Joseph Wang

Joseph Wang

Joseph Wang
Born 1948
Nationality American
Fields Nanotechnology, Nanomachines, Electrochemistry, Biosensors
Institutions University of California, San Diego

Joseph Wang is Distinguished Professor, , SAIC Endowed Chair, and Chair of the Department of Nanoengineering at the University of California, San Diego specializing in nanomachines, biosensors, and electrochemistry. He also serves as the Director of the Center for Wearable Sensors[1] at the University of California, San Diego.

Biography

Joseph Wang studied chemistry at the Technion and was awarded the BSc degree in 1972 and an MSc degree in 1974. After completing his D.Sc. at the Technion in 1978, he served as a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. In 1980, he joined the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at New Mexico State University, where he became a Regents Professor and holder of the Manasse Chair.

Wang founded the journal Electroanalysis (Wiley-VCH) in 1988 and has been Editor-in-Chief ever since. In 2004-2008, he served as the Director of the Center for Bioelectronics and Biosensors at the Biodesign Institute and as a Professor of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry at Arizona State University (ASU). Since 2008, Wang has served as Distinguished Professor of Nanoengineering at the University of California, San Diego.

Fields of research

Joseph Wang's earlier research focused on electrochemical biosensors and detectors for clinical diagnostics and environmental monitoring, with particular emphasis on blood glucose monitoring for diabetes management. Wang's current research interests include the development of nanomotors and nanomachines, wearable non-invasive sensors, electrochemical biosensors,[2] bioelectronics, microfluidic (“Lab-on-a-Chip”) devices, and remote sensors for environmental and security monitoring. His contributions in these directions have been of major impact in the development of electrochemical sensing techniques and man-made nanomachines. He was ranked the ‘Most Cited Researcher in Engineering’ during 1997 - 2007, as well as the ‘Most Cited Chemist’ in ISI’s lists of ‘Most Cited Researchers in Chemistry’ for the same period and of '2015 World's Most Influential Scientific Minds'. Joseph Wang has authored over 980 research papers (H-Index = 111), 11 books, 15 patents, and 35 chapters. His books include: "Stripping Analysis" (VCH-1985), "Analytical Electrochemistry" (Wiley 2006) and "Nanomachines" (Wiley-VCH 2013). Over 30 Ph.D. candidates and 160 post-doctoral fellows have collaborated with Wang.

Wang led a team that successfully merged efforts in the fields of biosensors, bioelectronics and nanotechnology to fashion nanocrystals that can act as amplifying tags for DNA or protein biosensors. This creates enormous potential for applications for early disease diagnosis. Wang's work in the field of nanomachines, involving novel motor designs and applications, has led to the world fastest nanomotor, first demonstration of nanomotor operation in living organism, to a novel motion-based DNA biosensing,[3] and nanomachine-enabled isolation of biological targets, e.g.cancer-cell isolation and to advanced motion control in the nanoscale. He has also pioneered the use of body-worn printed flexible electrochemical sensors and biofuel cells (including textile and epidermal-tattoo devices), microneedle-based electrochemical biosensors for real-time, pain-free quantification of circulating metabolites and electrolytes, 'green' bismuth electrodes for sensing toxic metals and remote submersible devices for continuous environmental monitoring.

Published books

Wang is also the Editor-in-Chief of the international journal Electroanalysis.

Awards

References

  1. ↑ http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/wearablesensors/
  2. ↑ Electrochemical Glucose Biosensors
  3. ↑ Nature Comm. Motion-based DNA detection using catalytic nanomotors

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