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Jul. 23th, 2024, the Voice of America carried out an on-site interview of our research group in the UCLA Department of Bioengineering. They showed great interest in our soft magnetoelastic bioelectronics. We are currently pioneering research effort in discovering giant magnetoelastic effects in soft systems for bioelectronics. The interview video can be found from [Voice of America]. 

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Apr. 15th, 2024, our review paper on motion artefact management for soft bioelectronics has been published on Nature Reviews BioengineeringIn this Review, we discuss how body activities can affect the soft bioelectronic–tissue interface and result in motion artefact signals. We also proposed strategies to alleviate them. This story was highlighted as the Front Cover of the journal.

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Mar. 24th, 2024, Dr. Chen was promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure by the University of California, Los Angeles. I truly appreciate the all-the-way support from my department, my students, my collaborators, my friends, and my family. The staying with UCLA Bioengineering is joyful and fruitful. Here is the Summary Statement from Faculty Ad Hoc Committee that I would like to share. 

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May 25th, 2023, by mimicking the process spiders use to spin silk, our work on developing a simple and cost-effective process to create soft, electrically conductive fibers at room temperature and atmospheric pressure was published in Nature Electronics, and highlighted as the Front Cover of Volume 6 Issue 5. Read More from [UCLA News​] 

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Jan. 15th, 2023, we were invited to contribute 4 comprehensive review articles to the smart textiles community for healthcare and sustainability, including 1  published in Nature Electronics, 2 published in Chemical Reviews (Two Front Covers Highlight), a 4th  published in Chemical Society Reviews (Front Cover Highlight). Please Read More from the highlight [UCLA Bioengineering News​

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Nov. 15th, 2022, Dr. Chen was identified to be one of the world’s most influential researchers in the field of materials science by the Web of Science Group and continues to be on the global list of Highly Cited Researchers together with the other 39 UCLA faculty members. Read More from [UCLA University News​] and [UCLA Samueli Newsroom]

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Nov. 16th, 2021, Dr. Chen was identified to be one of the world’s most influential researchers in the field of materials science by the Web of Science Group and continues to be on the global list of Highly Cited Researchers together with the other 12 Professors in the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering. Read More from [UCLA Samueli Newsroom] and [UCLA University News].

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Mar. 24th, 2021, our wearable sign-to-speech translation work that was published on Nature Electronics, was selected and highlighted by UCLA Chancellor Gene Block as Breakthroughs and Discoveries. The Chancellor highlights a few UCLA breakthroughs and discoveries that illustrate the incredible reach and continued impact of our scholarship. Please read more from [UCLA Breakthroughs

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Oct. 19th, 2021, Dr. Chen was made the list of The World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University among all the scientists globally across the 22 scientific fields and 176 sub-fields. He was ranked 291th in the sub-field of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology in the world. The ranking is based on the standardized information on citations, h-index, co-authorship adjusted hm-index, and so on. Full data please read [Mendeley Data] and [Article for Data Explanation]

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May 17th, 2021, Dr. Chen was highlighted as 30 Life Sciences Leaders To Watch by In Vivo. In Vivo, as part of Informa, has highlighted entrepreneurs and innovators who represent the next wave of creativity in health care, make waves, and challenge traditional structures across the biopharma and medtech sectors. Read More from [30 Rising Leaders] [Personal Interview: PDF] [UCLA BioE]

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Apr. 13th, 2021, our Ph.D. candidate Alberto Libanori was granted the 2021 Engineering Fellowship from the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering. Super congratulations. Another Ph.D. candidate Trinny Tat in our group has received the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, one of the country’s most prestigious honors for graduate students beginning their studies. She is one of the two NDSEG Fellows at UCLA. Read more from [UCLA News]. 

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Feb. 21th, 2021, Dr. Chen was made the list of The World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University among all the scientists globally across the 22 scientific fields and 176 sub-fields. He was ranked 571th in the sub-field of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology. The ranking is based on the standardized information on citations, h-index, co-authorship adjusted hm-index, and so on. Full data please read [Mendeley Data] and [Article for Data Explanation]

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Feb. 14th, 2021, Dr. Chen has been placed the 2nd Most Influential Researcher globally in the field of nanogenerators, right behind the field pioneer, Prof. Zhong Lin Wang, according to a recent study entitled "Towards smart cities powered by nanogenerators: Bibliometric and machine learning-based analysis". The result was obtained via a principal component analysis of the bibliometric data. Please read the full paper for more details [Nano Energy 2021, 83, 105844].

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Dec. 4th, 2020, Dr. Chen received the ACS Nano Rising Stars Lectureship Award from the American Chemical Society. The ACS Nano Rising Stars are invited to give globally broadcast iCANX lectures, serve as an advisory board member of ACS Nano, and write a forward-looking Perspective/ Review for the journal. Read More from [UCLA Bioengineering News] and [iCANX Talks].

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Nov. 18th, 2020, Dr. Chen was identified to be one of the world’s most influential researchers in the field of materials science by the Web of Science Group and continues to be on the global list of Highly Cited Researchers together with the other 8 Professors in the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering. Read More from [UCLA Samueli Newsroom] and [UCLA University News].

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Sep. 12th, 2016, our work on smart textile for simultaneously harvesting solar and mechanical energy was published in Nature Energy. This work was selected as a Nature Research Highlights (Fabric Harvests Two Energy Forms, Nature 2016, 537, 283), and covered by media around the world over 200 times, including[ScienceDaily][YaHoo][People][NanoWerk][Materials Today][Xinhua Net][Big News Network].

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Feb. 9th, 2018, the large-scale radiative cooling fabric work was published in Nature Sustainability.  It could contribute to save up to 23% cooling energy in the summer time.  This work was highlighted by Science [Scaling Up Textiles that Cool Down,  Science 2018, 360, 616].  The related patent was licensed and filed around the world, including USA, China, Singapore, Japan, Australia, Brazil, European Associates, Mexico,  India, Canada, Indonesia,  Spain, and so on.

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Mar. 4th, 2014, our work on radial-arrayed rotary triboelectric nanogenerator for high-performance mechanical energy harvesting was published in Nature Communications. This work was selected as a Nature Research Highlights (Shake to Make Power, Nature 2014, 507, 143), and reported around the world over 100 times, including [Sinc] [Phys.org] [China Science Daily][Naukas] [Radio-Canada] [Mother Nature Network][World Industrial Reporter].

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