Wei Gao (engineer)

Wei Gao
Born
Xuzhou, China
Alma materHuazhong University of Science and Technology (BS)
Tsinghua University (MS)
University of California, San Diego (PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsMedical engineering
Nanotechnology
InstitutionsCalifornia Institute of Technology
University of California, Berkeley
Thesis Synthetic Micro/Nanomachines and Their Applications: Towards "Fantastic Voyage"  (2014)
Doctoral advisorJoseph Wang
Other academic advisorsAli Javey (postdoctoral advisor)
Websitewww.gao.caltech.edu

Wei Gao is a Chinese-American biomedical engineer who currently serves as a professor of medical engineering at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).[1] Gao has been a professor at Caltech since 2017 and is an associate editor of the journals Science Advances, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, npj Flexible Electronics (Nature), Journal on Flexible Electronics (IEEE), and Sensors & Diagnosis (Royal Society of Chemistry).[2][3][4][5][6]

Gao's research in wearable biosensors and human-machine interfaces for robotic sensing has earned numerous awards, such as the NSF CAREER Award, IAMBE Early Career Award, and the Sloan Research Fellowship.[7][8]

  1. ^ "Gao's Profile at Caltech". California Institute of Technology. 23 July 2020.
  2. ^ "About the Editors | npj Flexible Electronics". www.nature.com. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  3. ^ "Professor Wei Gao joins the Associate Editor team – Sensors & Diagnostics Blog". Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  4. ^ "Editorial Board". www.science.org. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  5. ^ "Editorial Board - IEEE Journal on Flexible Electronics". ieee-jflex.org. 29 August 2021. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  6. ^ "Editorial Board - Biosensors and Bioelectronics".
  7. ^ "Professor Gao Receives IAMBE Early Career Award". Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences. 2022-03-08. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  8. ^ "Caltech Professors Receive Sloan Research Fellowships". California Institute of Technology. 2021-02-16. Retrieved 2022-07-19.