is also in charge as a chair of the corporate sponsored research division of “Virological Medicine”, at I.I.S., the University of Tokyo, and active as executive advisor of BNS Medicals, Co., Ltd., Japan.

He was a CNRS Associate Researcher for Microsensors, Nano-instruments for Nanotechnology in Centre National de la Recherché Scientifique at Besancon, France in 1998. He worked also in research orientation NanoLink, MESA+ Research Institute, University of Twente in the Netherlands, to September 2000. Since September 2000, he has been an Associate Professor of the Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo until April 2014. He visited the Institute of Micro-engineering, EPFL (group of Prof. Juergen Brugger), Swiss, Dept. Chemical Eng. (group of Prof. D. Schwartz), The University of Washington, USA in 2005, Dept. Chemistry, (group of Prof. Y. Chen) École Normale Supérieure (ENS) Paris, in 2010, and Dept. of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Harvard-MIT HST, Cambridge, USA in 2013 as well for collaboration about micro/nano bio-engineering.

He investigates several aspects of bio-sensors components to accomplish portable Point-of-Care diagnostic devices, which are disposal, user-friendly, low-cost, and highly sensitive. Moreover, he is interested in developing self-powered, energy harvesting micro sensors as well as smart monitoring systems with networks like “internet of things”. Recently, the main research topic is focused on a new transdermal drug delivery system by using dissoluble micro needle patch. He has published 110 peer reviewed journal papers, 208 international conference papers, 201 domestic conference papers as well as tens of patents, books publications so far.

Editorial Topics:

• Lab on a Chip in Biomedical Sciences and Diagnostics
• Micro- Nanotechnology for Medical Implants and Wearable Devices

Qiao Lin, Columbia University, NY, USA

Qiao Lin is a professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Columbia University. He received the Ph.D. degree in robotics from Caltech in 1998, where he also conducted postdoctoral work on microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), and was on the Mechanical Engineering faculty at Carnegie Mellon before joining Columbia in 2005. Professor Lin directs the Columbia BioMEMS Laboratory, and his research centers on micro- and nanoscale devices as applied to biological sensing and manipulation, with an emphasis on controlling, sensing and characterizing biological systems by integrating MEMS transducers with microfluidic capabilities. Specific research thrusts in his laboratory include micro- and nanobiosensors, aptamer-based microfluidic systems, and microfluidic manipulation and control of biomolecules and cells.

Editorial Topics:

• Micro- and Nanotechnology for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases
• Lab on a Chip in Biomedical Sciences and Diagnostics
• Biomedical Sensors

Nam Trung Nguyen, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Nam-Trung Nguyen received his Dip-Ing, Dr Ing and Dr Ing Habil degrees from Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany, in 1993, 1997 and 2004, respectively. The habilitation degree (Dr Ing Habil) is the qualification for a full professorship in Germany. In 1998, he was a postdoctoral research engineer in the Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center (University of California at Berkeley, USA). He is a Fellow of ASME and a Senior Member of IEEE. Nguyen’s research is focused on microfluidics, nanofluidics, micro/nanomachining technologies, micro/nanoscale science, and instrumentation for biomedical applications. He published over 500 journal papers and 3 granted US patents. Among the books he has written, the first, second and third editions of the bestseller “Fundamentals and Applications of Microfluidics” were published in 2002. 2006 and 2019, respectively.

Editorial Topics:

• Micro- and Nanofluidics Physics 
• Micro- and Nanotechnology and Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
• Lab on a Chip in Biomedical Sciences and Diagnostics 
• Micro- Nanotechnology for Medical Implants and Wearable Devices

​​​​Makarand Paranjape, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., USA

Prof. Makarand (“Mak”) Paranjape joined Georgetown University (Washington, DC) in 1998 and is an Associate Professor (Physics) and Director of the Georgetown Nanoscience and Microtechnology Laboratory cleanroom facility. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (1993) from the University of Alberta (Edmonton), and held post-doctoral positions at Concordia University (Montreal), Simon Fraser University (Vancouver), and the University of California (Berkeley).  In 1995, Paranjape joined the Istituto per la Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica (IRST) in Trento, Italy as a Consulting Engineer.  Paranjape has reviewed for the National Science Foundation (NSF), National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA). Prof. Paranjape’s research interests focus on the engineering of micro-/nano-devices primarily for biomedical applications.  In 2013, he was presented with Georgetown University’s Award for Outstanding Contribution in Innovation and Commercialization. In addition to scholarship, Paranjape enjoys teaching, and in 2011, he was awarded the Georgetown College Dean’s Teaching Award.

Editorial Topics:

• Micro- and Nanotechnology and Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
• Lab on a Chip in Biomedical Sciences and Diagnostics
• Biomedical Sensors
• Micro- Nanotechnology for Medical Implants and Wearable Devices

Fabiana Quaglia, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

Fabiana Quaglia is a Full Professor of Pharmaceutical Technology in the Department of Pharmacy at the University of Napoli Federico II, Italy. In 1997, she received a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences and in 1998, a Specialization in Hospital Pharmacy from the same University. From 1999 until 2005, she was an Assistant Professor and then Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Technology at the Faculty of Pharmacy – University of Napoli Federico II. Dr. Quaglia was a visiting scientist at the University of Paris-Sud (Chatenay Malabry, France) in the group of Prof. Patrick Couvreur.

