Biography

Han Zhang was born on November 6, 1985 in Jiangxi, China. He received the B.E degree (Biological Engineering) from Chengdu University of Technology in 2007, the M.E degree (Biomedical Engineering) from University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australian in 2012, and the Ph.D. degree (Biological Engineering) from the Utah State University, Utah, USA in 2019. He is currently a Senior Research Engineer in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University. 

Alliliation:

Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering, Texas A&M University. College Station, TX, USA


Education:

Ph.D., Utah State University (Biomedical Engineering), 2019

M.S., University of New South Wales, Australia (Biomedical Engineering), 2012

B.S., Chengdu University of Technology, China (Biological Engineering), 2007


Research Interests:

Droplet microfluidics; BioMEMS; Point-of-care testing; Biosensing; Raman spectroscopy

Research Experience:

Senior research Engineer 03/2023 ~ Current

Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering, Texas A&M University. College Station, TX, USA

- Development of droplet based microfluidic system for high throughput screening

- Development of biosensing system for dropllet microfluidics

- Project management and grant application


Research Engineer 12/2021 ~ 02/2023             

Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering, Texas A&M University. College Station, TX, USA

- Development of droplet based microfluidic system for high throughput screening

- Development of biosensing system for dropllet microfluidics 


Postdoctoral Researcher, 05/2019 ~ 11/2021             

Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering, Texas A&M University. College Station, TX, USA

- Development of droplet based microfluidic system for high throughput screening

- Development of microfluidic based system for whole blood separation and biosensing

- Development of gel-based POC device for whole blood glucose assay


Visiting Scholar, 05/2012 ~ 05/2014

Department of Biological Engineering, Utah State University. Logan, Utah, USA

- Development of microfluidic based system integrated with Raman spectroscopy for anti-cancer drug analysis

- Development of BioMEMS chip for detection of heavy metal and bacteria DNA in water.

- Development of microfluidic Organ-on-chip device for mimic of an embryonic cardiovascular system.

- Biochemical analysis using Raman spectroscopy and SERS





Professional Services

Reviewed journals: Nature Protocol, Analytical Chemistry, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Lab on a Chip, Talanta, Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, Analytica Chimica Acta, Biomedical Microdevices, Eletrophoresis, Micromachine, Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research.

Guest Editor: Micromachines for Special Issue "Microfluidic System for Biochemical Application"