Professor Pan Tingrui is a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) and the Royal Society of Chemistry RSC, and a Yangtze River (Changjiang) Scholar Chair Professor by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. He is currently a Chair Professor of the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and the Suzhou Institute for Advanced Research. 

Before returning to China, Professor Pan was a tenured Full Professor of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of California, Davis, where he founded the Micro-Nano Innovations (MiNI) Lab and served as the Principal Investigator since 2006.  In 2009, Prof. Pan initiated the Global Research Experience in Advanced Technologies (GREAT) Program and served as the Faculty Director.  Between 2013-2016, Prof. Pan directed the Center for Nano and Micro-Manufacturing (CNM²) of the University of California.  He also served on the editorial boards of IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (TBME) and Annals of Biomedical Engineering (ABME), two flagship journals of biomedical engineering society.  He co-chaired the US Contest of Applications in Nano/Micro Technologies (uCAN) and served as a review panelist of the National Science Foundation (NSF).  Professor Pan was also a Visiting Professor of the Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) Research Center of Peking University, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and West China Medical Center.  His group has authored over 100 referenced journal and conference publications on high-impact journals such as Nature and Science-series journals, Advanced Materials, Lab Chip, and Biomaterials, and has been granted with more than 20 international patents.  Notably, Professor Pan’s group has invented the world-first flexible iontronic sensor (FITS), as the latest generation of tactile sensing technology, and successfully translated it from a laboratory prototype to a series of industrial products.  Today, the flexible iontronic sensing has become the core technology of the fourth generation of flexible sensing (Lab Chip, 2018, pp.217-248, and Adv Mater, 2020, 2003464, pp.1-25).  In 2021, Professor Pan was recruited by the newly established Suzhou Institute for Advanced Research of the University of Science and Technology of China, as its first full-time strategical scientist from abroad and founded its first Frontier Research Center for Intelligent Medical Instruments and Devices (iMIND).  For his contribution to both academic innovation and scientific translation, Professor Pan has received numerous international awards and domestic recognitions, including the National Science Foundation (NSF) Early Career Development (CAREER) Award and Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI) Award, Xerox Award, the CES Innovation Award, the University of California Outstanding Service Award and Outstanding Early-Career Faculty Award, NSFC Joint Research Fund for Overseas Chinese Scholars, and the first prize of the China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition.

E- Mail: tingrui@ustc.edu.cn

Research fields

Research and development of the next generation of tactile sensing technology, digital microfluidics, wearable health and personalized medicine for Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Cardiology, Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Reproduction and Traditional Medicine.

Awards

1. Chair Professor of the Yangtze River Scholars Award Program, 2019.11, Ministry of Education, PRC.

2. RSC Fellow, 2018.07, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK.

3. AIMBE Fellow, 2017.11, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, US.

4. NSFC Joint Research Fund for Overseas Chinese Scholars, 2016.07, National Natural Science Foundation of China, PRC.

5. Outstanding Early-Career Faculty Award, 2011.11, University of California Davis.

6. Outstanding Contribution Award, 2010.07, University of California Davis.

7. National Science Foundation (NSF) Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, 2009.11, National Science Foundation.

8. National Science Foundation (NSF) Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI) Award, 2009.11 National Science Foundation.

Publications within 5 years

1. Z. Zhu, R. Li, and T. Pan†, “Imperceptible Epidermal-Iontronic Interface for Wearable Sensing,” Adv Mater, vol. 30, 1705122, pp. 1-9, Jan 2018. (Featured as a Cover Image)

2. R. Li, Y. Si, Z. Zhu, Y. Guo, Y. Zhang, N. Pan, G. Sun, and T. Pan†, “Supercapacitive Iontronic Nanofabric Sensing,” Adv Mater, vol. 29, 1700253, pp. 1-8, April 2017. (Featured as a Cover Image)

3. B. Nie, R. Li, J. Cao, J. D. Brandt, and T. Pan†, “Flexible Transparent Iontronic Film for Interfacial Capacitive Pressure Sensing,” Adv Mater, vol. 27(39), pp. 6055-6062, Oct 2015.

