Jihong Min

Presidential Young Professor, National University of Singapore

Jihong Min is currently an NIH T32 postdoctoral research fellow at the California Institute of Technology and will be joining the National University of Singapore as a Presidential Young Professor in Spring 2026.

He received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Ph.D. in Medical Engineering at California Institute of Technology.

His research interests include energy harvesting, wearable biosensors, and ingestible electronics.

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Research Interests

I am deeply passionate about developing non-invasive biomedical sensor devices that continuously monitor physiochemical markers in-situ to indicate health and fitness, with the goal of optimizing individuals' lifestyles. With a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and a graduate degree in Medical Engineering, I possess a unique capability to achieve development and system-level integration of all aspects of wearable and ingestible sensor devices, including energy harvester development, electronics design, sensor fabrication, system encapsulation, and system validation through human and animal studies.

Education

2024 - 2026

iCMB NIH T32 Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Medical and Electrical Engineering
California Institute of Technology & UCLA
Advisor: Prof. Azita Emami, Prof. Wei Gao, Prof. Tzung Hsiai

2018 - 2023

Ph.D. in Medical Engineering
California Institute of Technology
Advisor: Prof. Wei Gao

2014 - 2017

B.S. in Electrical Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Advisor: Prof. Joseph Lyding

Honors & Awards

12/2017 Graduated with High Honors, UIUC

11/2023 MRS Graduate Student Award

09/2024 Nature and Health Conference Best Poster Award

09/2018 Andrew and Peggy Cherng Endowment Fellowship, Caltech

08/2024 NextProf Nexus Fellow

03/2024 MIT Technology Review 35 Innovators Under 35 Semi-finalist

03/2024 iCMB NIH T32 Fellowship, Caltech

03/2024 SPIE Soft Mechatronics and Wearable Systems Best Paper Award

02/2026 NUS Presidential Young Professorship

Major Publications

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Min, J.†, Ahn, H.†, Lukas, H., Ma, X., Bhansali, R., Sunwoo, S.-H., Wang, C., Xu, Y., Yao, R., Kim, G., Li, Z., Hsiai, T. K., Emami, A., Jung, H.-T., & Gao, W. (2025). Continuous biochemical profiling of the gastrointestinal tract using a multiparametric ingestible capsule. Nature Electronics, 8, 844-855. PDF
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Heng, W., Yin, S., Min, J., Wang, C., Han, H., Shirzaei Sani, E., Li, J., Song, Y., Rossiter, H. B., & Gao, W. (2024). A smart mask for exhaled breath condensate harvesting and analysis. Science, 385, 954-961. PDF

Min, J.†, Demchyshyn, S.†, Sempionatto, J. R., Song, Y., Hailegnaw, B., Xu, C., Yang, Y., Solomon, S., Putz, C., Lehner, L., Schwarz, J. F., Schwarzinger, C., Scharber, M., Shirzaei Sani, E., Kaltenbrunner, M., & Gao, W. (2023). An autonomous wearable biosensor powered by a perovskite solar cell. Nature Electronics, 6, 630-641. PDF
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Min, J.†, Tu, J.†, Xu, C.†, Lukas, H.†, Shin, S., Yang, Y., Solomon, S. A., Mukasa, D., & Gao, W. (2023). Skin-interfaced wearable sweat sensors for precision medicine. Chemical Reviews, 123, 5049-5138. PDF
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Tu, J., Min, J., Song, Y., Xu, C., Li, J., Moore, J., Hanson, J., Hu, E., Parimon, T., Wang, T.-Y., Davoodi, E., Chou, T.-F., Chen, P., Hsu, J. J., Rossiter, H. B., & Gao, W. (2023). A wireless patch for the monitoring of C-reactive protein in sweat. Nature Biomedical Engineering, 7, 1293-1306.

Min, J., Song, Y., & Gao, W. (2022). Microcracked conductors for wearable sensors. Nature Electronics, 5(11), 717-718. PDF

Wang, M.†, Yang, Y.†, Min, J.†, Song, Y., Tu, J., Mukasa, D., Ye, C., Xu, C., Heflin, N., McCune, J. S., Hsiai, T. K., Li, Z., & Gao, W. (2022). A wearable electrochemical biosensor for the monitoring of metabolites and nutrients. Nature Biomedical Engineering, 6, 1225-1235. PDF
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