In 2016, Chao. Chao Wang was appointed as an assistant professor in the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering at Arizona State University. He is also affiliated with the Biodesign Center for Molecular Design and Biomimetics at ASU. Previously, Wang was a research assistant professor at ASU starting from 2015. Prior to joining ASU, he was a research scientist at IBM T.J. Watson research center working on translational systems biology and nanobiotechnology. He studied nanotechnology at Princeton University, obtaining his doctorate in Jan. 2012.
Wang aims to bridge the nanoscience and biotechnology in research. His primary research interests have been in nanofabrication, nanoelectronics, nanofluidics, plasmonics and biosensing. The research goal is to develop a multidisciplinary research program that focuses on advancing nanomanufacturing technologies to address the grand challenges in biomedical, communication and energy applications. The three main research areas are scalable nanomanufacturing, quantum optics, and liquid biopsy. The teaching goal is to educate the students at ASU with fundamental engineering and physical concepts and introduce them the state-of-art technological in biomedicine, quantum physics, and energy applications.
Wang has 26 granted and pending U.S. patents, and has published his research in prestigious journals including Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Communications, Materials Today, ACS Nano, Nano Letters, etc.
My research goal is to develop a multidisciplinary program that advances nanobiotechnologies through three main research themes in advanced manufacturing, nanophotonics, and biomolecular sensing. My educational goal is to train students at different levels with fundamental engineering and physical concepts, provide them with opportunities to tackle complex real-world problems, and prepare them with the skills and mindset that allow them to strive in the ever-changing technology landscape. We explore science at nanometer scale and develop impactful biomedical technologies. I view multidisciplinary and integrative strategies an effective and necessary tool to build collaboration and solve problems at the interface of different disciplines and across dimensional scales. Working on technologies interfacing nanofabrication, photonics, electronics, chemistry, and molecular biology, my lab has prototyped 3D metal printing, on-chip integrated polarimetric imager, sapphire-supported nanopore sensor, and a portable, rapid, and accessible virus antigen test at ASU.
Selected Journal Publications (‘_’, Wang lab members at ASU; ‘*’, corresponding author; ‘†’ first authors)
(1) Title: Integrated Nanopillar-Nanochannel Fluidic Systems for Optimal Linearization and Controlled Manipulation of Long DNA Molecules
Source of Support: Roche Sequencing Solutions, Inc. Role: PI.
Award Amount: $ 480,000. Award Allocation: $ 480,000. Total Award Period Covered: 2/1/2016 - 7/31/2017.
(2) Title: Collaborative Research: Silicon Nano-Opto-Fluidics Enabled Multi-Dimensional, High-Throughput Molecular and Size Profiling of Exosomes
Source of Support: NSF. Role: PI.
Award Amount: $ 169,349. Award Allocation: $ 169,349. Total Award Period Covered: 7/1/2017-6/30/2020.
(3) Title: EAGER: Enabling Quantum Leap: Room temperature Quantum Logic operations Enabled by Quantum Emitter Arrays in 2D artificial Superlattices
Source of Support: NSF. Role: co-PI.
Award Amount: $ 295,046. Award Allocation: $ 88,514. Total Award Period Covered: 7/15/2018-6/30/2020.
(4) Title: On-chip Metasurface Polarimeter Array for full Stokes Polarization Imaging
Source of Support: NSF. Role: co-PI.
Award Amount: $ 329,978. Award Allocation: $ 112,193. Total Award Period Covered: 8/1/2018-7/31/2021.
(5) Title: CAREER: Integrated Optofluidic Chips towards Label-Free Detection of Exosomal MicroRNA Biomarkers
Source of Support: NSF. Role: PI.
Award Amount: $ 500,000. Award Allocation: $ 500,000. Total Award Period Covered: 7/1/2019-6/30/2024.
(6) Title: Photochemically Induced, Polymer-Assisted Deposition for 3D Printing of Micrometer-Wide and Nanometer-Thin Silver Structures
Source of Support: NSF. Role: PI.
Award Amount: $ 485,487. Award Allocation: $ 364,115. Total Award Period Covered: 1/1/2020-12/31/2022.
(7) Title: Polarimetry-Enhanced Imaging towards Autonomous Solar Field and Receiver Inspections
Source of Support: DOE: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). Role: co-PI.
