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World Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Worcester Reed Warner Medal, ASME
  • 2025 - Per Bruel Gold Medal for Noise Control and Acoustics, ASME
  • 2020 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2019 - Van C. Mow Medal, ASME
  • 2016 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to acousto-opto-fluidics, and nanoelectromechanical systems
  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Tony Jun Huang is a researcher affiliated with Duke University in the United States, specializing in engineering with a strong focus on biomedical engineering. Their research spans multiple intersecting fields including electrical and electronic engineering, molecular biology, atomic and molecular physics, optics, and artificial intelligence.

The scientist's work primarily concentrates on microfluidic technologies and their biomedical applications. Key topics in their research include microfluidic and bio-sensing technologies, microfluidic and capillary electrophoresis applications, electrowetting and microfluidic technologies, 3D printing in biomedical research, nanopore and nanochannel transport studies, extracellular vesicles in disease, and innovative microfluidic and catalytic techniques innovation.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Tony Jun Huang illustrate their research interests and contributions:

  • Acoustic Microfluidics, 2020, Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry
  • Acoustofluidics for biomedical applications, 2022, Nature Reviews Methods Primers
  • Dispersion tuning and route reconfiguration of acoustic waves in valley topological phononic crystals, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Acoustofluidic centrifuge for nanoparticle enrichment and separation, 2021, Science Advances
  • Harmonic acoustics for dynamic and selective particle manipulation, 2022, Nature Materials

The analysis of frequent co-authors points to a collaborative research approach, involving colleagues such as Shujie Yang, Zhenhua Tian, Jianping Xia, Hunter Bachman, and Peiran Zhang. The number of joint publications ranges from 30 to 41, indicating ongoing partnerships in the field.

Publication venues where Tony Jun Huang has frequently contributed include:

  • Science Advances (19 publications)
  • Lab on a Chip (17 publications)
  • Microsystems & Nanoengineering (11 publications)
  • Nature Communications (10 publications)
  • ACS Nano (10 publications)

Their recognized contributions have led to several awards and honors within professional communities. These include Fellow status in the National Academy of Inventors awarded in 2020, IEEE Fellow in 2016 for contributions to acousto-opto-fluidics and nanoelectromechanical systems, Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering in 2015, and Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2015.

Best Publications

  • On-chip manipulation of single microparticles, cells, and organisms using surface acoustic waves

    Xiaoyun Ding;Sz-Chin Steven Lin;Brian Kiraly;Hongjun Yue

  • Surface acoustic wave microfluidics

    Xiaoyun Ding;Peng Li;Sz Chin Steven Lin;Zackary S. Stratton

  • Isolation of exosomes from whole blood by integrating acoustics and microfluidics

    Mengxi Wu;Yingshi Ouyang;Zeyu Wang;Rui Zhang

  • Acoustic separation of circulating tumor cells

    Peng Li;Zhangming Mao;Zhangli Peng;Lanlan Zhou

  • Acoustic tweezers: patterning cells and microparticles using standing surface acoustic waves (SSAW)

    Jinjie Shi;Daniel Ahmed;Xiaole Mao;Sz-Chin Steven Lin

  • Linear artificial molecular muscles

    Yi Liu;Amar H. Flood;Paul A. Bonvallet;Scott A. Vignon

  • Acoustic tweezers for the life sciences

    Adem Ozcelik;Joseph Rufo;Feng Guo;Yuyang Gu

  • Revisiting lab-on-a-chip technology for drug discovery

    Pavel Neuži;Stefan Giselbrecht;Kerstin Länge;Tony Jun Huang

  • Three-dimensional manipulation of single cells using surface acoustic waves

    Feng Guo;Zhangming Mao;Yuchao Chen;Zhiwei Xie

  • Focusing microparticles in a microfluidic channel with standing surface acoustic waves (SSAW)

    Jinjie Shi;Xiaole Mao;Daniel Ahmed;Ashley Colletti

  • Cell separation using tilted-angle standing surface acoustic waves

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

  • Rotational manipulation of single cells and organisms using acoustic waves

    Daniel Ahmed;Adem Ozcelik;Nagagireesh Bojanala;Nitesh Nama

  • Controlling cell–cell interactions using surface acoustic waves

    Feng Guo;Peng Li;Jarrod B. French;Zhangming Mao

  • Acoustofluidic separation of cells and particles.

    Mengxi Wu;Adem Ozcelik;Joseph Rufo;Zeyu Wang

  • Acoustic Propulsion of Nanorod Motors Inside Living Cells

    Wei Wang;Sixing Li;Lamar Mair;Suzanne Ahmed

  • Gradient-index phononic crystals

    Sz-Chin Steven Lin;Tony Jun Huang;Jia-Hong Sun;Tsung-Tsong Wu

  • Polarization-independent dual-band infrared perfect absorber based on a metal-dielectric-metal elliptical nanodisk array

    Bingxin Zhang;Yanhui Zhao;Qingzhen Hao;Brian Kiraly

  • Rare cell isolation and analysis in microfluidics

    Yuchao Chen;Peng Li;Po-Hsun Huang;Yuliang Xie

  • A fast microfluidic mixer based on acoustically driven sidewall-trapped microbubbles

    Daniel Ahmed;Xiaole Mao;Bala Krishna Juluri;Tony Jun Huang

  • An acoustofluidic micromixer based on oscillating sidewall sharp-edges.

    Po-Hsun Huang;Yuliang Xie;Daniel Ahmed;Joseph Rufo

Frequent Co-Authors

Po-Hsun Huang
Po-Hsun Huang Duke University
Yuebing Zheng
Yuebing Zheng The University of Texas at Austin
Feng Guo
Feng Guo Pennsylvania State University
Lin Wang
Lin Wang Yanshan University
Lasse Jensen
Lasse Jensen Pennsylvania State University
Shikuan Yang
Shikuan Yang Zhejiang University
Chenglong Zhao
Chenglong Zhao Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology
Paul S. Weiss
Paul S. Weiss University of California, Los Angeles
Amar H. Flood
Amar H. Flood Indiana University
J. Fraser Stoddart
J. Fraser Stoddart Northwestern University

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