Visiting address
YEUNG-P6423
Phone: +852 34429529

Author IDs

Qualifications/Experiences

Education

Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, US, 2009
B.S., Electronics and Information Systems, Wuhan University, China, 2002

Experience

City University of Hong Kong
July 2016 - Present
Associate Professor (with tenure). Department of Biomedical Engineering.
Nov 2011 – June 2016
Assistant Professor. Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Jan 2010 – Nov 2011
Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Department of Biological Engineering.
Columbia University
Sept 2004 – Dec 2009
Graduate Research Assistant. Department of Biomdical Engineering.
Sept 2006 – May 2007
Graduate Teaching Assistant. Department of Biomedical Engineering.

Prizes/Honours

Awards and Honors

  • Outstanding Supervior Award, City University of Hong Kong, 2019
  • Special Recognition of Young Scholars, World Cultural Council, 2018
  • Outstanding Supervior Award, City University of Hong Kong, 2017
  • President Award for Research Excellence, City University of Hong Kong, 2017
  • 1000 Young Talent Award, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2016
  • Simons Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship (2010-2011, One of the 11 recipients of this year )
  • Outstanding Abstract Award, Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting (2009)
  • Chinese Oversea Student and Scholar Entrepreneurship Competition, Finalist (2008)
  • Graduate Student Fellowship, Columbia Univeristy (2004 – 2009)
  • Ren-Ming Excellence Award, Wuhan Unviersity  (2001)

Research Interests/Areas

  • NeuroEngineering
  • High-throughput Screening
  • Single Cell Based Analysis
  • Biomaterials and Bioelectronics