Welcome to Nanoscience & Biotechnology Lab
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
2025.11 Pengkun’s paper, “DNA Helix Bundle-Encoded Multi-Bit Information Readout by Sapphire-Supported Nanopore” has been published in Advanced Functional Materials. Congratulations to Dr. Pengkun Xia and the co-authors, Nimarpreet Kaur Bamrah, Abdulla Al Mamun and Chao Wang!
2025.9 Prof. Wang is interviewed with the Arizona Horizon on our NasRED technology development
Breakthrough diagnostic tool helping detect serious illnesses – Arizona PBS
2025.8 Yeji and Sina’s paper,”
Nanoparticle-Supported, Rapid, and Electronic Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies and Antigens at the Subfemtomolar Level” has been published in ACS Nano! (Nanoparticle-Supported, Rapid, and Electronic Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies and Antigens at the Subfemtomolar Level | ACS Nano). Congratulations to Yeji, Sina, Ashif, Sean, Maziyar, Scott, Jose, John, Tingting, and Jiawei.
There are multiple news release on this technology, selected ones are listed below:
Fast, accurate, low-cost diagnostics: No lab required | ASU News
Fast, accurate, low-cost diagnostics: No lab required – Pharmacy Update Online
New diagnostic tool offers rapid, low-cost blood test for multiple diseases
New, Cheap Blood Test Can Diagnose Multiple Diseases in Minutes
This Tiny Blood Test Could Revolutionize Disease Diagnosis. Experts Explain Why It’s Not Just Hype This Time.
$2 One-Drop Blood Test Detects Hidden Diseases in 15 Minutes
On Youtube:
https://youtu.be/pWfYCM_j82M
New Blood Test Detects COVID-19, HIV and More in Just 15 Minutes: ASU Researchers
2025.6 Prof. Wang wins the Emerging Leader Award (ELA) from the Bay Area Lyme Foundation! We will develop a rapid, low-cost, easy-to-use test, called Nano2RED-LD, for Lyme disease. The test aims to deliver results in as few as 30 minutes when a patient who may have Lyme disease first sees a doctor.
Bay Area Lyme Foundation Announces National Winner of the 2025 Emerging Leader Award to Develop a Much-Needed Rapid, Low-Cost, Easy-to-Use Lyme Disease Test – Bay Area Lyme Foundation
2025.5 Sina and Ashif Ikbal’s paper,”Nanoparticle-supported, rapid, digital quantification of neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 variants” has been published in Biosensor and Bioelectronics (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0956566325004233?via%3Dihub). Congratulations to Sina, Ashif Ikbal and the co authors (Ching-Wen Hou, Maziyar K. Mohammadi, Yeji Choi, Laimonas Kelbauskas, Laura A. VanBlargan, Brenda G. Hogue, Vel Murugan, Michael S. Diamond and Chao Wang).
2025.4 Sina successfully defended his dissertation. Congratulations Dr. Mirjalili! Our group went for lunch in the Persian restaurant to celebrate Sina’s success.
2025.3 Maziyar and Sina’s paper, “Rapid and Sensitive Detection of Thrombospondin-2 Using Nanoparticle Sensors for Cancer Screening and Prognosis” has been published by Micromachines (https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/16/3/354). Congratulations to Maziyar, Sina and the co authors (Md Ashif Ikbal, Hao Xie and Chao Wang).
2025.3 Yuqin Shang joined our group as an Associate Research Scientist. She received Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Science from Oakland University (2013, Rochester, MI, USA). She has previously worked in biosensing technology focused on the development of miniaturized immunosensors and integrated microfluidic immunochips for multiplex detection of cancer biomarkers, especially for early clinical diagnosis. Welcome to the group Yuqin!
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!