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Awards & Honors
​2025      Elected Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
2024      Med-X Young Investigator Award
2024      Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Web of Science
2024      Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists Finalist
​2023      Earnest C. Watson Lecture
2023      Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Web of Science​​​​​​​
2023      Winner of Falling Walls Breakthrough of the Year in Engineering and Technology
2023      Advanced Materials Rising Star
2022      Materials Today Rising Star Award
2022      Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Web of Science
2022      Rising Star of Science Award by Research.com
2022      US National Academy of Medicine Catalyst Award​ (in Healthy Longevity Global Competition)
2022      IAMBE Early Career Award (The International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering)
2022      NSF Career Award (2022-2027)
2022      American Cancer Society Research Scholar (2022-2025)
​2022      Pittcon Achievement Award
2022      Journal of Nanobiotechnology Rising Star Award

2021      Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Web of Science
2021      US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, National Academy of Engineering​​​
2021
      Office of Naval Research (ONR) Young Investigator Award (2021-2024)
2021      3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award (2021-2024)
2021      Sloan Research Fellowship (2021-2023)
2021      Associate Editor of Science Advances (2021-present)
2020      Biocom Life Science Catalyst Award
2020      Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Web of Science
2020      IEEE Senior Member
2020      MINE 2020 Young Scientist Award (by Microsystems & Nanoengineering)
2020      IEEE EMBS Early Career Achievement Award
2020      Chemical Society Review Emerging Investigator
2020      World Economic Forum Young Scientist (Class of 2020)
2020      Inaugural ACS Nano Rising Star Lecture (ACS Nano Early Career Board)
2019
      American Heart Association Transformational Project Award (2019-2022)
2019      IEEE Sensors Council Technical Achievement Award
2019      Member of the Global Young Academy (Class of 2019)
2018      Interstellar Initiative by New York Academy of Sciences
2018      Sensors Young Investigator Award    
2017      ACS Nano Junior Fellow     
2016      R&D 100 Award, Finalist
2016      MIT Technology Review 35 Innovators Under 35 (Global)
2015      ACS Young Investigator Award (Division of Inorganic Chemistry)
2014      MRS Graduate Student Award
2013      Bionanotechnology Graduate Student Award (1st place), 2013 AICHE Annual Meeting.
2013      Distinguished Young Scholars Summer Seminar (Speaker), University of Washington
2013      MRS Graduate Student Award
2013      Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad
2012      Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) International Student Research Fellowship (2012-2014)
2009      Jacobs Fellowship, University of California, San Diego (2009-2010)
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