Mar. 2024 – Our bioresorbable cardiac devices have been selected to compete in this year’s national STAT Madness competition, an online tournament run by the STAT health news site to select the top biomedical innovation or discovery from the past year.
Feb. 2024 – Dr. Lu received NSF CAREER Award! We greatly thank NSF for continuously supporting our research!
Feb. 2024 – Nathaniel and Xinyu received the BME department Collins Distinguished Doctoral Fellow Award! Congratulations!
Jan. 2024 – Miya received the prestigious GW Undergraduate Research Award! Congratulations and well deserved!
Nov. 2023 – Dr. Lu gave a talk on soft multimodal optoelectronic devices for biointerfacing at the 2023 MRS Fall Meeting at Boston.
Nov. 2023 – Dr. Lu received the 2023 GW SEAS Outstanding Early Career Researcher Award! Congratulations!
Oct. 2023 – Xinyu presented her research at the 2023 BMES Annual Meeting at Seattle, WA. Good job!
Oct. 2023 – Zhiyuan has successfully passed his PhD defense! Congratulations, Dr. Chen!
Sep. 2023 – Dr. Lu gave an invited talk on soft optoelectronic microsystems for bio-interfacing in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology at Georgetown University. Thanks Prof. Styliani Alimperti for the kind invitation!
Sep. 2023 – Ms. Wanyu Zhao (PhD student) joined our research lab. Welcome!
Aug. 2023 – Mr. Jialin Chang (PhD student) joined our research lab. Welcome!
Aug. 2023 – Dr. Lu gave a talk at the 31st International Materials Research Congress, Cancun, Mexico.
Aug. 2023 – Dr. Lu gave an invited talk at 2023 49th Annual North American Thermal Analysis Society Conference Short Course, Rockville, MD.
Jul. 2023 – Our collaborative research paper on fully bioresorbable transparent microelectrode arrays has been published on Science Advances. Big congratulations, Zhiyuan and the team! Here is the GW Today news release about the project: https://gwtoday.gwu.edu/device-dissolves-body-shows-promise-monitoring-and-treating-heart-disease. This work has been reported by National Science Foundation News, National Science Foundation Discovery Files, Cardiac Wire, HealthToday, and many others.
Jul. 2023 – Dr. Lu gave an invited talk at The 23rd IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology at Jeju Island, South Korea.
Jun. 2023 – We're thrilled to receive our first 5-year $2.8M R01 grant from National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) with our collaborator Dr. Igor Efimov (Northwestern University) to develop advanced cardiac devices for chronic investigating heart failure pathogenesis! We greatly appreciate this support from NIH NHLBI!
Jun. 2023 – Dr. Lu received a GW University Facilitating Fund. We greatly thank GW for the support!
Jun. 2023 – Dr. Lu received a GW Cross-Disciplinary Research Fund with collaborator Dr. Ling Hao (Chemistry). We greatly thank GW for the support!
May. 2023 – Zhiyuan's paper on Advanced Materials Technologies was selected as the inside cover, great job Zhiyuan on creating the amazing cover image!
May. 2023 – Dr. Lu gave an invited lecture at the 66th Annual SVC Technical Conference at Washington, DC.
Apr. 2023 – Zhiyuan, Nathaniel, and Xinyu presented their research in the SEAS R&D Showcase. Zhiyuan has been awarded the special GW Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Commercialization Prize for his presentation.
Apr. 2023 – Our invited Review paper entitled "Recent progress on transparent microelectrode based soft bioelectronic devices for neuroscience and cardiac research" has been accepted for publication by ACS Applied Bio Materials.
Mar. 2023 – Our collaborative research paper entitled "Transparent and stretchable Au-Ag nanowire recording microelectrode arrays" has been accepted for publication by Advanced Materials Technologies. Big congratulations, Zhiyuan, Khanh, and Xinyu!
Feb. 2023 – Zhiyuan received the BME department Collins Distinguished Doctoral Fellow Award! Congratulations, Zhiyuan!
Feb. 2023 – Our research paper entitled "Design and fabrication of a flexible opto-electric biointerface for multimodal optical fluorescence and electrical recording" has been accepted for publication by ACS Applied Electronic Materials. Big congratulations, Sofian and Nathaniel!
