Self-powered sensing technologies for human Metaverse interfacing

Dr. Jun Chen is currently an assis-tant professor in the Department of Bioengineering at the Univer-sity of California, Los Angeles. His current research focuses on nanotechnology and bio-electronics for energy, sensing, and therapeutic applications in the form of smart textiles, wear-ables, and body area networks. With a current h-index of 85, he has published 2 books, 1 book chapter, and 230 journal articles, 130 in which he is a correspond-ing author, in Chemical Reviews, Chemical Society Reviews, Na-ture Materials, Nature Elec-tronics, Nature Communications, Science Advances, Joule, Matter, and more. Among his many acco- lades are the Fellow of Interna-tional Association of Advanced Materials, ACS PMSE Young Investigator Award, UCLA Soci-ety of Hellman Fellows Award, Okawa Foundation Research Award, Advanced Materials Ris-ing Star, Materials Today Rising Star Award, ACS Nano Rising Stars Lectureship Award, Chem. Soc. Rev. Emerging Investigator Award, and many others. Beyond research, he is an associate editor of Biosensors and Bioelectronics. Yihao Zhou is currently a post-doc research scholar in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of California, Los Angeles under the supervi-sion of Professor Jun Chen. He holds a BS in materials science from Nanjing University (2013) and a PhD in materials science from Duke University (2019). He has published more than 30 pa-pers, and he appears as first/co-first author for articles in Nature Materials, Nature Communica-tions, and Matter. His research in-terest includes wearable bio-electronics and electrochemistry. Xiao Xiao is a PhD student in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of California, Los Angeles under the supervi-sion of Professor Jun Chen. Xiao obtained his BS in materials sci-ence and engineering from Bei -hang University in 2020. His research focuses on wearable electronics and smart textiles for energy, sensing, and therapeutic applications. Xiao has already published 47 journal articles, 25 in which he appears as first author, in Science Advances, Chemical Reviews, Advanced Materials, Matter, Trends in Chemistry, Nano Letter, ACS Nano, Nano Energy, and many others. Guorui Chen is currently a PhD candidate in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of California, Los Angeles under the supervision of Professor Jun Chen. He obtained his BS in ma-terials science and engineering from Zhejiang University, China. His research thrust includes bio-electronics, smart textiles, and personalized healthcare. Guorui has already published 34 journal articles, 12 of them in which he appears as first author in Nature Electronics, Chemical Reviews, Matter, ACS Nano, Trends in Biotechnology, and many others. Xun Zhao is a PhD student in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of California, Los Angeles under the supervi-sion of Professor Jun Chen. His current research focuses on wearable and implanted bio-electronics for healthcare appli-cations. He is interested in study-ing and developing soft materials and systems. Xun has already published 30 journal articles, 10 in which he appears as first author, in Chemical Reviews, Na-ture Materials, Nature Communi-cations, Joule, Matter, Nano Energy, Advanced Energy Mate-rials, and many others.

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The article introduces Dr. Jun Chen and his team's research achievements and members in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Chen's research interests mainly focus on nanotechnology and bio-electronics, including applications in smart textiles, wearables, and body area networks. He and his team have published numerous papers in well-known international journals and have received multiple academic honors.