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  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2019 - Benjamin Franklin Medal, Franklin Institute
  • 2019 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 2018 - MRS Medal, Materials Research Society For pioneering contributions to materials for diverse classes of bio-integrated electronic systems
  • 2018 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • 2017 - Nadai Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
  • 2015 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2014 - A.C. Eringen Medal
  • 2013 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2011 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For novel electronic and optoelectronic devices and systems.
  • 2009 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation
  • 2008 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society
  • 2006 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For contributions to the fields of flexible electronics, optical fiber devices, nanolithography and picosecond ultrasonics

Overview

John A. Rogers is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States and has made significant contributions in the fields of neuroscience and engineering. Their research spans multiple subfields including biomedical engineering, cellular and molecular neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, molecular biology, and neurology.

The scientist's work is focused on several main topics, including neuroscience and neural engineering, advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, tactile and sensory interactions, dielectric materials and actuators, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, vagus nerve stimulation research, and virtual reality applications and impacts.

John A. Rogers has published extensively in notable venues, with frequent contributions to Advanced Functional Materials, Advanced Materials Technologies, Advanced Materials, BME Frontiers, and Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering.

  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Advanced Materials Technologies
  • Advanced Materials
  • BME Frontiers
  • Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering

Key recent publications include:

  • Flexible Hybrid Electronics, 2020, Advanced Materials
  • Functional Materials and Devices for XR (VR/AR/MR) Applications, 2021, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Multifunctional Materials Strategies for Enhanced Safety of Wireless, Skin-Interfaced Bioelectronic Devices, 2023, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Thermoplastic Elastomers for Wireless, Skin-Interfaced Electronic, and Microfluidic Devices, 2023, Advanced Materials Technologies
  • Scalable Electrophysiology of Millimeter-Scale Animals with Electrode Devices, 2023, BME Frontiers

Frequent co-authors collaborating with John A. Rogers include Claire Liu, Da Som Yang, Yunyun Wu, Ralph G. Nuzzo, and Jaime Berkovich.

  • Claire Liu
  • Da Som Yang
  • Yunyun Wu
  • Ralph G. Nuzzo
  • Jaime Berkovich

The scientist's research achievements have been recognized with multiple awards and honors over the years. These include membership in prestigious academies such as the National Academy of Medicine (2019), the National Academy of Sciences (2015), and the National Academy of Engineering (2011). Other awards include the Benjamin Franklin Medal from the Franklin Institute (2019), the MRS Medal from the Materials Research Society (2018) for contributions in bio-integrated electronic systems, the Nadai Medal from ASME (2017), and fellowships from organizations like the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2014), the National Academy of Inventors (2013), the MacArthur Foundation (2009), the Materials Research Society (2008), and the American Physical Society (2006).

Best Publications

  • Materials and mechanics for stretchable electronics

    John A. Rogers;Takao Someya;Yonggang Huang

  • Nanostructured plasmonic sensors.

    Matthew E. Stewart;Christopher R. Anderton;Lucas B. Thompson;Joana Maria

  • Pattern Transfer Printing by Kinetic Control of Adhesion to an Elastomeric Stamp

    Ralph G. Nuzzo;John A. Rogers;Etienne Menard;Keon Jae Lee

  • Unconventional Methods for Fabricating and Patterning Nanostructures.

    Younan Xia;John A. Rogers;Kateri E. Paul;George M. Whitesides

  • Stretchable form of single crystal silicon for high performance electronics on rubber substrates

    John A. Rogers;Dahl-Young Khang;Yugang Sun;Etienne Menard

  • Stretchable and foldable silicon integrated circuits.

    Dae-Hyeong Kim;Jong-Hyun Ahn;Won Mook Choi;Hoon-Sik Kim

  • Elastomeric Transistor Stamps: Reversible Probing of Charge Transport in Organic Crystals

    Vikram C. Sundar;Jana Zaumseil;Vitaly Podzorov;Etienne Menard

  • Dissolvable films of silk fibroin for ultrathin conformal bio-integrated electronics

    Dae Hyeong Kim;Jonathan Viventi;Jason J. Amsden;Jianliang Xiao

  • High-resolution electrohydrodynamic jet printing

    Jang Ung Park;Matt Hardy;Seong Jun Kang;Seong Jun Kang;Kira Barton

  • A hemispherical electronic eye camera based on compressible silicon optoelectronics

    Heung Cho Ko;Mark P. Stoykovich;Jizhou Song;Viktor Malyarchuk

  • Stretchable batteries with self-similar serpentine interconnects and integrated wireless recharging systems.

    Sheng Xu;Yihui Zhang;Yihui Zhang;Jiung Cho;Juhwan Lee

  • Method and device for manufacturing and assembling printable semiconductor element

    G Nuzzo Ralph;ラルフ, ジー. ヌッツォ,;A Rogers John;ジョン, エー. ロジャーズ,

  • Intrinsic Charge Transport on the Surface of Organic Semiconductors

    Vitaly Podzorov;E. Menard;A. Borissov;Valery Kiryukhin

  • Omnidirectional Printing of Flexible, Stretchable, and Spanning Silver Microelectrodes

    Bok Yeop Ahn;Eric B. Duoss;Michael J. Motala;Xiaoying Guo

  • A Physically Transient Form of Silicon Electronics

    Suk Won Hwang;Hu Tao;Dae Hyeong Kim;Huanyu Cheng

  • High-performance electronics using dense, perfectly aligned arrays of single-walled carbon nanotubes

    Seong Jun Kang;Coskun Kocabas;Taner Ozel;Moonsub Shim

  • Ultrathin conformal devices for precise and continuous thermal characterization of human skin.

    R. Chad Webb;Andrew P. Bonifas;Alex Behnaz;Yihui Zhang

  • Medium scale carbon nanotube thin film integrated circuits on flexible plastic substrates

    John A. Rogers;Qing Cao;Muhammad Alam;Ninad Pimparkar

  • Ultrathin Films of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Electronics and Sensors: A Review of Fundamental and Applied Aspects

    Qing Cao;John A. Rogers

  • Soft Microfluidic Assemblies of Sensors, Circuits, and Radios for the Skin

    Sheng Xu;Yihui Zhang;Yihui Zhang;Lin Jia;Kyle E. Mathewson

Frequent Co-Authors

Yonggang Huang
Yonggang Huang Northwestern University
Yihui Zhang
Yihui Zhang Tsinghua University
Ralph G. Nuzzo
Ralph G. Nuzzo University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Yinji Ma
Yinji Ma Tsinghua University
Dae-Hyeong Kim
Dae-Hyeong Kim Seoul National University
Zhaoqian Xie
Zhaoqian Xie Dalian University of Technology
Kyung In Jang
Kyung In Jang Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology
Huanyu Cheng
Huanyu Cheng Pennsylvania State University
Jizhou Song
Jizhou Song Zhejiang University
Yuhang Li
Yuhang Li Beihang University

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