Dec. 2022 – Dr. Lu has received a SEAS Collaboration Seed Funding with collaborator Dr. Zhenyu Li! We greatly thank SEAS for the support!
Nov. 2022 – Sofian has passed his PhD defense! Big congratulations, Dr. Obaid! Sofian will work as a Staff Fellow at FDA. Best wishes for his future career development!
Nov. 2022 – Dr. Lu gave an invited talk at the 3rd International Conference on Optics, Photonics and Lasers.
Oct. 2022 – Zhiyuan presented his research at the 2022 BMES Annual Meeting at San Antonio, Texas, good job!
Oct. 2022 – Dr. Lu served as the Track co-chair for Device Technologies and Biomedical Robotics (including 8 technical sessions in total) in the 2022 BMES Annual Meeting.
Sep. 2022 – Dr. Lu has received a GW Cross-Disciplinary Research Fund with collaborator Dr. Hui Lu (SMHS) again. We greatly thank GW for the support!
Aug. 2022 – Our collaborative research paper entitled "Flexible Electro-Optical Arrays for Simultaneous Multi-Site Colocalized Spatiotemporal Cardiac Mapping and Modulation" has been accepted for publication by Advanced Optical Materials. Big congratulations, Sofian and Zhiyuan!
Aug. 2022 – Dr. Lu has been selected as Vebleo Fellow and gave an invited talk in the Vebleo Webinar on Materials Science, Engineering and Technology about our work on materials and devices for bio-interfacing.
Jul. 2022 – Chris and Khanh have successfully passed their Master thesis defense. Congratulations!
Jul. 2022 – Mr. Nathaniel Quirion and Ms. Xinyu Shi (PhD students) joined our research lab. Welcome!
Apr. 2022 – Jinbi is awarded the prestigious Abdelfafttah Abdalla Prize. Congratulations, Jinbi!
Mar. 2022 – Dr. Lu with collaborator Dr. Se-Woong Baek from Korea University have received a KU-GWU research collaboration award! Looking forward to a fruitful collaboration in the near future!
Mar. 2022 – Dr. Lu with collaborator Dr. Igor Efimov have received a grant from NSF CBET. We greatly thank NSF for continuously supporting our research!
Mar. 2022 – Dr. Lu gave an invited talk on soft bioelectronic materials and devices in the Biomedical Engineering Department at University of Connecticut. Thanks Prof. Yi Zhang for the kind invitation!
Feb. 2022 – Dr. Lu gave an invited talk at GW Department of Pharmacology and Physiology about our work on soft optoelectronic devices for electrophysiology and optophysiology applications.
Oct. 2021 – Jinbi won the 3rd place in the Undergraduate Rapid Fire Competition from the Society of Women Engineers, big congratulations and well deserved!
Oct. 2021 – Jinbi presented her research at the 2021 BMES Annual Meeting at Orlando, FL, good job!
Jul. 2021 – Zhiyuan's paper on Advanced Materials Technologies was selected as the inside cover for the July issue, great job Zhiyuan on creating the cover image!
Jun. 2021 – Our collaborative research paper on stretchable transparent microelectrodes for biointerfacing has been accepted for publication by Photonics. This is the first publication from our group led by an undergraduate student! Big congratulations, Jinbi, Zhiyuan, and Sofian!
Jun. 2021 – Dr. Lu organized four live technical sessions on wearable and flexible electronic and photonic technologies with colleagues from Penn State University and University of Connecticut at the virtual 239th Electrochemical Society Meeting.
Jun. 2021 – Zhiyuan presented his research at the 239th Electrochemical Society Meeting, good job!
May. 2021 – Dr. Lu has received a second-year GW Cross-Disciplinary Research Fund with collaborator Dr. Hui Lu (SMHS). We greatly thank GW for the support!
May. 2021 – Dr. Lu has received a GW University Facilitating Fund. We greatly thank GW for the support!
May. 2021 – Our collaborative research paper entitled "Flexible and Transparent Metal Nanowire Microelectrode Arrays and Interconnects for Electrophysiology, Optogenetics, and Optical Mapping" has been accepted for publication by Advanced Materials Technologies. Big congratulations, Zhiyuan, Nicolas, Sofian, Jinbi, and Leqi!
Apr. 2021 – Big congratulations to Jinbi for winning the GW Research Showcase 2021 award!
