Principal Investigator
| Shiming Zhang B.Sc., M.Sc. (Jilin); Ph.D. (Montreal); Postdoc (UCLA) |
| Dr. Shiming Zhang is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) of the University of Hong Kong (HKU), leading the wearable, intelligent and soft electronics (WISE) research group. He is also currently an affiliated faculty at the Terasaki Institute of UCLA. Before joining HKU, he spent three years at UCLA as a postdoctoral scholar, group leader (on bioelectronics), and finally an affiliated faculty member. He obtained his Ph.D. degree (Best Thesis Award) from École Polytechnique, Université de Montréal, Canada, and B.S./M.S. degree (Outstanding Graduates) from Jilin University, China. He was recognized as a “Rising Star” on bioelectronics by Advanced Science (2022) and an“Emerging Investigator” by the Journal of Materials Chemistry C (2022). He was awarded the prestigious title of “Vanier Canada Scholar” by the Canada Federal Government, “Outstanding International Student” by the Quebec Government, and “Outstanding Student Abroad” by the Chinese Government. The students, trained in his lab, have won the Gold Award of the International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva 2023; the Championship in the HKAES University Pitch Competition 2022; the MRS Best Presentation Award (2021); the IEEE EMB Student Project Award (2021); and the InnoShow Awards (2021/2022/2023) from the HKU Innovation Academy. |
Postdoc Research Fellow
Shilei Dai received his Ph.D. degree in materials science and engineering from Tongji University and his B. Eng. degree in polymer science and engineering from Sichuan University. During his Ph.D. study, he worked as a visiting Ph.D. student at the University of Chicago for two years. He is currently a postdoc research fellow (co-supervised by Prof. Zhongrui Wang) in the WISE research group. His research interests include deformable and biocompatible electronics, and bio-inspired in-memory and in-sensor computing devices.
Suo is currently a postdoc research fellow supervised by Prof. Shiming Zhang in the WISE research group. He earned his Dr.rer.nat. degree in physics from the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany, and was a postdoc research fellow at the same university. He worked as a research assistant at the German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany. He specializes in leveraging advanced characterization technologies, particularly synchrotron radiation light sources, to explore new frontiers in polymer materials. His primary research thrust involves establishing correlations between morphological structures and the dynamics of charge carriers in polymer materials and developing soft materials and systems.
PhD Students
Jing Bai received his B.Eng. in Software Engineering and B.Mgmt. in Business Administration at Xi’ an Jiaotong University. He was working on industrial projects related to inkjet printing control systems, microcontrollers, and human-machine interfaces. Jing is currently a PhD candidate in WISE lab. He aims to establish a reliable and standardized manufacturing method for soft OECTs with fully printing technologies, and using high-density soft OECT arrays for emerging biosensing and computing applications.
Dingyao Liu received his B.Sc. in Applied Chemistry from Xi’an Jiaotong University and M.Eng. in Polymer Science and Engineering from Sichuan University. He is interested in the design, fabrication, and characterization of soft materials. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the WISE Research Group aiming to developing high-performance and miniaturized soft OECTs for soft computing and wearable bioelectronic applications.
Xinyu Tian received his B.Eng in Control & Measurement Technology and Instrument from Tianjin University and Master in Material Science Engineering from the University of California, San Diego. He is currently a Ph.D. student in the WISE Research Group working on miniaturized OECTs systems for wearable edge computing applications. He is a key contributor to the “PERfECT” system which is the world`s smallest system for wearable OECT characterization.
Binbin Cui received his B.S. in Chemistry from Nankai University. He was a research intern in the Stoddart group (Nobel Laureate) at Northwestern University. He is interested in the chemical and electrochemical functionalization of thin-film electrodes for molecular analysis. He is currently a Ph.D. student in the WISE Research Group working on OECT-based biosensors for healthcare applications.
Yilin Yang received her B.Eng. and M.Eng, both in Biomedical Engineering from Sun Yat-sen University. She is currently a Ph.D. student at WISE Research Group working on brain-machine interfacing with soft and implantable bioelectronic systems.
Yan Wang received her B.Sc. at Nankai University in Chemistry. She was a research assistant at WISE between Sept 2021 and April 2022. She is currently a Ph.D. student at WISE working on the processing of soft conducting polymers for high-performance soft OECTs.
Xinran Zhang received her B.Eng. and M.Eng, both in Biomedical Engineering from Jilin University. She is currently a Ph.D. student at WISE Research Group working on the synthesis and fabrication of biosensing electrodes for wearable molecular detections.
Hao Huang received his B.Eng. and M.Eng. in Chemical Engineering from Tianjin University. He is currently a Ph.D. student at WISE Research Group working on HK WISE-Scope for wearable brain-machine interfacing.
Wei Huang received B.Sc. in Computer Science from Beihang University. He is currently a Ph.D. student at WISE Group working on data processing and control of wearable systems.
Meiru An received her B.Sc. in Chemistry and M.Sc. in Advanced Material Science from University College London. She will join WISE as a Ph.D. student in Sept. 2024 to work on biophysical wearable devices.
Haixuan Luo received his B.Eng. in Mechanical Design, Manufacturing and Automation from Shandong University and he will graduate from School of Mechanical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University. He will join WISE Research Group as a Ph.D. student working on the fabrication of stretchable OECTs.
Xiaonan Chen received his M.Eng. in Materials and Chemical Engineering from Sichuan University. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate at WISE Research Group working on soft OECTs for wearable bioelectronic applications
Leping Yu received his MPhil degree and his bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Sydney. He specializes in the development of portable biosensor solutions, focusing on wearable EEG sensors. His research includes ear EEG systems for non-invasive brain signal monitoring. He is currently a Ph.D. student in the WISE Research Group, working on developing a flexible hearable device for long-term biosignal monitoring.
Mphil Students
Ivo Pang received B.Eng. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Hong Kong. He currently is a MPhil student at WISE group working on stretchable wearable devices.
WISE Undergraduate Students
Aiyi Ning is currently an undergraduate student in Tsinghua University, pursuing B.Eng. in Polymer Materials Engineering and B.Sc in Chemical Biology. He will join WISE as a Summer Programme student in July 2024 to work on wearable brain-machine interfacing.
| Name | Type | |
|---|---|---|
| Year 4 | Rouxian Li | HKU SIG |
| Year 4 | Ip Long Ching | HKU FYP |
| Year 4 | Chan Kai San Oliver | HKU SIG |
| Year 4 | Wong Yat Hei Ryan | HKU FYP |
| Year 2 | Yazhou Zhao | HKU SIG |
| Year 2 | Chun Kit Lai | HKU SIG |
Master students
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2022 | Zichao Cao |
| 2022 | Linyuan Huang |
| 2022 | Ziyun Liao |
| 2022 | Guangxi Lu |
| 2022 | Zhenqi Liu |
| 2022 | Haoran Wan |
| 2022 | Yixuan Xu |
| 2022 | Kaini Zhang |
| 2022 | Siya Zhang |
WISE Alumni
| Name | Type | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Yue Zhou | Wise Vistor |
| 2022 | Juntao He | HKU Master |
| 2022 | Fangyuan Kuang | HKU Master |
| 2022 | Kaihua Ni | HKU Master |
| 2022 | Xinyue Peng | HKU Master |
| 2022 | Yixun Cheng | Wise Vistor |
| 2024 | Xuecheng He | Postdoc -> UCSD postdoc |