Wei Gao
Professor of Medical Engineering; Investigator, Heritage Medical Research Institute; Ronald and JoAnne Willens Scholar; Graduate Option Representative for Medical Engineering
Research interests: wearable devices, biosensors, flexible electronics, micro/nanorobotics, and nanomedicine.
Overview
Professor Gao's primary research interest is in the development of novel bioelectronic devices for personalized and precision medicine: wearable and flexible biosensors that can analyze the various biomarkers in body fluids for real-time continuous health monitoring and early diagnosis, and synthetic micro/nanomachines for rapid drug delivery and precision surgery. His research thrusts include fundamental materials innovation as well as practical device and system level applications in translational medicine.
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E. Davoodi, J. Li, X. Ma, A. H. Najafabadi, J. Yoo, G. Lu, E. Shirzaei Sani, S. Lee, H. Montazerian, G. Kim, J. Williams, J. W. Yang, Y. Zeng, L. S. Li, Z. Jin, B. Sadri, S. S. Nia, L. V. Wang, T. K. Hsiai, P. S. Weiss, Q. Zhou, A. Khademhosseini, D. Wu, M. G. Shapiro, and W. Gao*, Imaging-guided deep tissue in vivo sound printing, Science, 2025, 388, 616-623.
J. Min, H. Ahn, H. Lukas, X. Ma, R. Bhansali, S.-H. Sunwoo, C. Wang, Y. Xu, D. R. Yao, G. Kim, Z. Li, T. K. Hsiai, A. Emami, H.-T. Jung, W. Gao*, Continuous biochemical profiling of the gastrointestinal tract using an integrated smart capsule, Nature Electronics, 2025, 8, 844–855.
M. Wang, C. Ye, Y. Yang, D. Mukasa, C. Wang, C. Xu, J. Min, S. A. Solomon, J. Tu, G. Shen, S. Tang, T. K. Hsiai, Z. Li, J. S. McCune, W. Gao*, Printable molecule-selective core-shell nanoparticles for wearable and implantable sensing, Nature Materials, 2025, 24, 589–598.
H. Han, X. Ma, W. Deng, J. Zhang, S. Tang, O S. Pak, L. Zhu, E. Criado-Hidalgo, C. Gong, E. Karshalev, J. Yoo, M. You, A. Liu, C. Wang, H. K. Shen, Payal N. Patel, C. L. Hays, P. J. Gunnarson, L. Li, Y. Zhang, J. O. Dabiri, L. V. Wang, M. G. Shapiro, D. Wu, Q. Zhou, J. R. Greer, W. Gao*, Imaging-guided bioresorbable acoustic hydrogel microrobots, Science Robotics, 2024, 9, eadp3593.
W. Heng, S. Yin, J. Min, C. Wang, H. Han, E. Shirzaei Sani, J. Li, Y. Song, H. B. Rossiter, W. Gao*, A smart mask for exhaled breath condensate harvesting and analysis, Science, 2024, 385, 954-961.
C. Ye, M. Wang, J. Min, R. Y. Tay, H. Lukas, J. R. Sempionatto, J. Li, C. Xu, W. Gao*, A wearable aptamer nanobiosensor for non-invasive female hormone monitoring, Nature Nanotechnology, 2024, 19, 330-337.
C. Xu, Y. Song, J. R. Sempionatto, S. A. Solomon, Y. Yu, H. Y. Y. Nyein, R. Y. Tay, J. Li, W. Heng, J. Min, A. Lao, T. K. Hsiai, J. A. Sumner, W. Gao*, A physicochemical sensing electronic skin for stress response monitoring, Nature Electronics, 2024, 7, 168-179.
J. Min, S. Demchyshyn, J. R. Sempionatto, Y. Song, B. Hailegnaw, C. Xu, Y. Yang, S. Solomon, C. Putz, L. Lehner, J. F. Schwarz, C. Schwarzinger, M. Scharber, M. Kaltenbrunner, W. Gao*, An autonomous wearable biosensor powered by a perovskite solar cell, Nature Electronics, 2023, 6, 630-641.
J. Tu, J. Min, Y. Song, C. Xu, J. Li, J. Moore, J. Hanson, E. Hu, T. Parimon, T.-Y. Wang, E. Davoodi, T.-F. Chou, P. Chen, J. J. Hsu, H. B. Rossiter, W. Gao*, A wireless patch for the monitoring of C-reactive protein in sweat, Nature Biomedical Engineering, 2023, 7, 1293–1306.
M. Wang, Y. Yang, J. Min, Y. Song, J. Tu, D. Mukasa, C. Ye, C. Xu, N. Heflin, J. S. McCune, T. K. Hsiai, Z. Li, W. Gao*, A Wearable Electrochemical Biosensor for the Monitoring of Metabolites and Nutrients, Nature Biomedical Engineering, 2022, 6, 1225–1235.
Y. Yu, J. Li, S. A. Solomon, J. Min, J. Tu, W. Guo, C. Xu, Y. Song, W. Gao*, All-printed Soft Human-Machine Interface for Robotic Physicochemical Sensing, Science Robotics, 2022, 7, eabn0495.