Xingyu’s research interests include surface chemistry, microfluidics, micro/nano-fabrication, cell biology, immunoassays, and nanomedicine.

1) Methodology for the precise control of the adhesion and migration of mammalian cells. The ability to pattern multiple types of cells, reversibly control cell adhesion, precisely introduce mechanical stimuli on adherent cells, and so forth, all comprise an important and emerging toolbox that allow the cell biologist, the tissue engineer and doctors to manipulate cells at unprecedented accuracy.

2) Rapid assay for a variety of ions and biomolecules, aiming at the application of disease diagnosis (such as HIV), and environmental monitoring (such as heavy metal contamination). A major theme is to employ microfluidics and nanotechnology to get rid of the reliance on bulky (often expensive) equipments typically required for these applications.

3) Nanomaterial-based pharmaceutical development against multidrug-resistant bacteria. These nanomaterials may be less likely to induce bacterial resistance, compared with commercially used antibiotics.

4) Microfluidic chip and micro-fluidic-based diagonal devices to achieve high sensitivity and high throughput technique for the detection of biomarker proteins.

EDITORSHIP

1.Editorial Board,Life science instruments,since 2014

2.Editorial Adivory and Associate Editor, Nanoscale, Royal Society of Chemistry (U.K.), since 2009

3.Member, Editorial Board, Acta Biophysica, since2008

MAJOR HONORS AND AWARDS