People
Prof. Zhaoli GAO
Prof. Gao completed his B.Eng. and Ph.D. both in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. From 2014, he was a Post-doctoral Researcher in the Nano/Bio Interface Center and the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Pennsylvania. In October 2019, he joined the Department of Biomedical Engineering at The Chinese University of Hong Kong as an Assistant Professor and established the Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory (MDL); he is now an Associate Professor in the department.
Postdoctoral Associates
Dr. Huisi YANG
Postdoctoral Associate
Electrochemical sensors, carbon nanomaterials, DNA nanotechnology.
Dr. Chuanjie YAO
Postdoctoral Associate
Dr. Yucong HUANG
Postdoctoral Associate
Co-supervised with Prof. Tao Ye (CUHK-Shenzhen).
PhD Students
Dr. Md Masruck ALAM
Electronic biosensors; CVD synthesis of CNT, graphene, and hBN. Thesis defended Jul 2026.
Dr. Yitong LI
Smart biosensors. Thesis defended Jul 2026.
Mr. Dongwook JANG
2D TMD-based FETs for biosensing.
Mr. Leonardo N. A. WIJAYA
2D materials growth for gas sensing.
Mr. Haoxuan SUN
Soft electronics and wearable devices.
Research Assistant
Mr. Junbin LIN
Research Assistant
Alumni
- Dr. Songshan ZENG
Postdoctoral alumnus
Now Assistant Professor, Macau University of Science and Technology - Dr. Kandy YEUNG
Postdoctoral alumnus
Now Senior Consultant, KPMG (Canada) - Dr. Jiawen YOU
Postdoctoral alumnus - Dr. Jingwei LI
Postdoctoral alumnus - Dr. Iris Ting HUANG
Ph.D., 2024 - Dr. Honglin SUN
Ph.D., 2024 - Mr. Lijia JI
Master student alumnus
Now Ph.D. student in Switzerland - Dr. Haohan CHEN
Visiting scholar alumnus