Hui Fang
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Affiliated Faculty, Bioengineering
Contact
- h.fang@northeastern.edu
- 360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
Office
- 330 Dana
- 617.373.2060
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Research Focus
neural interfaces, biomimetic electronics, electronic materials & organisms
Education
- PhD (2014) in Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
- BS (2009) in Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University
Honors & Awards
- National Science Foundation CAREER Award
Research Overview
neural interfaces, biomimetic electronics, electronic materials & organisms
Selected Research Projects
- Massively Multiplexed Gold Microprobe Arrays for Whole Mouse-Brain Recording
- – Principal Investigator, National Institutes of Health
- Transforming Neural Interfaces Using Stretchable, Transparent, Multifunctional Nanomesh Microelectrodes
- – Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation
- Transfer Printed, Single-Crystalline Si Nanomesh Thin Films
- – Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation
Department Research Areas
Selected Publications
- X. Han, K. J. Seo, Y. Qiang, Z. Li, S. Vinnikova, Y. Zhong, X. Zhao, P. Hao, S. Wang, H. Fang, Nanomeshed Si Nanomembranes, npj Flexible Electronics, 3(9), 2019
- Y. Qiang, P. Artoni, K. J. Seo, S. Culaclii, V. Hogan, X. Zhao, Y. Zhong, X. Han, P.-M. Wang, Y.-K. Lo, Y. Li, H. A. Patel, Y. Huang, A. Sambangi, J.S.V. Chu, W. Liu, M. Fagiolini, H. Fang, Transparent Arrays of Bilayer-Nanomesh Microelectrodes for Simultaneous Electrophysiology and 2-Photon Imaging in the Brain, Science Advances, 4(9), 2018, eaat0626
- H. Fang, K.J. Yu, C. Gloschat, Z. Yang, E. Song, C.-H. Chiang, J. Zhao, S.M. Won, S. Xu, M. Trumpis, Y. Zhong, S.W. Han, Y. Xue, D. Xu, S.W. Choi, G. Cauwenberghs, M. Kay, Y. Huang, J. Viventi, I.R. Efimov, J.A. Rogers, Capacitively Coupled Arrays of Multiplexed Flexible Silicon Transistors for Long-Term Cardiac Electrophysiology, Nature Biomedical Engineering, 1, 2017, 0038
- H. Fang, C. Battaglia, C. Carraro, S. Nemsak, B. Ozdol, J.S. Kang, H.A. Bechtel, S.B. Desai, et. al Strong Interlayer Coupling In Van Der Waals, Heterostructures Built From Single-Layer Chalcogenides, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111, 2014, 6198-6202
Feb 08, 2021
Investigating Neuronal Networks Through Optogenomics
ECE Associate Professor Josep Jornet (PI), Professor Matteo Rinaldi, and Assistant Professor Hui Fang, in collaboration with Michal Stachowiak and Yongho Bae from the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York, was awarded a $600K NSF grant for “Control of Information Processing and Learning in Neuronal Networks through Light-mediated Programming of Genomic Networks.”
Sep 03, 2020
Creating a Smart Ring to Monitor Health Conditions
ECE Affiliated Faculty Holly Jimison, Assistant Professors Aatmesh Shrivastava and Hui Fang were awarded a $300K NSF grant to create a “Self-powered Smart Ring for Always-On Health Interventions.”
Sep 03, 2020
Fang and Koppes Receive $2.2M NIH Award Leading to State-of-the-Art Electrophysiological Capabilities
ECE Assistant Professor Hui Fang (PI) and ChE Assistant Professor Ryan Koppes (co-PI), in collaboration with UCLA and Boston Children’s Hospital, received a $2.2M NIH grant for “Novel transparent, ultra-soft neuroelectrode arrays based on nanomeshing conventional electrode materials.” In this study, they propose to prove a novel electrode concept, nanomeshing conventional electrode materials, can lead to state-of-the-art electrophysiological capabilities while allowing at the same time, optical and chronic-bio- compatibilities. Besides enabling new hypothesis-driven neuroscience studies from overcoming major barriers of integrating in-vivo electrical recordings with optical approaches, the proposed research will also provide unique opportunities for next-generation therapeutic interventions via sustainable neural prosthetics.
Aug 23, 2019
Fang Awarded NSF Grant to Study Stretchable Silicon
The practical use for stretchable silicon might not seem immediately obvious to the average person, but Hui Fang, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, says there are a number of useful applications for electronics with elasticity. Fang is the principal investigator of a $470K National Science Foundation (NSF) grant in collaboration with Oklahoma State […]
Aug 23, 2019
Fang Awarded NIH Grant to Enable Ultra-Large-Scale Brain Mapping Capability
Assistant Professor Hui Fang, electrical and computer engineering, says that in order to truly understand the human brain, researchers need to be able to map much larger areas of the electrical activities in the brain than what’s currently possible. Given how complex the brain is, just examining a small region isn’t enough to truly grasp […]
Dec 18, 2018
Assistant Professor Fang Awarded NSF CAREER
ECE Assistant Professor Hui Fang has been awarded a $500K NSF CAREER Award for his Transforming Neural Interfaces Using Stretchable, Transparent, Multifunctional Nanomesh Microelectrodes project. The award starts in 2019 and will run for five years.
Oct 18, 2018
Transparent Microelectrodes Improve Brain Activity Mapping
ECE Assistant Professor was featured in the Physics World article “Transparent microelectrodes improve brain activity mapping”.
Sep 06, 2018
Imaging the Brain With Transparent Array of Microelectrodes
ECE Assistant Professor Hui Fang and a team of neuroscientists from Boston Children’s Hospital have developed a transparent array of microelectrodes on nano-mesh to monitor the impulses sent by the brain.
Jun 28, 2017
Young Scholar Program Provides Experience-Based Learning for Future Scientists and Engineers
The Center for STEM Education kicked off its 2017 Young Scholars Program on June 26, 2017, with 26 budding scientists and engineers from high schools at a variety of cities and towns in the Greater Boston area.
Sep 01, 2016
New Faculty Spotlight: Hui Fang
Hui Fang joins the Electrical & Computer Engineering department in Fall 2016 as an Assistant Professor.