I feel incredibly grateful @CranfordMATTER and honored to see our exciting work published in Matter @Matter_CP , a highly prestigious and leading journal in the materials science community.

View my verified achievement from National Science Foundation (NSF). credly.com/badges/d4450749-9… via @credly

Beyond these wonderful awards, I am especially thrilled that my PhD student, Guorui, has been directly appointed as a tenure-track Assistant Professor at @UNC, transitioning straight from his PhD to an independent faculty position without postdoctoral training.

Congrats to the @UCLA @UofCalifornia student recipients of the 2026 Edward K. Rice Outstanding Student Awards: Guorui Chen Ph.D. ’25 @BioEngUCLA, Fang Zhou M.S. ’25 @UclaCBE, Isabella He ’25, M.S. ’25 @MSEucla, and Natalie Tsubamoto ’25 @BioEngUCLA! samueli.ucla.edu/ucla-samuel…

For an innovative piece of materials science and electrical engineering, take a look at our most recent paper in the area of bioelectronics, published today in the current issue of Nature Electronics – “A Wirelessly Powered, Light-Controlled, Bioresorbable Stimulation System With Programmable Polyphasic Waveforms.” nature.com/articles/s41928-0…. Here, we introduce a scheme in which light illumination serves as a mechanism for precisely shaping the temporal and spatial profiles of electrical stimulation delivered to targeted tissues by a battery-free, flexible implant. The work includes not only detailed studies of all of the aspects in engineering science but also elaborate examples in advanced forms of control of cardiac rhythms and respiratory patterns, via cardiac pacing and phrenic nerve stimulation, respectively. The key to device operation is in the combined use of small-scale coils for radio frequency power transfer and miniaturized bipolar junction transistors for optical modulation – all constructed in materials that support high-performance operation but are uniquely defined by their ability to dissolve naturally and harmlessly inside the body following stable operation over a clinically relevant timeframe for treatment of temporary patient conditions. The paper is the result, primarily, of the efforts of a remarkably talented pair of former postdoctoral fellows in the group – Prof. Jong Uk Kim (now on the faculty at @SKKUni1398) and Prof. Seung Gi Seo (now on the faculty at Kumoh National Institute of Technology) – also with essential contributions from Dr. Hongkai Wang and Dr. Eric Rytkin in medically relevant demonstrations. Of course, the various roles of the many other co-authors were also very important. Key senior investigators include Prof. @IEfimov (cardiac), Prof. @ColinFranzMDphd (phrenic), Prof. Sung Hun Jin (BJT processing) and Prof. ZHENQIANG MA (BJT physics). Thanks to everyone for the great collaboration! Also, thanks to Prof. @JunChenLab for writing a nice News and Views perspectives piece on our work, published alongside our paper in this issue of Nature Electronics! nature.com/articles/s41928-0…

Thank you @UCLAengineering @BioEngUCLA very much for your tremendous support over the years! New Meaning of ‘Liquid Capital’ newsroom.ucla.edu/magazine/j…

I feel so grateful to be featured in the cover story of UCLA Magazine summer issue ! Thank you so much for your tremendous support over the years @UCLAengineering @BioEngUCLA newsroom.ucla.edu/magazine/u…

I feel so grateful to know that my PhD student, Guorui Chen, received both the 2026 Harry M. Showman Prize and the Edward K. Rice Outstanding Doctoral Student Award from UCLA Samueli Engineering @UCLAengineering @BioEngUCLA. Thank you all for your tremendous support!

Our Smart Stent made the cover of Nature Cardiovascular Research! Congratulations to the hard work and amazing team work! @JunChenLab @PSWnano @songli_UCLA @UCLAengineering @UCLAHealth

Our research published in @NatureElectron is selected to be one of the UCLA Top 25 Bruinventions of the 21st Century! Thank you very much for your tremendous support @UCLAengineering @BioEngUCLA @NatureElectron over the years!

Bruins continue to invent the future – from life-saving medical advances to world-changing tech. Our latest @UCLA Magazine features the top 25 Bruinventions of the 21st century. #ResearchPowersProgress newsroom.ucla.edu/magazine/t…

In the 2025 edition of Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers list, @Clarivate included @UCLA @UofCalifornia @BioEngUCLA post-doctoral researcher Yihao Zhou and PhD student Guorui Chen. bioeng.ucla.edu/bioengineeri…

It is great to see my postdoc Dr. Yihao Zhou and PhD student Guorui Chen, included on the 2025 Highly Cited Researcher list—though I must say it’s so entertaining that I’m not on the list myself @Clarivate. Thank you @UCLAengineering @BioEngUCLA so much for the great education!

Get to know the winners of the 2025 ACS Nano Lectureship Award! Find out more about them: go.acs.org/d5b

The 2025 ACS Nano Lectureship Award was presented by Prof. Xiaodong Chen @ChenXD_NTU_Sg (Editor-in-Chief of ACS Nano @acsnano, right) and Dr. James Milne (President of ACS Publications, left). I deeply appreciate this recognition and the support of my colleagues and friends.

Professor Jun Chen has developed a soft, AI-powered neck patch that helps people speak even without vocal cords. This tiny, wearable device is a major step forward in restoring voice function. Learn more about how UCLA #ResearchPowersProgress: ucla.edu/research

Thank you very much @tjdursch for your unwavering support and inspiration throughout the years. We are deeply honored to have our exciting findings published in @NatChemEng !

Congratulations! Join them at the #S25MRS Award Recipients—Lightning Talks and Panel Discussion Wednesday, April 9 10:00 am – 11:30 am Summit, Level 5, Signature Room

UCLA Bioengineer Jun Chen Awarded Top Honor for Early-Career Scientist in Materials Research samueli.ucla.edu/ucla-bioeng… Thank you all very much! @uclaengineering @BioEngUCLA

Really great informal get-together at the end of the first day of the MRS meeting. All former group members, all current faculty members – Jang-Ung Park (@yonsei_u), Dae-Hyeong Kim (@SeoulNatlUni ), Yeon Sik Choi (@yonsei_u), Hamed Arami (@ASU), Quansan Yang @QuansanYang (@UW), Jae-Woong Jeong (KAIST), Lan Yin (@Tsinghua_Uni), Seok Kim (@postech2020 ), Seung Yoon Ryu (@dongguk_univ), @XuejuW (@UConn), Jeonghyun Kim (Kwangwoon University @Kwangwoon_univ ), Keon Jae Lee (KAIST), @GT_HongYeo (@GeorgiaTech), Changsheng Wu (National University of Singapore), @XugroupUCSD (@UCSD), Tae-il Kim (Sungkyunkwan University) and Lizhi Xu (@HKUniversity). Also joining, former postdoc Kento Yamagishi @kento_yamagishi (staff scientist with Takao Someya @tsomeya, The University of Tokyo), visiting PhD student Xiao Xiao(National University of Singapore), and ‘honorary’ group member Prof. @JunChenLab (@UCLA). Incredible collection of young, high-powered researchers – a small subset of >150 former group members who are highly successful faculty at great research universities around the world: ~50 here in the US; ~60 in Korea; ~20 in China; and ~20 in Europe and Canada. Super fun to spend time together and talk about science, engineering, commercialization, current events and life in general! Thanks to Yeonsik for organizing!