2026 Ming Dao: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	73	3764	3642	1032	971	193	25745

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Research.com Recognitions

2016 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
1958 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Ming Dao is affiliated with MIT in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in Medicine and Engineering, with a particular focus on subfields such as Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Physiology, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, and Genetics.

The primary topics of Ming Dao's work include:

Blood properties and coagulation
Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology
Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
Extracellular vesicles in disease
Metal and Thin Film Mechanics
Machine Learning in Materials Science
3D Printing in Biomedical Research

Ming Dao's recent papers highlight a diverse research range, including materials science and biomedical applications. Notable publications include:

"Extraction of mechanical properties of materials through deep learning from instrumented indentation" (2020) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Analyses of internal structures and defects in materials using physics-informed neural networks" (2022) in Science Advances
"Impairment of gut microbial biotin metabolism and host biotin status in severe obesity: effect of biotin and prebiotic supplementation on improved metabolism" (2022) in Gut
"Artificial intelligence velocimetry and microaneurysm-on-a-chip for three-dimensional analysis of blood flow in physiology and disease" (2021) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Patient-Specific Organoid and Organ-on-a-Chip: 3D Cell-Culture Meets 3D Printing and Numerical Simulation" (2021) in Advanced Biology

Frequent collaborators in Ming Dao's research include:

George Em Karniadakis
Yuhao Qiang
Pierre Buffet
Subra Suresh
Xuejin Li

Ming Dao's work has been published multiple times in key scientific venues such as:

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Biophysical Journal
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Lab on a Chip
Small

The scientist has been recognized through fellowships in prominent professional societies:

Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2016)
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1958)

Best Publications

Computational modeling of the forward and reverse problems in instrumented sharp indentation

M. Dao;N. Chollacoop;K.J. Van Vliet;T.A. Venkatesh

1919
Citations
Toward a quantitative understanding of mechanical behavior of nanocrystalline metals

M. Dao;L. Lu;R. J. Asaro;J. T. M. De Hosson

1325
Citations
Connections between single-cell biomechanics and human disease states: gastrointestinal cancer and malaria

S. Suresh;Joachim P. Spatz;J. P. Mills;Alexandre Micoulet

1062
Citations
Mechanics of the human red blood cell deformed by optical tweezers

M. Dao;C.T. Lim;S. Suresh

1039
Citations
Isolation of exosomes from whole blood by integrating acoustics and microfluidics

Mengxi Wu;Yingshi Ouyang;Zeyu Wang;Rui Zhang

909
Citations
Acoustic separation of circulating tumor cells

Peng Li;Zhangming Mao;Zhangli Peng;Lanlan Zhou

834
Citations
Nano-sized twins induce high rate sensitivity of flow stress in pure copper

L. Lu;L. Lu;R. Schwaiger;Z.W. Shan;M. Dao

806
Citations
Cold spray coating: review of material systems and future perspectives

A. Moridi;S. M. Hassani-Gangaraj;M. Guagliano;M. Dao

804
Citations
Some critical experiments on the strain-rate sensitivity of nanocrystalline nickel

R Schwaiger;B Moser;M Dao;N Chollacoop

697
Citations
Shape and Biomechanical Characteristics of Human Red Blood Cells in Health and Disease

Monica Diez-Silva;Ming Dao;Jongyoon Han;Chwee-Teck Lim

679
Citations
Strength, strain-rate sensitivity and ductility of copper with nanoscale twins

M. Dao;L. Lu;L. Lu;Y.F. Shen;S. Suresh

624
Citations
Three-dimensional manipulation of single cells using surface acoustic waves

Feng Guo;Zhangming Mao;Yuchao Chen;Zhiwei Xie

591
Citations
Indentation across size scales and disciplines: Recent developments in experimentation and modeling

Andrew Gouldstone;Nuwong Chollacoop;Ming Dao;Ju Li

568
Citations
Spectrin-Level Modeling of the Cytoskeleton and Optical Tweezers Stretching of the Erythrocyte

J. Li;M. Dao;C.T. Lim;S. Suresh

538
Citations
Cell separation using tilted-angle standing surface acoustic waves

Xiaoyun Ding;Zhangli Peng;Sz-Chin Steven Lin;Michela Geri

524
Citations
Nonlinear elastic and viscoelastic deformation of the human red blood cell with optical tweezers.

J P Mills;L Qie;M Dao;C T Lim

509
Citations
Depth-sensing instrumented indentation with dual sharp indenters

N. Chollacoop;M. Dao;S. Suresh

473
Citations
Nanoscale heterogeneity promotes energy dissipation in bone

Kuangshin Tai;Ming Dao;Subra Suresh;Ahmet Palazoglu

449
Citations
Study of mechanical deformation in bulk metallic glass through instrumented indentation

R. Vaidyanathan;M. Dao;G. Ravichandran;S. Suresh

445
Citations
Ultralarge elastic deformation of nanoscale diamond

Amit Banerjee;Daniel Bernoulli;Hongti Zhang;Muk Fung Yuen

322
Citations
Cytoskeletal dynamics of human erythrocyte

Ju Li;George Lykotrafitis;Ming Dao;Subra Suresh

314
Citations