About the Lab

The research goal of our lab is to develop a multidisciplinary program that advances nanobiotechnologies through three main research themes in advanced manufacturing, nanophotonics, and biomolecular sensing. The educational goal is to train students at different levels with fundamental engineering and physical concepts, provide them with opportunities to tackle complex real-world problems, and prepare them with the skills and mindset that allow them to strive in the ever-changing technology landscape.

Recent News

2024.9 Our lab members gathered in a local Indian restaurant to enjoy some authentic food. We took this opportunity to welcome new members Mona Bejarbaneh, Tianlun Cao, and Dante Borea.

2024.8 A news article about our research metasurface design has been published on ASU News: https://news.asu.edu/20240802-science-and-technology-scaling-down-manufacturing-dimensions-scale-chip-production. The work is also covered by Photonics Spectra: Metasurface Manufacturing Method Opens Door to Nano-Optics 

2024.8 Mona Bejarbaneh joined our lab as a Ph.D. student in BME program. Mona graduated with a M.S and a B.S in Cellular and molecular biology both from Islamic Azad University in Iran. Welcome, Mona!

2024.7 Sina delivered a poster presentation at the USDA grantee meeting, and reported our research progress on African swine fever detection.

2024.6 Shinhyuk and Jiawei’s paper, “Scalable Nanoimprint Manufacturing of Functional Multilayer Metasurface Devices,” is published by Advanced Functional Materials (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adfm.202404852). Congratulations to Shinhyuk, Jiawei and the coauthors (Nabasindhu Das, Yu Yao, Chao Wang).

2024.6 Jiawei’s paper, “Metasurface-Based Muller Matrix Microscope,” is published by Advanced Functional Materials (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adfm.202405412). Congratulations to Jiawei and the coauthors (Ashutosh Bangalore Aravinda Babu, Mo Tian, Dongyao Wang, Zengyu Cen, Kolappan Chidambaranathan, Jing Bai, Shinhyuk Choi, Hossain Mansur Resalat Faruque, Smitha S. Swain, Michael N. Kozicki, Chao Wang, Yu Yao).

2024.5 Our group went to the EIPBN conference at San Diego. Dr. Wang, Sina, Maziyar, and Yeji delivered oral presentations. Nimar and Abdulla delivered their poster presentations. These are Maziyar and Yeji’s first oral presentations and Nimar and Abdulla’s first poster presentations. Eashan, Muhammad and Sean also enjoyed their first conference trip in our lab. Well done, everyone.

2024.4 Four NSF REU students completed their research in our lab during the past year: Sean McClure, Andrew Fishell, Ruben Aguilera, and Ryan Fernandes. Best luck to your future studies, guys!

2024.4 A senior design team has completed their research demo to demonstrate the feasibility of a portable diagnostic system, titled “High-throughput electronic detectors for biomolecular analysis”. Congratulations — Sean McClure, Priyanka Ravindran, Carter Nelson, and Hunter Mantle! Best luck to your future career, guys!

2024.1 Muhammad Fasih joined our lab as a Ph.D. student. Muhammad graduated with a B.E in Electrical Engineering from National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) in Pakistan and a M.S in Electrical Engineering from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in south Korea. Welcome, Muhammad!

2023.9 Eashan Chopde joined our lab as a Ph.D. student. Eashan graduated with a B.E Electrical and Electronics Engineering in 2021 (BITS Pilani, Pilani, India) and a M.S, Biomedical Engineering (Penn State – UP) in 2022. Welcome, Eashan!

2023.8 Four summer students completed their internships in our lab: Sean McClure, Andrew Fishell, Kai-Isabella Marrero, and Sri Manaswini Palaparthi. Best luck to your future studies, guys!

2023.8 Jiawei’s paper, “Chip-Integrated Full-Stokes Polarimetric CMOS Imaging Sensor,” is accepted by Light: Science & Applications. Congratulations to Jiawei and the coauthors (Jing Bai, Shinhyuk Choi, Ali Basiri, Xiahui Chen, Chao Wang, and Yu Yao)

2023.8 Prof. Chao Wang delivered a presentation at the USDA grantee meeting, and reported the research progress on African swine fever detection.

2023.6 Tingting Zhang and Radhika VATTIKUNTA joined our lab as postdoc researchers. Tingting obtained her PhD degree in polymers from University of Bordeaux (2022, France). Previously she worked on polypeptide modification, self-assembly and gel formation. Radhika received her Ph.D. degree from University of Hyderabad, India 2020 and worked as a postdoc at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden 2021. Welcome, Tingting and Radhika!

2023.6. Prof. Chao Wang joined the NIH High-Risk, High-Reward Research Symposium in Bethesda, MD.

2023.5 Our group went to the EIPBN conference at San Francisco. Sina, Maziyar, Yeji, Nimar, and Abdulla got to meet with many seasoned professors in the nanoscience and fabrication area. Sina also successfully presented his COVID-neutralizing antibody detection work — his first oral presentation in the lab!

2023.3 Our group enjoyed a great time in the Papago park for a picnic!

2023.2 Pengkun’s paper, “Wafer-Scale Fabrication of Uniform, Micrometer-Sized, Triangular Membranes on Sapphire for High-Speed Protein Sensing in a Nanopore,” is published on ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces. Congratulations, Pengkun and the coauthors (Md Ashiqur Rahman Laskar, and Chao Wang)!

2023.2 Our group participated in the ASU Open Door this year to demonstrate our portable diagnostic technology. Hundreds of people from different parts of Arizona joined us to understand the science and had some hands-on practice of experiments. It was such a successful and fun experience!

2023.1 Jiawei successfully defended his dissertation. Congratulations, Dr. Zuo!

2023.1 Abdulla Al Mamun and Nimarpreet Bamrah joined our lab as Ph.D. students. Abdulla received his B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering Degree from Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh in 2013 and his M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Washington State University in December 2022. Nimar completed her B.Sc. in 2018 and M.Sc. in physics in 2020, from Guru Nanak College, Sri Muktsar Sahib. She also worked with Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India in 2021. Abdulla and Nimar will work on nanofabrication, additive manufacturing, nanophotonics and biosensors. Welcome, Abdulla and Nimar!

2023.1 Dr. Faizan Ahmed joined our lab as a postdoctoral scholar. Faizan received his doctorate from IIIT Allahabad in 2021. His research interests include 2D films, heterostructures, nanoelectronics devices and Optoelectronics. Welcome, Faizan!