Event Chairs and Committee
Steering committee

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Prof. Chwee Teck Lim
National University of Singapore

Prof. Chwee Teck Lim, a distinguished NUS Society Professor and Director at iHealthtech, is celebrated for his research in mechanobiology, disease diagnostics, and the development of soft wearable sensors, with numerous prestigious awards and honors to his name.

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Prof. Guangya Zhou
National University of Singapore


Prof. Guangya Zhou is a tenured associate professor at the National University of Singapore's Mechanical Engineering Department. His research focuses on optical engineering, optical MEMS, micro-optics, and nanophotonics. Prof. Zhou has published over 150 papers, holds several patents in MEMS and optics, and has edited a book on "Optical MEMS, Nanophotonics, and Their Applications.

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Prof. Inkyu Park

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology




Professor Inkyu Park is a distinguished KAIST Chair Professor and Principal Investigator at the MINT Lab. With expertise in high-performance sensors and hybrid manufacturing technologies, he leads innovative research in bio/chemical sensors and nanomaterial-based devices. His work showcases a blend of excellence in academia and industry.

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Prof. Mo Li
University of Washington

Mo Li is a Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Professor of Physics at the University of Washington (UW). Prior to joining UW in 2018, he was a faculty member in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Minnesota since 2010. From 2007 to 2010, he was a postdoctoral associate in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Yale University. He received his Ph.D. degree in Applied Physics from Caltech in 2007 and a B.S. degree in Physics from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 2001. Dr. Li is the principal investigator of the Laboratory of Photonic Systems at UW. His main research interests include integrated photonics, optoelectronics, optomechanics, and quantum photonics. He is an elected fellow of Optica (former OSA).

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Prof. Po-Liang Liu
Chung-Hsing University

Prof. Po-Liang Liu is a professor at the Graduate Institute of Precision Engineering at National Chung-Hsing University. He specializes in first-principles simulations of semiconductor properties, materials genome technologies, gas sensors, and deep-UV photodetectors. Prof. Liu has chaired and keynoted several international conferences and hosted the International Symposium on Precision Engineering from 2020 to 2023.

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Prof. Sang-Woo Kim
Yonsei University

Prof. Kim has made significant contributions to the field of Tribo/Piezotronics, Triboelectric/Piezoelectric Nanogenerator, and the synthesis of novel two-dimensional nanomaterials. As the Director of the Center for Human-oriented Triboelectric Energy Harvesting, Prof. Kim leads research projects focused on human-oriented technologies like implantable medical devices and pathogen control.

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Prof. Toshihiro Itoh
The University of Tokyo


Professor Toshihiro Itoh is a renowned expert in Large Area Device Integration at the University of Tokyo's Graduate School of Engineering. His research focuses on Wireless Sensor Networks, N/MEMS, Microsystem Packaging and Integration, and Large Area MEMS. With a Ph.D., Professor Itoh has led various research projects, including developing innovative technologies for livestock health monitoring.

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Prof. Wei Gao
California Institute of Technology

Wei Gao is a Professor of Medical Engineering and Heritage Medical Research Institute Investigator at the California Institute of Technology. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego in 2014, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, Berkeley from 2014 to 2017. He is a recipient of NSF Career Award, ONR Young Investigator Award, IAMBE Early Career Award, Sloan Research Fellowship, Pittcon Achievement Award, IEEE EMBS Early Career Achievement Award, IEEE EMBS Technical Achievement Award, IEEE Sensor Council Technical Achievement Award, MIT Technology Review 35 Innovators Under 35, and Falling Walls Breakthrough of the Year in Engineering and Technology. He is a World Economic Forum Young Scientist, a Highly Cited Researcher (Web of Science). He is an elected Fellow for AIMBE and RSC. His research interests include wearable biosensors, digital medicine, bioelectronics, additive manufacturing, and micro/nanorobotics.

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Prof. Xiaogang Liu
National University of Singapore


Prof. LIU Xiaogang, Provost's Chair Professor, at NUS Chemistry, specializes in supramolecular coordination chemistry, photon upconversion, and X-ray photonics. A Northwestern University Ph.D. graduate and MIT postdoctoral fellow, he received the 2024 RSC Centenary Prize and 2016 President’s Science Award for pioneering work in luminescent materials and optical sensors.

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Prof. Xinge Yu
City University of Hong Kong

Xinge Yu is the Professor of Biomedical Engineering at City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK), Associate Director of Institute of Digital Medicine at CityUHK, Associate Director of Hong Kong Centre for Cerebro-cardiovascular Health Engineering, and Associate Director of the CAS-CityU Joint Lab on Robotics. Prof. Yu is the Member of the Hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences, recipient of RGC Research Fellow. He was selected as Innovators under 35 China (MIT Technology Review), NSFC Excellent Young Scientist Grant (Hong Kong & Macao), New Innovator of IEEE NanoMed, MINE Young Scientist Award, Gold Medal in the Inventions Geneva, CityU Outstanding Research Award, Stanford's top 2% most highly cited scientists etc. Xinge Yu’s research group is focusing on skin-integrated electronics and systems for VR and biomedical applications. Dr. Yu is the Associate Editor of Science Advances, Editroal Board for 10 journals. He has published 200 papers in Nature, Nature Materials, Nature Biomedical Engineering, Nature Machine Intelligence, Nature Communications, Science Advances etc., and 50 patents filed/granted.

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Prof. Zhou Li

Tsinghua University



Dr. Zhou Li is a Professor at Tsinghua University and Director of the Vita Tech Innovation Center at Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital. As a recipient of the National Natural Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars and the National Ten Thousand Talents Program, his research focuses on novel bioelectronic and medical devices, including implantable/wearable electronics for health monitoring and therapy. He has published over 330 peer-reviewed papers in international journals, achieving an H‑index of 90+ with more than 29,000 citations.