An international team has found a way to attach clusters of magnetic nanoparticles to DNA, then pick out cancer signals the way a computer reads data off a hard drive. Read about it here: https://engineering.stanford.edu/ magazine/ article/can-scientists-magnetize-defective-dna-cancer-detection-tool
Jung-Rok Lee, former Wang Group PhD student and postdoc, joins Ewha Womans University as Assistant Professor to start his independent academic career. All the best, Jung-Rok!
Congratulations to Noriyuki Sato for successfully defending his dissertation on Two-Terminal Spin-Orbit Torque Device for Ultrafast and High-Density Memory! His PhD degree is awarded in Electrical Engineering. We wish Nori all the best in his new position at Intel.
Congratulations to Elaine Ng, Bryce Yao, and Tyler Shultz, in collaboration with Canadian company CloudDX, for winning the Bold Epic Innovator Award in the global Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE Competition. This honor was awarded to the team for their integration of GMR technology with CloudDX’s Vitaliti IVD System. Together, they delivered an innovative and impactful diagnostic tool capable of empowering consumers with control over their own personal healthcare.
Congratulations to Yue Guo for successfully defending his dissertation on Advanced Piezoresistive and Magnetoresistive Sensors! His PhD degree is awarded in Electrical Engineering. We wish Yue all the best in his new position at Applied Materials.
Tyler Shultz is named Forbes 30 under 30! Hearty congratulations to Tyler for such a great honor! See his profile at: Forbes 30 Under 30: Healthcare.
Congratulations to Amal El-Ghazaly for successfully defending her dissertation on Radio Frequency Devices Using Thin-Film Magnetic and Magnetoelectric Composites! Her PhD degree is awarded in Electrical Engineering. We wish Amal all the best in her new position as Postdoctoral Scholar at UC Berkeley.
