Tony Jun Huang

Tony Jun Huang is the William Bevan Distinguished Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science (MEMS) at Duke University. Previously he was a professor and The Huck Distinguished Chair in Bioengineering Science and Mechanics at The Pennsylvania State University.

He received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 2005. His research interests are in the fields of acoustofluidics, optofluidics, and micro/nano systems for biomedical diagnostics and therapeutics. He has authored/co-authored over 270 peer-reviewed journal publications in these fields. His journal articles have been cited more than 31,000 times, as documented at Google Scholar (h-index: 94). He also has 26 issued or pending US/international patents.

Prof. Huang was elected a fellow (member) of the National Academy of Inventors (USA) and the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. He was also a fellow of the following six professional societies: the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Institute of Physics (UK), and the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK).

Huang’s research has gained international recognition through numerous prestigious awards and honors including a 2010 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s New Innovator Award, a 2011 Penn State Engineering Alumni Society Outstanding Research Award, 2011&2013&2016 JALA Top Ten Breakthroughs of the Year Award, a 2012 Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award from the Society for Manufacturing Engineering, a 2013 Faculty Scholar Medal from The Pennsylvania State University, a 2013 American Asthma Foundation (AAF) Scholar Award, the 2014 IEEE Sensors Council Technical Achievement Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the 2017 Analytical Chemistry Young Innovator Award from the American Chemical Society (ACS)，the 2019 Van C. Mow Medal from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the 2019 Technical Achievement Award from the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS).

Contact Information

Office Location: B330B Levine Science Research Center; 144 Hudson Hall, Box 90300 (Mailing)
Office Phone: (919) 684-5728
Email Address: tony.huang@duke.edu

Education

1999-2005 University of California, Los Angeles

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
Major Field: MEMS/Nanotechnology
Advisor: Prof. Chih-Ming Ho

1996-1999 Xi’an Jiao Tong University, Xi’an, P. R. China

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Major Field: Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer
Advisor: Prof. Wen-Quan Tao

1992-1996 Xi’an Jiao Tong University, Xi’an, P. R. China

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering

Work Experience:

2018 – present, William Bevan Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University
2017 – present, Chair of Scientific Advisory Board, Ascent Bio-Nano Technologies, Inc.
2016 – present, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science (MEMS), Duke University
2012 – 2017, CTO, Ascent Bio-Nano Technologies, Inc.
2015 – 2016, The Huck Distinguished Chair in Bioengineering Science and Mechanics, The Pennsylvania State University
2013 – 2016, Professor, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, The Pennsylvania State University
2010 – 2013, Associate Professor, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, The Pennsylvania State University
2005 – 2010, James Henderson Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, The Pennsylvania State University

Research Interests

Acoustofluidics
Acoustic Tweezers
Optofluidics and Plasmofluidics
Lab on a Chip, Bioinstrumentation, and Biomedical Micro/Nano Systems.

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