Apr. 2021 – Big congratulations to Jinbi for receiving the prestigious GW Undergraduate Research Award for the second time! Well deserved!
Mar. 2021 – Dr. Lu gave an invited talk, entitled "Multimodal Flexible Optoelectronic Devices for Colocalized Electrophysiology and Optophysiology", at the 2021 TMS Annual Meeting.
Jan. 2021 – Sofian received the BME department Collins Distinguished Doctoral Fellow Award! Congratulations, Sofian!
Nov. 2020 – Dr. Lu gave a talk, entitled "Advanced Multimodal Optoelectronic Systems for Bio-Interfacing", at the 2020 Virtual MRS Spring/Fall Meeting.
Oct. 2020 – Sofian and Jinbi both presented their research at the 2020 BMES Annual Meeting, good job!
Aug. 2020 – Dr. Lu has received a GW COVID-19 Research Fund. We greatly thank GW for the support!
Jun. 2020 – Our invited review paper entitled "Advanced electrical and optical microsystems for biointerfacing" has been accepted for publication by Advanced Intelligent Systems. Big congratulations, Sofian and Zhiyuan!
Jun. 2020 – Dr. Lu was invited to serve on a Technical Program Committee for The 5th IEEE Electron Devices Technology and Manufacturing (EDTM) Conference, Mar. 9-12, 2021, Chengdu, China.
May. 2020 – Dr. Lu with collaborators Dr. Igor Efimov, Dr. Elena Molokanova, and Dr. Alex Savtchenko have received a R21 grant from NIH NHLBI. We greatly thank NIH for the research support!
May. 2020 – Our collaborative research paper entitled "Flexible and Transparent Metal Oxide/Metal Grid Hybrid Interfaces for Electrophysiology and Optogenetics" has been accepted for publication by Advanced Materials Technologies. Big congratulations, Zhiyuan, Sofian, Jinbi, and Nicolas!
Apr. 2020 – Dr. Lu has received a GW University Facilitating Fund. We greatly thank GW for the support!
Apr. 2020 – Dr. Lu has received a GW Cross-Disciplinary Research Fund with collaborator Dr. Hui Lu (SMHS). We greatly thank GW for the support!
Apr. 2020 – Dr. Lu with collaborator Dr. Igor Efimov have received a grant from NSF ECCS. We greatly thank NSF for the research support!
Mar. 2020 – Our collaborative research paper entitled "Multifunctional Flexible Biointerfaces for Simultaneous Colocalized Optophysiology and Electrophysiology" has been accepted for publication by Advanced Functional Materials. Big congratulations, Sofian, Jinbi, Zhiyuan, and Nicolas!
Feb. 2020 – Dr. Lu was invited to give a talk at The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA.
Jan. 2020 – Congratulations to Jinbi for receiving the GW Undergraduate Research Award! Well deserved!
Jan. 2020 – Our collaborative research paper entitled "Wireless, battery-free subdermally implantable photometry systems for chronic recording of neural dynamics" has been published on Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Big congratulations, Sofian and Zhiyuan!
Dec. 2019 – Congratulations to Nico for passing his master thesis defense!
Oct. 2019 – Congratulations to Jinbi for receiving the GW Sigelman Undergraduate Research Enhancement (SURE) Award! Well deserved!
Aug. 2019 – Our invited review paper entitled “Recent advances in organic optoelectronic devices for biomedical applications” has been published on Optical Materials Express. Big congratulations, Zhiyuan and Sofian!
Mar. 2019 – Our collaborative work entitled “Wireless, battery-free optoelectronic systems as subdermal implants for local tissue oximetry” has been published on Science Advances. Congratulations!
Feb. 2019 – Our research paper about "Highly efficient optogenetics power supplies" has been published on IEEE Photonics Journal. Big congratulations, Sofian!
Jan. 2019 – Mr. Zhiyuan Chen (PhD student) and Ms. Jinbi Tian (undergraduate student) joined our research lab. Welcome!
Sep. 2018 – Mr. Sofian Obaid (PhD student) and Mr. Nicolas Boyajian (Master student) joined our research lab. Welcome!
Aug. 2018 – Dr. Lu joins the Department of Biomedical Engineering at The George Washington University as an Assistant Professor.