Award Amount: $1,534,730 from DOE (additional ASU cost share $609,813). Award Allocation from DOE: $ 496,187. Total Award Period Covered: 3/1/2020-2/28/2023.
(8) Title: NSF-BSF: Synchronous electro-optical DNA detection using low-noise dielectric nanopores on sapphire
Source of Support: NSF Role: PI.
Award Amount: $ 360,000. Award Allocation: $ 360,000. Total Award Period Covered: 7/1/2020-6/30/2023.
(9) Title: SemiSynBio-II: DNA-based Memory for High-Density Information Storage and Molecular Cryptography with Fast Readout Methods
Source of Support: NSF Role: Co-PI.
Award Amount: $ 1,500,000. Award Allocation: $ 500,000. Total Award Period Covered: 10/01/2020-09/30/2023.
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EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 592 | Research |
EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 599 | Thesis |
EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 792 | Research |
EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 799 | Dissertation |
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EEE 202 | Circuits I |
EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 592 | Research |
EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 599 | Thesis |
EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 792 | Research |
EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 799 | Dissertation |
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EEE 436 | Fund of Solid-State Devices |
EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 591 | Seminar |
EEE 592 | Research |
EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 599 | Thesis |
EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 792 | Research |
EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2021 | |
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EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 592 | Research |
EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 599 | Thesis |
EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 792 | Research |
EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 799 | Dissertation |
Spring 2021 | |
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EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 592 | Research |
EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 598 | Special Topics |
EEE 599 | Thesis |
EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 792 | Research |
EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
EEE 436 | Fund of Solid-State Devices |
EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 591 | Seminar |
EEE 592 | Research |
EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 599 | Thesis |
EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 792 | Research |
EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 592 | Research |
EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 599 | Thesis |
EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 792 | Research |
EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 799 | Dissertation |
Spring 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
EEE 120 | Digital Design Fundamentals |
CSE 120 | Digital Design Fundamentals |
EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 592 | Research |
EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 599 | Thesis |
EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 792 | Research |
EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
EEE 202 | Circuits I |
EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 592 | Research |
EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 599 | Thesis |
EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 792 | Research |
EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 592 | Research |
EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 599 | Thesis |
EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 792 | Research |
EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 799 | Dissertation |
Spring 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 592 | Research |
EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 598 | Special Topics |
EEE 599 | Thesis |
EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 792 | Research |
EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
EEE 202 | Circuits I |
EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 592 | Research |
EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 599 | Thesis |
EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 792 | Research |
EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 592 | Research |
EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 599 | Thesis |
EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 792 | Research |
EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 799 | Dissertation |
Spring 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
EEE 536 | Semiconductor Characterization |
EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 592 | Research |
EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 599 | Thesis |
EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 792 | Research |
EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
EEE 436 | Fund of Solid-State Devices |
EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 591 | Seminar |
EEE 592 | Research |
EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 599 | Thesis |
EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 792 | Research |
EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 799 | Dissertation |
Conference Organization
Program committee of the International conference on Electron, Ion, and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication (EIPBN 2015 - present).
Journal Reviewer (28 journals)
• ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces • ACS Applied Nano Materials • Advanced Materials • ACS Nano • Advanced Optical Materials • Advanced Science • AIP Advances • Applied Physics Letters • Biosensors and Bioelectronics • Biomicrofluidics • Chemical Science • IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience • Journal of Applied Physics • Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering • Journal of Optics • Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics • Laser & Photonics Reviews • Light: Science and Applications • Microsystems & Nanoengineering • Nanotechnology • Optica • Photonics Research • Research • RSC Advances • Science Advances • Sensors & Diagnostics • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters • Theranostics
Proposal Review Panel
• NSF Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation, 2017 • NSF Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems, 2019 • NIH Bioengineering Sciences and Technologies (BST) Nanotechnology Study Section, 2019 • NSF Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems, 2020 • NSF Division of Computing and Communication Foundations, 2021
ASU Committees
• 2019.2 - present: ASU FURI faculty committee. • 2019.7 - present: ASU Nanofab Governance Board member. (2021.10 - present: Chair) • 2019.9 - present: ECEE communications committee. • 2021.2 - present: ASU ECEE faculty search committee. • 2021.11 - present: ASU MORE faculty committee.