Hsin-Chih “Tim”Yeh
- tim.yeh@austin.utexas.edu
- BME 5.202C
Nanobiosensor development; Cancer biomarker detection; Single-molecule spectroscopy for biomolecule and nanomaterial characterization; 3D molecular tracking; Super-resolution imaging
About
Tim Yeh obtained his B.S. from National Taiwan University, M.S. from the University of California, Los Angeles, and Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University, all in mechanical engineering. After graduating from UCLA, he worked at Optical Micro Machines Inc. in San Diego from 98-03 as an R&D engineer, developing MEMS-based photonic switches for telecommunications. At Johns Hopkins, his research focused on single-molecule spectroscopy, BioMEMS and new biosensing techniques based on fluorescence dynamics.
Yeh received his postdoctoral training at Los Alamos National Laboratory from 09-12, in the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies. At LANL, he discovered controlled activation and color-switching phenomena on DNA-templated silver nanoclusters. Based on these findings, he and co-workers invented NanoCluster Beacons, which won a 2011 R&D 100 Award and a 2013 Postdoctoral Publication Prize in Experimental Sciences at LANL.
Yeh joined the Biomedical Engineering Department at the University of Texas at Austin in 2012 as an assistant professor. His research interests include nanobiosensor development, cancer biomarker detection, 3D molecular tracking and super-resolution imaging. Yeh’s research group is focused on creating and studying new nanomaterials that have the potential to be used as future molecular probes with unprecedented sensing capabilities, as well as developing new imaging tools for fundamental biology research at the single-molecule, single-cell level. Their mission is to integrate molecular sensing and imaging techniques in solving issues in disease diagnosis and treatment.
Educational Qualifications
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University
Select Awards & Honors
- R&D 100 Award
- Postdoctoral Publication Prize in Experimental Sciences – Los Alamos National Laboratory
Related Websites
NanoBiosensors and Molecular Tracking Laboratory
Texas Materials Institute
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