Yuming Huang
Yuming Huang

Yuming Huang (Robin)

Postdoctoral Scholar · Northwestern University
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I am a postdoctoral scholar at the Querrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics at Northwestern University, working in Prof. John A. Rogers' group. My work lies at the intersection of nanomaterials, polymer science, and bioelectronics, with an interdisciplinary focus on bioresorbable implants with programmable lifetimes and responsive material interfaces for clinical translation.

  • PhD Cornell University · Materials Science & Engineering · Advisor: Christopher K. Ober
  • BS University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · Materials Science & Statistics

Research

Ultrasound-Responsive Bioimplantable Systems

Platforms that use low-intensity focused ultrasound to interact with implants in the body — triggering bioresorbable device dissolution, enabling wireless actuation, drug delivery, and modulation of biological responses through microstructured resonators and ultrasound-responsive materials.

Ultrasound Bioresorbable Implants Drug Delivery Wireless Actuation

Polymer Brush Interfaces for Biosensing & Biointegration

Engineering in situ biosensing interfaces through surface-initiated polymer brush synthesis and nanofabrication — robust, nanopatterned coatings on transient sensor surfaces for glucose monitoring, cell-response control, and antifouling performance.

Polymer Brushes Biosensing Biointegration

Stimuli-Responsive Materials for Transient Devices

Materials reactive to temperature, pressure, and X-ray irradiation, integrated into miniaturized bioresorbable platforms with tailored readout strategies — from optical detection to biomedical imaging — expanding the functional scope of transient bioelectronics.

Stimuli-Responsive Transient Devices Molecular Design

News

Dec 2025
U.S. Patent 12,487,218 on nanopatterning polymer brushes via electron-beam lithography has been approved.
Sep 2024
Joined the Rogers Group at Northwestern University as a postdoctoral researcher.
Jun 2024
Successfully defended my Ph.D. thesis at Cornell University.
Feb 2024
Co-first-author paper on glucose sensing nano-arrays published in Small.

Selected Publications

Full list on Google Scholar. † denotes co-first authorship.

2026

TBA

Manuscript in preparation

Y. Huang et al.
Details forthcoming.

2025

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Nanoengineering Carbon Dot–Polymer Brush Interfaces for Adaptive Optical Materials

G. A. Eken, N. Chalmpes, Y. Huang, E. P. Giannelis, C. K. Ober
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 64(27), e202506448.
Paper

2024

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Advancing Glucose Sensing Through Auto-Fluorescent Polymer Brushes: From Surface Design to Nano-Arrays

G. A. Eken†, Y. Huang†, O. Prucker, J. Rühe, C. K. Ober
Small, 2024, 2309040.
Paper
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Nanoengineering Spikey Surfaces: Investigation of Reversible Organizational Control of Surface-Tethered Polypeptide Brushes

Y. Huang, H. Kim, L. A. Padilla Salas, W. R. Zipfel, S.-M. Hur, C. K. Ober
Langmuir, 2024, 40(45), 24045–24061.
Paper

2021

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High-Resolution Nanopatterning of Free-Standing, Self-Supported Helical Polypeptide Rod Brushes via Electron Beam Lithography

Y. Huang†, H. Tran†, C. K. Ober
ACS Macro Letters, 2021, 10, 755–759.
Paper

2018

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Ultrathin Trilayer Assemblies as Long-Lived Barriers against Water and Ion Penetration in Flexible Bioelectronic Systems

E. Song, R. Li, X. Jin, H. Du, Y. Huang, J. Zhang, Y. Xia, H. Fang, Y. K. Lee, K. J. Yu, J.-K. Chang, Y. Mei, M. A. Alam, Y. Huang, J. A. Rogers
ACS Nano, 2018, 12(10), 10317–10326.
Paper

Experience

Sep 2024 – Present
Postdoctoral Scholar
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL · Advisor: Prof. John A. Rogers
Oct 2018 – Aug 2024
Graduate Research Assistant
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY · Advisor: Prof. Christopher K. Ober
Oct 2020 – Jan 2021
Visiting Scholar
Peking University, Beijing, China · Advisors: Prof. Xing-He Fan & Prof. Zhihao Shen
Mar 2020 – Sep 2020
Research Intern
Joye-PPT, Guangzhou, China
Jun 2019 – Jun 2020
Research Fellow
Cornell NanoScale Science & Technology Facility, Ithaca, NY
Jun 2018 – Aug 2018
Analytics & Information Management Intern
Deloitte Consulting, Shanghai, China
May 2017 – May 2018
Undergraduate Research Assistant
UIUC, Urbana, IL · Advisor: Prof. Steven C. Zimmerman
Oct 2015 – May 2018
Undergraduate Research Assistant
UIUC, Urbana, IL · Advisor: Prof. John A. Rogers · Mentors: Prof. Zheng Yan, Prof. Mengdi Han & Prof. Enming Song
Dec 2013 – Aug 2014
Research Assistant
South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China · Advisor: Prof. Guang Shi

Honors, Teaching & Service

Honors

  • 2019Cornell NanoScale Science & Technology Facility Fellowship
  • 2018Cornell Materials Science & Engineering Ph.D. Fellowship
  • 2017Earl J. Eckel Scholarship, UIUC MSE
  • 2017James Scholar, UIUC College of Engineering
  • 2016Wert Scholarship, UIUC MSE
  • 2015–2017Dean's List, UIUC
  • 2012Gold Prize, Singapore National Piano Competition (Junior College)

Conference Presentations

  • 2024Talk, ACS Meeting
  • 2023Invited Talk, CNF Annual Meeting
  • 2023Talk, ACS Meeting
  • 2022Talk & Poster, ACS Meeting
  • 2021Poster, ACS Meeting

Teaching

  • 2021Guest Instructor, Educational Programs Office, Cornell Center for Materials Research
  • 2020Research Mentor, South China Normal University
  • 2019Graduate TA, MSE 3010/5810 Materials Chemistry, Cornell University

Service

Student Mentoring

  • Yi-Chen Chen MSE Visiting Scholar Now PhD Candidate, National Chung Hsing University
  • Zixi Cheng ECE Graduate Research Assistant Northwestern University
  • Xihan Zeng BME Graduate Research Assistant Northwestern University
  • Lingzhu Zhang Biotech Graduate Research Assistant Northwestern University
  • Vittoria Sama BME Graduate Research Assistant Northwestern University
  • Travis Saltzman BME Undergraduate Research Assistant Northwestern University
  • Johnny Meng BME Undergraduate Research Assistant Northwestern University
  • Jonathan Schiff ChemE Undergraduate Research Assistant Northwestern University

Patents

Contact

Open to research collaborations and conversations.

yuming.huang@northwestern.edu