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Principal Investigator

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I-ming HSING
I-ming HSING
邢怡銘

PhD in Chemical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997

Professor
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Biography

Dr. I-Ming Hsing is the Professor and the former Head of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. His research interests lie in the interface of molecular engineering, materials engineering, molecular biology, data science, and healthcare, in particular in the areas of nucleic acid-based bioengineering and disposable, wearable and skin-adherent biosensors. Read More >

Ph.D Students

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LIN, Haosi

BSc in biotechnology at South China University of Technology and MPhil in bioengineering at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Research area, aTF and aptamer-based small molecule detection. Nucleic acid-based signal amplification.

Bioengineering

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CAO, Yumeng

Yumeng Cao is currently pursuing her Ph.D. degree at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Her research interest is mainly in CRISPR-based rapid diagnostics for at-home self-tests of virus pathogenic samples (e.g., SARS-CoV-2 RNA, HPV DNA) and cancer-related gene mutations in low variant allele frequency.

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

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FENG, Xianzhen

Bachelor of clinical pharmacology at Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine in 2020, and Master of analytical chemistry at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2021. Starting PhD. study in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from 2022. Research Interest: non-invasive diagnostics technology, skin-surface diagnostics. 

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

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Zibin Zhao
ZHAO, Zibin

Current Ph.D. student in bioengineering (HKPFS awardee, 2022). Zibin obtained his BSc in bioengineering at The University of Melbourne. His research interests: Machine Learning based- wearable heart health devices (ECG), small molecule binding mechanisms, and biomedical signal processing.  

Bioengineering

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LI, Yanan

Yanan Li is currently a PhD student in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). She obtained her Master's degree from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 2022. Her research interests lie in the area of nucleic acid detection and point-of-care testing (POCT).

Bioengineering

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ZHU, Yuxuan

Yuxuan Zhu got his Bachelor's degree in Applied Chemistry from Huazhong Agricultural University (2020) and a dual degree in Computer Science from Huazhong University of Science and Technology (2020). He also obtained a Master's degree in Analytical Chemistry from Wuhan University (2023). And he started his PhD. Study in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (2023). Research Interest: Multiplex detection of nucleic acids.

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

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WU, Xiaolong

Xiaolong got his BSc and MSc in Chemistry at Shenzhen University. His research interest: CRISPR-based diagnostics such as virus detection and SNP genotyping, and other application based on CRISPR.

Bioengineering

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XIA, Xuemeng

Bachelor of Materials Science and Engineering at Zhengzhou University in 2021, and Master of Materials and Chemicals at Jiangnan University in 2024. Xuemeng is currently a PhD student in Chemical and Biological Engineering and her research interest is the development of biomaterials for skin management.

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Postdoctoral Fellows

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ASMITA VERONICA

Dr. ASMITA VERONICA

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Graduated RPGs

  • ASMITA VERONICA
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering( Completed in 2024 )

  • ZHUANG, Xinyu
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering( Completed in 2023 )

  • LU, Xiao
    Bioengineering( Completed in 2023 )

  • YEUNG, Sin Yu, Ada
    Bioengineering( Completed in 2023 )

  • LI, Yue
    Bioengineering( Completed in 2023 )

  • Alan Fernando RODRIGUEZ SERRANO
    Bioengineering( Completed in 2023 )

  • MADALA, Sachitanand
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering( Completed in 2021 )

  • LEE YU, Henson Lim
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering( Completed in 2020 )

  • ZHANG, Zhuo
    Bioengineering( Completed in 2019 )

Group Alumni

  • BORJE Samantha Badiola
    Research Assistant (Jan 2024 - Mar 2024)