2026 Yu Sun: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	84	421	398	19	18	533	23485

Research.com Recognitions

2019 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science
2018 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
2016 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2015 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to automated manipulation of biological cells

Overview

Yu Sun is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and has an extensive research presence spanning the fields of Engineering and Medicine. Their work particularly concentrates on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Cell Biology.

The scientist's scholarly output covers several key research topics including:

3D Printing in Biomedical Research
Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies
Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
Reproductive Biology and Fertility
Micro and Nano Robotics
Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
Neuroscience and Neural Engineering

Yu Sun's recent publications include:

Fatigue of graphene, 2020, Nature Materials
Recapitulating Pancreatic Tumor Microenvironment through Synergistic Use of Patient Organoids and Organ-on-a-Chip Vasculature, 2020, Advanced Functional Materials
Conductive and elastic bottlebrush elastomers for ultrasoft electronics, 2023, Nature Communications
Microrobotic swarms for selective embolization, 2022, Science Advances
Legless soft robots capable of rapid, continuous, and steered jumping, 2021, Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Yu Sun include:

Guanqiao Shan
Changsheng Dai
Zhuoran Zhang
Wenkun Dou
Changhai Ru

The scientist has contributed numerous articles to prominent publication venues such as:

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
Science Advances
ACS Nano

Yu Sun has received recognition through several professional fellowships, including:

Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, 2019, Academy of Science
Fellow, National Academy of Inventors, 2018
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2016
IEEE Fellow, 2015, for contributions to automated manipulation of biological cells

Best Publications

Autofocusing in computer microscopy: selecting the optimal focus algorithm.

Yu Sun;Stefan Duthaler;Bradley J. Nelson

585
Citations
Microengineered Platforms for Cell Mechanobiology

Deok-Ho Kim;Pak Kin Wong;Jungyul Park;Andre Levchenko

502
Citations
Bio-microarray fabrication techniques--a review.

Irena Barbulovic-Nad;Michael Lucente;Yu Sun;Mingjun Zhang

493
Citations
Monolithically Fabricated Microgripper With Integrated Force Sensor for Manipulating Microobjects and Biological Cells Aligned in an Ultrasonic Field

F. Beyeler;A. Neild;S. Oberti;D.J. Bell

459
Citations
Biological Cell Injection Using an Autonomous MicroRobotic System

Yu Sun;Bradley J. Nelson

423
Citations
On the tensile and shear strength of nano-reinforced composite interfaces

S.A Meguid;Y Sun

421
Citations
Mechanical property characterization of mouse zona pellucida

Yu Sun;K.-T. Wan;K.P. Roberts;J.C. Bischof

421
Citations
A Feedforward Mechanism Mediated by Mechanosensitive Ion Channel PIEZO1 and Tissue Mechanics Promotes Glioma Aggression.

Xin Chen;Siyi Wanggou;Ankur Bodalia;Min Zhu

384
Citations
Nanonewton force-controlled manipulation of biological cells using a monolithic MEMS microgripper with two-axis force feedback

Keekyoung Kim;Xinyu Liu;Yong Zhang;Yu Sun

365
Citations
Development of Carbon Nanotube-Based Sensors—A Review

B. Mahar;C. Laslau;R. Yip;Yu Sun

324
Citations
A Fully Automated Robotic System for Microinjection of Zebrafish Embryos

Wenhui Wang;Xinyu Liu;Danielle Gelinas;Brian Ciruna

322
Citations
Recent advances in microfluidic techniques for single-cell biophysical characterization

Yi Zheng;John Nguyen;Yuan Wei;Yu Sun

302
Citations
Microfluidic approaches for cancer cell detection, characterization, and separation

Jian Chen;Jason Li;Yu Sun

300
Citations
A review of non-contact micro- and nano-printing technologies

Changhai Ru;Changhai Ru;Jun Luo;Shaorong Xie;Yu Sun;Yu Sun;Yu Sun

234
Citations
Autonomous Robotic Pick-and-Place of Microobjects

Yong Zhang;B.K. Chen;Xinyu Liu;Yu Sun

230
Citations
A bulk microfabricated multi-axis capacitive cellular force sensor using transverse comb drives

Yu Sun;Bradley J Nelson;David P Potasek;Eniko Enikov

229
Citations
In situ mechanical characterization of the cell nucleus by atomic force microscopy.

Haijiao Liu;Jun Wen;Yun Xiao;Jun Liu

222
Citations
Classification of cell types using a microfluidic device for mechanical and electrical measurement on single cells

Jian Chen;Yi Zheng;Qingyuan Tan;Ehsan Shojaei-Baghini

212
Citations
A superelastic alloy microgripper with embedded electromagnetic actuators and piezoelectric force sensors: a numerical and experimental study

Deok Ho Kim;Moon Gu Lee;Byungkyu Kim;Yu Sun

204
Citations
Characterizing fruit fly flight behavior using a microforce sensor with a new comb-drive configuration

Yu Sun;S.N. Fry;D.P. Potasek;D.J. Bell

185
Citations
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AUTOMATION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

Bruno Siciliano;John Hollerbach;Ian D. Walker;Alex Zelinsky

132
Citations