Her primary research interest lies in developing nano-sized polymeric platforms engineered for precision delivery of drugs and drug combinations to solid tumors. Research is currently oriented on novel strategies for the local delivery of drugs. 

Editorial Topics:

• Nanomedicines for Therapy and Imaging

Bastian Rapp, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bastian E. Rapp is the Full Professor of Process Technology at the Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK) and head of the NeptunLab. He is the Managing Director of the Freiburg Material Research Center (FMF). He is cofounder, founding CEO and current CTO of the spin-off Glassomer GmbH which commercializes next-generation 3D printing processes for glass.

For his work he was awarded, among others, the Edison Prize of the General Electric (GE) Foundation, the GMM award, and the Südwestmetallförderpreis. In 2019 he received an ERC Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council for his work on tactile displays for the visually impaired. His work has been published in the most important international journals including Lab-on-a-Chip, Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie, Nature and Science and has been featured in national and international radio and print media including the BBC, the New York Times and the Discovery Channel. In 2021 he was nominated by German Minister of Research and Education Anja Karliczek for the German Future Award of the German President for Technology and Innovation.

Editorial Topics:

• Micro- and Nanofluidics Physics 
• Lab on a Chip in Biomedical Sciences and Diagnostics
• Micro- Nanotechnology for Medical Implants and Wearable Devices

Raffaella Righetti, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA

Dr. Righetti received her B.S. `Laurea' degree in Electronic Engineering from the Universita' degli Studi di Firenze, Italy in 1999. She received her M.S. degree and Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Houston, Houston, TX, for her work on ultrasound elastography in the Dept. of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging  at the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, in 2001 and 2005 respectively. She then pursued her postdoctoral work at the University of Texas, Houston, TX.

Dr. Righetti is currently an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University. Her research interests include the development of new ultrasound-based elasticity imaging methods, such as poroelasticity and viscoelasticity imaging techniques, image-guided therapeutic ultrasound methods and ultrasound-based imaging techniques for orthopedic and bone regenerative applications. 

Editorial Topics:

• Nanomedicines for Therapy and Imaging
• Biomedical Sensors

Shuvo Roy, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA

Dr. Roy is a bioengineer whose research is dedicated to the development of biomedical devices to address unmet clinical needs through the application of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and related nanotechnology. He is the director of the Biodesign Laboratory and held the Harry Wm. and Diana V. Hind Distinguished Professorship in Pharmaceutical Sciences II in the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Pharmacy and is a faculty affiliate of the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3). His research focuses on fabrication of silicon membranes, surface modification of MEMS substrates to enhance biocompatibility, and wireless sensors for physiological monitoring. He is the technical director of The Kidney Project, a national research project to create a small, surgically implanted, and free-standing bioartificial kidney to treat end stage renal disease (ESRD). In addition, he is a founding member of the UCSF Pediatric Device Consortium, which has a mission to accelerate the development of innovative devices for children’s health. He is the co-leading UCSF's Surgical Innovations program, an interdepartmental initiative between the Departments of Surgery and Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, to accelerate the translation of medical technologies. Before joining UCSF in 2008, Dr. Roy co-directed the BioMEMS Laboratory in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. He has a PhD in electrical engineering and computer science from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.

Editorial Topics:

• Micro- Nanotechnology for Medical Implants and Wearable Devices
• Micro- and Nanotechnology and Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

Bernhard Schrefler, University of Padova, Italy

Bernhard A. Schrefler holds a PhD and DSc from Swansea University, Wales. He is Secretary General of the International Centre for Mechanical Sciences (CISM) in Udine, Professor Emeritus of the University of Padua, and Hans Fischer Senior Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Study, Technical University of Munich. For his research activity dr. Schrefler has been awarded the Maurice A. Biot Medal from ASCE, the Euler Medal from ECCOMAS, the Computational Mechanics Award from IACM, the IACM Award, the Gauss-Newton Medal from IACM,  the Interpore Lifetime Honorary Membership Award, and the Palmes Académiques in France. He has received honorary doctorates from the St. Petersburg State Technical University, the University of Technology of Lodz, the Leibniz University of Hannover, the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Ecole Normale Supérieure at Cachan, an honorary fellowship from the University of Wales Swansea and an honorary professorship from the Dalian University of Technology. 

His research activity has addressed problems in structural mechanics, porous media mechanics, controlled thermomechanical fusion and mechanics in medicine. His current research focuses on tumor growth modeling and transport of nanoparticles in diseased microvasculature and on hydraulic fracturing.

