Dr. Guangyu Xu

Guangyu Xu
Associate Professor

Electrical and Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering (adjunct)
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Bio

Before joining University of Massachusetts Amherst, I have worked as a Postdoctoral Associate in Synthetic Neurobiology Group at MIT Media Lab, developing multiplexed cell imaging technologies. Before working at MIT, I have worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, where I developed CMOS and graphene based all-electrical biosensor arrays. I received my Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from University of California, Los Angeles, where I studied the variability effects of graphene electronics, in close collaboration with The Molecular Foundry at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. I recieved my B.S. and M.S. degrees from Tsinghua University.

Education

University of California, Los Angeles 2006 – 2011
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering
Major: Solid State Electronics

Tsinghua University, China 2003 – 2006
Master of Science, Electrical Engieering
Major: Photonics and Optoelectronics

Tsinghua University, China 2000 – 2003
Bachelor of Science, Fundamental Sciences
Major: Mathematics and Physics

Research Experience

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Feburary 2014 - January 2016
Postdoctoral Associate, Synthetic Neurobiology, Media Lab, PI: Ed Boyden

Harvard University, September 2011 - January 2014
Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, PI: Donhee Ham

University of California, Los Angeles, September 2006 - July 2011
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Electrical Engineering, PI: Kang L. Wang

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, March 2009 - December 2010
Guest Researcher, Molecular Foundry, PI: Yuegang Zhang

Tsinghua University, China, September 2003 - July 2006
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Electrical Engineering, PI: Jiangde Peng and Yidong Huang

Honors and Awards

NSF CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 2021
Dev and Linda Gupta Endowed Professorship, UMass Amherst, 2019
Best Symposium Presentation Golden Award, MRS Spring Conference, 2011
Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad, Chinese Government, 2011
Outstanding Ph.D Student Award Finalist, UCLA Electrical Engineering, 2011
Outstanding Theme Poster Prize, 6th Annual FCRP FENA review, 2010
Henry Samueli Electrical Engineering Graduate Student Fellowship, UCLA, 2006-2007
General Electric Fellowship, Tsinghua University, 2004
Outstanding Academic Performance Scholarship, Tsinghua University, 2002

Professional Service

IEEE MEMS Technical Program Committee: Bio and Medical MEMS.
IEEE NER Mini-Symposium Organizer: Advanced Neurotechnologies for the Central and Peripheral Nervous System.
IEEE IEDM Technical Program Committee and Session Co-Chair: Sensors, MEMS, and Bioelectronics.
NSF Panelist: EPMD, CCSS, NCS, SCH.
NIH Panelist: BNVT.
Samsung Electronics Panelist: Information and Communications Technology-based Convergence Grant Program.
Reviewer/Referee: Proceedings of the IEEE, Advanced Materials, Nano Letters, ACS Nano, Journal of American Chemistry Society, Chemical Society Reviews, Applied Physics Letters, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, IEEE Transactions on Electronic Devices, IEEE Electron Device Letters, Nanotechnology, among others.
IEEE Senior Member.