Welcome to the Nanomagnetic Biosensors & Devices Group!

Led by Prof. Kai Wu, the Wu Lab is dedicated to advancing healthcare technologies through innovations in magnetic nanomaterials, spintronic devices, and intelligent sensing systems. Our interdisciplinary research integrates circuit design, physics, materials science, biology, and artificial intelligence to develop next-generation platforms for disease diagnosis and treatment. A key focus of our lab is developing spintronic devices for in-sensor computing, where sensing and computation are integrated directly in hardware to enable edge AI for healthcare applications, including neural sensing and wearable biomedical systems.

Our current research focuses on:

  • Magnetic nanomaterials and spintronic nanodevices for biomedical applications;
  • Wearable biosensors, including magnetic and optical sensing platforms;
  • Magnetic particle imaging (MPI) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI);
  • In-sensor computing and edge AI for healthcare.

We aim to translate fundamental discoveries into practical medical technologies and welcome students and collaborators interested in interdisciplinary research at the intersection of nanotechnology, AI, and medicine.

Latest News

  • New Paper Published in Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express

    Posted on February 12, 2026

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    Congratulations to the authors on their new review article titled “Magnetic Nanoparticles for Cancer Theranostics”, published in Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express, led by former lab member Jaiden Hart (now at the University of Wisconsin–Madison) in collaboration with the laboratories of Dr. Rui He and Dr. Jenifer Gomez-Pastora. We are... [Read More]

  • Wu Lab Paper Featured in Nanoscale 2026 Emerging Investigators Collection

    Posted on February 10, 2026

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    Our lab’s recent paper published in Nanoscale has been selected for the “Nanoscale 2026 Emerging Investigators” themed collection, which recognizes outstanding contributions from early-career independent researchers nominated by experts across the global nanoscience community. As part of this honor, Dr. Kai Wu has been recognized by Nanoscale as one of... [Read More]

  • Our Lab’s Research Highlighted by Texas Tech Now

    Posted on February 10, 2026

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    Research from the Wu Lab, conducted in collaboration with Dr. Minxiang Zeng’s lab, has been featured in Texas Tech Now. The highlighted project focuses on the additive manufacturing of granular magnetoresistive sensors for wearable, continuous cardiac monitoring, combined with AI-enabled classification of abnormal cardiac signals. [Read More]

  • New Publication in Nanoscale

    Posted on January 19, 2026

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    Our new paper, in collaboration with Dr. Minxiang Zeng, titled “Nontraditional Granular Magnetoresistive Devices: A Short Review” is published in Nanoscale. [Read More]

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