Jyong-Huei Lee

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Education

2024 - Penn State University, Biomedical Engineering, PhD

2017 - National Taiwan University, Mechanical Engineering, MS

2014 - National Taiwan University, Engineering Science and Ocean Engineering, BS

Awards and Honors

2024 - Cover of Analytical Chemistry

2023 - BTBA Best Poster Award

2022 - Lab on a Chip HOT Articles

2022 - John C. and Joanne H. Villforth Fellowship

2017 - Member of the Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor’s Society

2017 - Foundation for the Advancement of Outstanding Fellowship

Biography

I am an Assistant Professor of Engineering Science and Ocean Engineering (ESOE) and Global Undergraduate Program in Semiconductors (GUPS) at National Taiwan University, with expertise in semiconductor fabrication, biosensing technologies, and microfluidic systems. From 2024 to 2025, I served as a consultant at InteliSpark, where I led commercialization strategies and R&D planning, supporting more than 50 startups in securing $3.2 million in non-dilutive funding. These projects covered a wide range of applications, including silicon photonics, semiconductor fabrication, biomedical diagnostics, cloud services, robotics, and wearable technologies.

I earned my Ph.D. from The Pennsylvania State University (2019–2024), where I developed molecular biosensors and single-cell platforms for rapid pathogen identification in bloodstream infections and Alzheimer’s disease models, in collaboration with Stanford University and GE Healthcare. I also worked with the Gates Foundation to develop high-throughput microfluidic platforms for drug screening. Earlier, during my master’s studies at National Taiwan University (2015–2017), I established an integrated digital microfluidic organ-on-chip platform.

My work has been published in Analytical Chemistry (IF: 6.8), Lab on a Chip (IF: 6.1), and Nature Reviews Bioengineering (IF: 37.6). I have served as a peer reviewer for Lab on a Chip, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Antibiotics, and the Journal of the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening.

I am committed to fostering balanced, unbiased, and inclusive environments within educational programs and academic societies. I was born and raised in Taiwan and moved to the United States in 2019. Since then, I have lived in Pennsylvania, New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Outside of work, I enjoy attending live concerts and have attended Lollapalooza for three consecutive years. While in Chicago, I’ve seen a wide range of artists perform live, including NewJeans ⊹ ࣪ ˖ ₍ᐢ. .ᐢ₎ ˖ ࣪ ⊹ , TWICE, IVE, BLΛƆKPIИK🖤💖, Billie Eilish 💚🖤, YOASOBI, Fujii Kaze, Clairo, RHCP✱🌶️, 1975, Oasis, and MCR. I am also a big basketball fan and I continue to follow anime and LoL esports ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ .

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  • Concert with a large crowd, stage lights, and a big screen displaying a female singer holding a microphone during a performance.
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  • A man in a blue suit giving a presentation in a conference room. The presentation slide discusses the significance of rapid microbial profiling, mentioning statistics about bacteria and human cells, and topics like microbial community, phylogenetic identification, abundance, processing time, viability, and gene expression. The slide is from Penn State's Bioengineering Laboratory.
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  • A group of six young adults posing together indoors, smiling and making playful gestures. The background has warm lighting and wooden decor.
  • Chicago Bulls player celebrating with fans, surrounded by confetti at a sports event.
  • A black and white photograph of a concert with the stage lit up, showing a performer on the left with a guitar and a large screen on the right displaying an image of a man in traditional attire. The crowd in front has hands raised, and the background includes a sign with the word "Oasis."
  • Display case with basketball memorabilia, including a framed photo of a basketball player, a small basketball hoop with a ball, a basketball, and photographs of basketball players celebrating a victory.
  • Musical performance on stage with large illuminated sign reading 'YOASOBI' in the background, band members playing instruments, bright stage lighting, audience with raised hands.
  • A young man and a woman in a sports jersey posing together at an event, smiling and making peace and thumbs-up gestures.
  • A tabby cat sitting on a window sill with a cityscape background, next to a glass laboratory flask marked with 'Supreme' in red.