We are developing next-generation implantable and wearable biochemical sensors to understand, diagnose, and treat human diseases.
About Dr. Zhang
Dr. Yi Zhang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Collins Professor in Engineering Innovation at the University of Connecticut (UConn), Storrs. He received his Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2016, where he was awarded Waldemar T. Ziegler Award for Best Research Paper in Chemical Engineering and Exemplary Academic Achievement Award. He did his postdoc training in Prof. John A. Rogers group at Northwestern University. His current research program has been recognized with an NSF CAREER Award, the Biomedical Engineering Society Career Development Award, the UConn-AAUP Research Excellence Award –Early Career, the Director’s Award for Faculty Excellence from the Polymer Program at UConn, and the UConn BME Early Career Faculty Scholar Award.
Recent News
11/2025 Dr. Zhang gave a seminar in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Southern California！
10/2025 Dr. Zhang gave a seminar in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame！
09/2025 Dr. Zhang gave an invited presentation in the 2025 SES (Society of Engineering Science) Annual Technical Meeting！
08/2025 Our work on the development of implantable multimodal neural probes for optical stimulation and neural recording has been published in ACS Nano. Congratulations to Yingqi, Xincheng, and all co-authors！
08/2025 Our lab received a new NSF grant to develop implantable drug sensors. Thank you for the support from NSF ECCS program.