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
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Congratulations to lead PIs Drs. Tim Dallas, Hamed Sari-Sarraf, and Heather Greenhalgh-Spencer, who were recently awarded a $2,000,000 grant from the NSF Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE) under award #2424402. [Read More]
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New Publication in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
Our latest study, titled “Effects of Excitation Field Amplitude on Magnetic Particle Imaging Performance: A Modeling Study,” has been published in the Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. [Read More] -
New Collaborative Review Published in Biotechnology and Bioengineering
We are excited to share our latest collaborative review article, “Magnetic-Assisted Manipulation of Rare Blood Cells for Diagnosis: A Systematic Review,” now published in Biotechnology and Bioengineering. This work was conducted in partnership with Drs. Jeffrey Chalmers and Jenifer Gomez‐Pastora’s labs. [Read More] -
We Are Funded by NIH NIBIB to Develop Multi-Tracer Magnetic Particle Imaging!
We have been awarded a $157,184 grant from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R03EB036435. [Read More] -
Prof. Wu Presents at the 2025 TechConnect World Innovation Conference & Expo!
Prof. Kai Wu recently participated in the 2025 TechConnect World Innovation Conference & Expo, one of the world’s premier events for translational research and technology commercialization. [Read More]
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