Principal Investigator
Dr. Jun Chen is currently an associate professor with tenure in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of California, Los Angeles. He obtained his Ph.D. from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2016, followed by postdoctoral studies at Stanford University. His current research focuses on soft matter innovation for novel bioelectronics. With a current h-index of 118, he was identified to be one of the world's most influential researchers in the field of materials science in Web of Science.
He has published 2 books, 3 book chapters, 330 journal articles, and 230 of them are as corresponding authors in Nature Reviews Bioengineering (1), Nature Materials (2), Nature Electronics (8), Nature Biomedical Engineering (1), Chemical Reviews (2), Chemical Society Reviews (2), Nature Communications (8), Science Advances(3), Joule (3), Matter (18), Advanced Materials (16), ACS Nano (18), and many others. He also filed 17 US patents and licensed 1. These works were highlighted by Nature and Science 7 times and worldwide media over 1,200 times in total, including ABC, BBC, NBC, CNN, NPR, VOA, The Wall Street Journal, and Scientific American.
Honors & Awards
2025 BMES CMBE Rising Star Award
2024 Asian American Academy of Science and Engineering (AAASE) Rising Star Award
2024 Inaugural WACBE-BMES Young Investigator Award
2024 Stephanie L Kwolek Prize (Royal Society of Chemistry Materials Chemistry Horizon Prize)
2024 ASME Rising Star of Mechanical Engineering
2024 BME Rising Stars (The 18th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering)
2023 Georgia Tech Alumni 40 Under 40
2023 Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award
2023 American Heart Association Innovative Project Award
2023 American Heart Association Transformational Project Award
2023 American Heart Association's Second Century Early Faculty Independence Award
2023 Shu Chien Early Career Award (1 Pre-Tenure Faculty Per Year Across 10 UC Campuses)
2023 NIH UCLA CTSI KL2 Translational Science Award
2023 NIH UCLA CTSI Core Voucher Award
2023 Chinese Association for Biomaterials Young Investigator Award
2023 Advanced Healthcare Materials Rising Star
2023 Biosensors Best Paper Award
2023 Nano Research Young Innovator Award
2022 Distinguished Keynote Speakers of the 3rd KAIST Emerging Materials e-Symposium
2022 Thrice Highlighted in the Promotional Video “UCLA Samueli 75 Years in the Making”
2022 iCANX Young Scientist Award
2022 Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Young Investigator Award
2022 Selected Participant for US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, National Academy of Engineering
2022 Fellow of the International Association of Advanced Materials
2022 ACS PMSE Young Investigator Award
2022 Microsystems & Nanoengineering Young Scientist Award
2022 Advanced Materials Technologies Rising Star
2021 Advanced Materials Rising Star
2021 Materials Today Rising Star Award
2021 Rising Leaders: Recognizing Talent Across The Life Sciences by Informa
2021 Thought Leaders by AZo Materials
2021 UCLA Society of Hellman Fellows
2021 Breakthroughs and Discoveries by UCLA Chancellor Gene Block
2021 IAAM Scientist Medal
2021 Innovating Health Outstanding Young Speaker, National University of Singapore
2021 Interstellar Initiative by the New York Academy of Sciences
2021 Journal of Materials Chemistry A Emerging Investigators Award
2021 Chemical Communications Emerging Investigators Award
2021 ACS Applied Energy Materials Early Career Energy Scientists
2020 Okawa Foundation Research Award (7 in U.S.)
2020 ACS Nano Rising Stars Lectureship Award
2020 Chemical Society Reviews Emerging Investigators Award
2020 Nanoscale Emerging Investigators Award
2020 Frontiers in Chemistry, Rising Stars
2020 Microsystems & Nanoengineering Outstanding Speakers Award
2024 Highly Cited Researchers in the Web of Science (1 out of 8 UCLA Engineering Faculty)
2023 Highly Cited Researchers in the Web of Science (1 out of 8 UCLA Engineering Faculty)
2022 Highly Cited Researchers in the Web of Science (1 out of 39 UCLA Faculty Members)
2021 Highly Cited Researchers in the Web of Science (1 out of 43 UCLA Faculty Members)
2020 Highly Cited Researchers in the Web of Science (1 out of 9 UCLA Engineering Faculty)
2019 Highly Cited Researchers in the Web of Science (1 out of 12 UCLA Engineering Faculty)
2016 Excellent Undergraduate Mentor Award
2015 National Award for Outstanding Students Abroad
2015 Materials Research Society Graduate Student Award
Journal Recognition
2019- Associate Editor, Biosensors and Bioelectronics (Impact Factor: 12.6)
2022- Associate Editor, Med-X (Springer)
2023- Associate Editor, FlexMat (Wiley)
2023- Associate Editor, VIEW Medicine (Wiley)
2023- Associate Editor, Textiles
2024- Associate Editor, Soft Science
2023- Associate Editor, Materials Science for Energy Technologies (ScienceDirect)
2022- Advisory Board Members, Matter
2022- Advisory Board Members, Cell Reports Physical Science
2024- Editorial Board Members​, Fundamental Research
2024- Editorial Board Members, Materials Today
2024- Editorial Board Members, Wearable Electronics
2023- Editorial Board Members, Journal of Cardiovascular Aging
2023- Editorial Board Members, Discover Electronics (Springer Nature)
2020- Editorial Board Members, The Innovation (Cell Press)
2019- Editorial Board Members, Nano-Micro Letters
2022- Editorial Board Members, Nano Trends
2022- Editorial Board Members, Biomedical Technology
2021- Editorial Board Members, Materials Today Energy
2021- Editorial Board Members, Biosensors and Bioelectronics: X
2023- Editorial Board Members, Exploration (Wiley)
2023- Editorial Board Members, Brain & Heart
2020- Editorial Board Members, Textiles
2020- Editorial Board Members, Biosensors
2020- Editorial Board Members, Smart Materials in Medicine