Editorial Topics:

• Micro- and Nanotechnology for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases
• Mathematical Models for Biomedical Micro- Nanotecnology

Rosemary L. Smith, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA

Rosemary Smith graduated from the University of Rhode Island with a BS degree in Electrical Engineering, and from the University of Utah with a PhD in Bioengineering.  Her research applies micro and nanoscale materials and technology to realize new or improved sensors, actuators, biomedical devices and instrumentation.  She was a research scientist at the Swiss Center for Microtechnology in Neuchatel, Switzerland, where she developed CMOS chemical microsensor fabrication technology.  She subsequently worked for two years at MIT as Sinclair Visiting Assistant Professor, prior to joining the faculty of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UCDavis in 1988.  In 2003, she joined the faculty at the University of Maine as Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Frontier Institute for Research in Sensor Technology.  She is also a cooperating faculty member in the Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering and a steering committee member of the Graduate School for Biomedical Science and Engineering (GSBSE).   Professor Smith is a senior member of the IEEE and is currently serving as co-Chair of the Northern New England Chapter of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS).  She has authored over 160 publications and 10 awarded US patents.  Her current research includes the development of transdermal microneedle arrays and microfluidic devices for the study of stem cell differentiation.

Research Areas:

• Micro- and Nanofluidics Physics
• Micro- and Nanotechnology and Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
• NeuroMEMs
• Lab on a Chip in Biomedical Sciences and Diagnostics
• Biomedical Sensors
• Materials and Manufacturing Processes for Biomedical Micro- Nanotechnologies.
• Micro- Nanotechnology for Medical Implants and Wearable Devices

Maria Tenje, Uppsala University, Sweden

Prof. Maria Tenje is a Professor of Microsystems Technology and Head of the Division of Biomedical Engineering at Uppsala University. Maria Tenje received her PhD degree from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) in 2007 on the topic of mechanical biosensors, after having completed her BSc degree in Physics at Imperial College in 2002 and her MSc degree at Lund University in 2004. She became a full Professor of Microsystems Technology in 2019 and leads the EMBLA group “Enabling Microtechnologies for Biomedical and Life science Applications”, comprising researchers with backgrounds in material science, nanotechnology, chemistry and biology. The research activities of EMBLA are focused on droplet based microfluidics and organs-on-chip. These projects have an interdisciplinary character and use microfabrication techniques combined with microfluidics to develop new platforms for visualization and characterisation of cells to learn more about human biology. As well as addressing fundamental research questions, the group develops microsystems that in the near future could find clinical and industrial applications.

Editorial Topics:

• Micro- and Nanofluidics Physics 
• Micro- and Nanotechnology and Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
• Micro- and Nanotechnology for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases
• Lab on a Chip in Biomedical Sciences and Diagnostics
• Materials and Manufacturing Processes for Biomedical Micro- Nanotechnologies.
• Micro- Nanotechnology for Medical Implants and Wearable Devices

Joy Wolfram, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

Ching-Chou Wu, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan

Prof. Ching-Chow Wu received his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, in 2003. Afterward, he joined Prof. Tomokazu Matsue's laboratory, Tohoku University, Japan as a postdoctoral research fellow until January 2005. His expertise mainly focuses on the electrochemical biosensor, electrokinetic control, affinity biosensor, cell-based chip, and separation devices. From 2017-to 2020, he served as a chairman of the Department of Bio-industrial Mechatronic Engineering, National Ching-Hsing University, Taiwan. He became the president (2018-2020) and the vice president (2016-2018) of the Association of Chemical Sensors in Taiwan (ACST). He is also serving as an editor of the reputed journal such as Critical Reviews™ in Biomedical Engineering (2019~), Biosensors (2020~),  Biomedical Microdevices (2021~), and Biosensors and Bioelectronics: X (2022~). 

Moreover, he served as a member of the evaluation committee in the Biomedical Engineering Division (2017-2019) and the Agriculture, Environment and Variety Division in the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Taiwan, in the National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (2021), Viet Nam, and steering committees of Asian Conference on Chemical Sensors (ACCS). He has contributed to over 45 SCI papers and book chapters in his field of expertise. Prof Wu has been honored in several international conferences as an invited speaker and obtained the Academic Excellence Award of ACST (2021), MOST 2021 Future Technology Award.

Editorial Topics:

• Lab on a Chip in Biomedical Sciences and Diagnostics
• Biomedical Sensors

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Dixita Ishani Viswanath, Houston Methodist Research Institute, TX, USA

Dixita I. Viswanath is a current MD/PhD Candidate from Texas A&M University pursuing her doctoral research in the Laboratory of Alessandro Grattoni at Houston Methodist Research Institute. She is studying implantable medical devices and has created a platform capable of antigen-specific immunomodulation. She is also heavily involved in improving access to healthcare for the underserved population in Houston. Her work has led to numerous publications in high-impact journals for both her formal dissertation work and service to the medically underserved community. After graduation, Dixita hopes to pursue a medical residency in either anesthesia or pediatrics with the eventual goal of studying and improving therapeutics to minimize chronic pain.