Dr. Martín Abadi
Joseph Wang MEMBERS
former Chair of the Department of Nanoengineering, University of California, San Diego
Israel
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  • 2019
  • Metallurgy and Materials engineering (M.A.E.)
More Info
  • 2019
  • Metallurgy and Materials engineering (M.A.E.)
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Joseph Wang is an American biomedical engineer and inventor. He is a Distinguished Professor, SAIC Endowed Chair, and former Chair of the Department of Nanoengineering at the University of California, San Diego, who specialised in nanomachines, biosensors, nano-bioelectronics, wearable devices, and electrochemistry.

He is also the Director of the UCSD Center of Wearable Sensors and co-director of the UCSD Center of Mobile Health Systems and Applications (CMSA).
 
Joseph Wang spends much of his time researching Nanotechnology, Biosensor, Electrode, Analytical chemistry and Electrochemistry.

His Nanotechnology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Propulsion and Wearable computer. His Biosensor research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Amperometry, Enzyme electrode, Electrochemical biosensor and DNA.
 
His Electrode study combines topics in areas such as Inorganic chemistry, Graphite, Bismuth and Mercury.

Joseph Wang is interested in Detection limit, which is a field of Analytical chemistry. His research integrates issues of Nanoparticle and Microelectrode in his study of Electrochemistry.

He was elected as member of the Euorpean Academy of Engineering in 2019.
 
European Society of Electroanalytical Chemistry (ESEAC) Lifetime Achievement Award, 2018
Electrochemical Society, Sensor Achievement Award, 2018
C.N. Reilley Award, Society of Electroanalytical Chemistry (SEAC), 2019
Electrochemical Society Fellow, 2019
Talanta Medal, 2021
Inaugural IUPAC Analytical Chemistry Medal, 2021
IEEE Sensors Achievement Award, 2021
TÜBA Turkish National Academy Presidential Award, 2022
Ralph N. Adams Award in Bioanalytical Chemistry, 2022