PROFESSOR JOSEPH WANG

Department of NanoEngineering, UC San Diego
Professor of NanoEngineering

Office: Calit2 (Atkinson Hall) Rm 2306
Phone: 858-246-0128
Fax: 858-534-9553
e-mail: josephwang@ucsd.edu

Education:
PhD, Technion (Israel), Chemistry
MS, Technion (Israel), Chemistry
BS, Technion (Israel), Chemistry

Website:http://nanoengineering.ucsd.edu/~joewang

Research Interests:

The research interests of Prof. Wang include nanobiotechnology, nanobioelectronics, nanomaterials-based sensors, nanomotors and nanoactuators, design of nanostructures and novel interfaces, synthesis and applications of novel nanowires, carbon-nanotubes for enhanced sensing and fuel cell applications, nanoparticle tags for amplified/multiplexed biodetection, nanoscale barcodes, nanomedicine, DNA and proteins diagnostics, remote sensors, and nanosensors for biomedical, environmental and security applications.

FUNDED PROJECTS AND RELATED PUBLICATIONS

Nanomachines:

K. Manesh and J. Wang, Motion Control at the Nanoscale, 2010, 6, 338.
R. Laocharoensuk, J. Burdick and J. Wang, CNT-Induced Acceleration of Catalytic Nanomotors, ACS Nano, 2008, 2, 1069.
J. Burdick, R. Laocharoensuk, P. Wheat, J. Posner, and J. Wang, Synthetic Nanomotors in Microchannel Networks: Directional Microchip Motion and Cargo Manipulations, JACS, 2008, 130, 8164.

Nanomaterial-based Sensors:

J. Wang, Nanomaterial-based Amplified Transduction of Biomolecular Interactions, Small, 2005, 1, 1036.

Barcoded Nanomaterials:

S. Sattayasamitsathit , J. Burdick, R. Bash, P. Kanatharana, P. Thavarungkul, J. Wang, Alloy Nanowires Barcodes based on Non-Destructive XRF Readout, Anal. Chem., 2007, 79, 7571.

Novel Nanomaterials:

R. Laocharoensuk, S. Sattayasamitsathit, J. Burdick, P. Kanatharana, P. Thavarungkul, Shape-Tailored Porous Gold Nanowires: From Nano Bar-Bells to Nano Step-Cones, J. Wang, ACS Nano, 2007, 1, 403.

Biosensors and Biochips

J. Wang, Electrochemical Glucose Biosensors, Chem. Reviews, 2008, 108, 814.
Ultrasensitive Label-Free Aptamer-Based Electronic Detection, Y. Xiang, M. Xie, R. Bash, J. J. L. Chen, J. Wang, Angew Chemie, 2007, 46, 9054.
Wang, J; Pumera, M; Chatrathi, MP, Single-channel microchip for fast screening and detailed identification of nitroaromatic explosives or organophosphate nerve agents, Analytical Chemistry, 2002, 74, 1187.
J. Wang, Electrochemical Biosensors: Towards Point-of-Care Cancer Diagnostics, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2006, 21, 1887.