ABOUT  THE PROFESSOR

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Dr. Yu-Cheng Chen received a PhD degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 2017 and became the first student to accomplish PhD degree within two years in the school history. Later he joined Nanyang Technological University, Singapore upon receiving the prestigious Nanyang Assistant Professorship Award. His research mainly focuses in optofluidics, biolasers, biophotonics, biosensors and imaging, nanophotonics, neural-engineering, and novel on-chip laser devices. Since 2012 he has already published more than 60 SCI journals and proceedings, which was reported by more than 250 media and news worldwide. Currently, he is a Nanyang Assistant Professor at NTU in Singapore. He is also the recipient of 2021 MIT Under 35 Innovators Award.

EDUCATION

The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering (Bioelectronics) 2015-2017   

                                                                                                  

National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. MS, Photonics and Optoelectronics   2010-2012

                                                                                                     

The University of Arizona (UA), AZ, USA. Visiting Student, Optical Science Center  2008-2009

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National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan. BS, Optics and Photonics 2006-2010