Scholarship: Fully-funded
Degree: PhD
Nationality: International Students
Location: USA
Application deadlines: Open immediately and will close once filled.
Scholarship Description:
The University of Texas System is the second most endowed educational institution in the country, and Austin, Texas is the flagship campus of the University of Texas System and a top 10 engineering school in the nation. It has also been named the fastest growing city in the United States by Forbes magazine for many years.
Dr. Huiliang Wang obtained his undergraduate degree in Materials Science from the University of Oxford and Ph.D. degree in Materials Science and Engineering with Zhenan Bao at Stanford University. After his Ph.D. studies, he did his postdoctoral work with Professor Karl Deisseroth at Stanford Bioengineering. Dr. Wang has published ~30 peer-reviewed articles in journals such as Science, PNAS, Nature Biomedical Engineering, Nature Communications, Advanced Materials, Nano letters, and ACS Nano, with a citation of more than 6000 and H Index of 25. Dr. Wang has received several awards and fellowships including the Materials Research Society (MRS) Gold Graduate Student Award, NIH F32 NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship and NIH K01 Mentored Research Scientist Development Award.
Available Subjects:
Bioelectronics for neural interfacing
Eligibility criteria:
Candidate with previous research experiences in the electronics field (e.g. organic/polymer electronics, piezo-electronics, bioelectronics, neurotechnology, wearable electronics) will be most desirable.
Application Procedure:
Interested candidates should send your CV, cover letter and interested position to evanwang@utexas.edu
More information can be found atDr. Wang’s department website (https://www.bme.utexas.edu/people/faculty-directory/wang) and is personal website (www.huiliangwang.com)