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Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

• Led sensor team and developed various immunoassays and multiple biosensors.
• Led sensor team and developed THC biosensor for cannabis detection as required by government.
• Led sensor team and developed Covid-19 biosensor for blood test of immunity as required by government.
• Led sensor team and developed Testosterone biosensor.
• Led sensor team and developed LH biosensor for quantitative monitoring of ovulation. Parallel comparison with existing products in the market showed superior accuracy and consistency. Also collaborated with hardware.
• Lead sensor team to develop HCG biosensor for pregnancy test and quantitative monitoring of pregnancy, and made promising progress with a wide-range HCG sensor.

• Developed and optimized the electroporation system doubling the requested target from 40% to 80% transfection efficiency for CD8+ T cells.
• Developed application projects for marketing teams including Alzheimer’s disease model resulting in poster presentation for the neuroscience conference hosted by Society for Neuroscience (SfN). Attracted significant.
• Designed new formulation for transfection, targeted delivery, and 3D tissue assembly. Designed single cell array and organ-on-a-chip for life science and preclinical diagnosis applications. Awarded first place in the.
• Collaborated with engineering team for development of instruments for protein separation, food science, and gene expression. Resulting in a new protein fraction collector device.
• Collaborated with University of Toronto on circulating tumor cells (CTCs) capturing and analysis device.
• Effectively led and managed the laboratory including the development of standard operating procedures (SOPs), preparation of regulatory documentation, providing technical support and consultation for team members.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Conducted independent and collaborative research resulting in 15 publications. Supervised the group research and mentored 10+ students. Assisted the professor for the establishment of his startup company.
• Led the development of new transfection reagents for the professor’s startup company.
• Developed a dual-function system for cell surface engineering, targeting, and intracellular delivery (transfection, drug delivery, etc.).
• Developed a three-dimensional liver chip for drug screening and analysis.
• Developed a microfluidic system for controlling cell-cell interactions and forming cell/polymer hybrids.
• Synthesized a photolabile liposome for engineering cell surface and controlling tissue-tissue interactions

• Developed biodegradable and chemoselective polymer scaffolds for selective cell adhesion and tissue construction.
• Developed universal surface chemistry method for engineering cell membrane.

Ph.D., Chemistry

Activities and Societies: UNC Energy Frontier Research CenterConducted research leading to 12 publications. Mentored 10+ junior graduate.

Bs, Materials Chemistry

Conducted undergraduate research program, resulting in 5 publications. • Developed polymer/montmorillonite nanocomposites for improving.