4. S. Li, N. Pan, Z. Zhu, R. Li, B. Li, J. Chu, G. Li, Y. Chang†, and T.  Pan†, “All-in-One Iontronic Sensing Paper,” Adv Funct Mater, vol.  29(11), 1807343, Jan 2019. (Featured as a Cover Image)

5. Y. Chang, L. Wang, R. Li, Z. Zhang, Q. Wang, J. Yang, C. Guo *and T.  Pan†, “First Decade of Interfacial Iontronic Sensing: From Droplet Sensors to Artificial Skins,” Adv Mater, vol. 33, pp. 20364, Feb 2021.

6. Z. Fang, Y. Ding, Z. Zhang, F. Wang, Z. Wang, H. Wang, and T. Pan†, “Digital Microfluidic Meter-on-Chip,” Lab Chip, Themed Collection of Wearable and Implantable Sensors, vol. 20, pp. 722-733, Dec 2019.  (Featured as a Cover Image)

7. Y. Yang, S. Xing, Z. Fang, and T. Pan†, “Wearable Microfluidics:  Fabric-based Digital Droplet Flowmetry for Perspiration Analysis,” Lab Chip, vol. 17, pp. 926-935, Feb 2017.

8. Y. Mao, Y. Pan, X. Li, B. Li, J. Chu, and T. Pan†, “High-Precision Digital Droplet Pipetting Enabled by a Plug-and-Play Microfluidic Pipetting Chip,” Lab Chip, vol. 18, pp. 2720-2729, July 2018. (Featured as a Cover Image)

9. Z. Fang, A.I. Li, H. Liu, and T. Pan†, “Digital Droplet Infusion,” Lab  Chip, vol. 21, pp. 502-512, Feb 2021. (Featured as a Cover Image)

10. Z. Zhang, Z. Zhu, B. Bazor, S. Lee, Z. Ding, and T. Pan†, “Feet Beat: A Flexible Iontronic Sensing Wearable Detects Pedal Pulses and Muscular Activities,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 66(11), pp. 3072-3079, February 2019.

11. J. Heikenfeld, A. Jajack, J. Rogers, P. Gutruf, L. Tian, T. Pan†, R. Li, M. Khine, J. Kim, J. Wang, and J. Kim, “Wearable Sensors: Modalities, Challenges, and Prospects,” Lab Chip, vol. 18, pp. 217-248, Jan 2018.  (Featured as a Cover Image)

12. F. D. Villarreal, L.E. Contreras-Llano, M. Chavez, Y. Ding, J. Fan, T.  Pan†, and C. Tan, “Synthetic Microbial Consortia Enable Rapid Assembly of Pure Multi-Protein Translation Machinery,” Nature Chem Bio, vol. 14, pp. 29-35, Nov 2017.

Patents

1. T. Pan, B. Nie, S. Xing, and J. D. Brandt, “Droplet-based Capacitive Pressure Sensor,” US Patent #9,170,166, Issued on Oct 27, 2015

2. T. Pan, B. Nie, S. Xing, and J. D. Brandt, “Droplet-based Capacitive Pressure Sensor,” US Patent #9,459,171, Issued on Oct 4, 2016

3. T. Pan, and S. Xing, “Micropatterned Textile for Fluid Transport,” US Patent #9,480,462, Issued on Nov 1, 2016

4. T. Pan, B. Nie, S. Xing, and J. D. Brandt, “Droplet-based Capacitive Humidity Sensor,” US Patent #9,739,679, Issued on Aug 22, 2017

5. R. Li, B. Nie, Z. Zhu, and T. Pan, “Capacitive Pressure Sensing Using Ionic Film Sensors,” US Patent #10,126,191, Issued on Nov 13, 2018

6. T. Pan, R. Li, and B. A. Bazor, “Supercapacitive Iontronic Nanofabric Sensing Assemblies,” US Patent #10,481,021, Issued on Nov 19, 2019

7. T. Pan, Y. Yang, and Z. Fang, “Apparatus and Methods for Digital Droplet Flowmetry,” US Patent #10,900,818, Issued on Jan 26, 2021

8. B. A. Bazor, Z. Zhu, and T. Pan, “Body Motion and Position Sensing, Recognition and Analytics from an Array of Wearable Pressure Sensors,” US Patent #10,928,905, Issued on Feb 23, 2021