Project Description:

Our interdisciplinary team across the Schools of Biomedical, Chemical, and Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University in collaboration with the School of Medicine at Indiana University focuses on bridging a critical gap between engineering and medicine in the field of wearable healthcare. We evaluate a comprehensive set of stretchable biomaterials and devices that are safely applicable to the human skin or even the eye for continuous monitoring and early detection of diseases and other conditions affecting health and wellbeing. Our team is pleased to invite applications for the 2023 Gilbreth Postdoctoral Fellowship who are interested in these highly interdisciplinary research topics. Specifically, this position is expected to (1) iteratively design and synthesize new materials and produce testable prototypes with tailored features to help manage chronic diseases such as glaucoma, diabetes, and infarctions; (2) perform a comprehensive set of benchtop assessments as compared to their current gold standard; and (3) implement them into current clinical settings with patients or in animal models to obtain clinical feedback and optimal patient-centered designs with biosafety, user comfort, wearability, ease-of-use, and measurement accuracy. In parallel, we also collaborate with machine learning and artificial intelligence experts with respect to advanced analyses of clinical data to improve precision in healthcare.

Start Date:

July 1, 2023

Posdoc Qualifications:

Potential candidates should be eager to develop new skills with respect to engineering, materials, chemistry while building from a relevant skill set that was acquired during their previous studies. Moreover, potential candidates should be able to work well independently and as a member of interdisciplinary, fast-moving teams. Previous experience with materials synthesis, device fabrication, or/and clinical implementation is preferred, but it is not required.

Co-Advisors:

Prof. Chi Hwan Lee
lee2270@purdue.edu
Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering and School of Mechanical Engineering
Website: https://engineering.purdue.edu/StickTronics/

Prof. Bryan W. Boudouris
boudouris@purdue.edu
Charles D. Davidson School of Chemical Engineering
Website: https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE/people/ptProfile?id=71151

External Collaborators:

Prof. Chi Hwan Lee
lee2270@purdue.edu
Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering and School of Mechanical Engineering
Website: https://engineering.purdue.edu/StickTronics/

Prof. Bryan W. Boudouris
boudouris@purdue.edu
Charles D. Davidson School of Chemical Engineering
Website: https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE/people/ptProfile?id=71151

Bibliography:

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2. K. Kim, H. Kim, H. Zhang, W. Park, D. Meyer, M. Kim, B. Kim, H. Park, B. Xu, P. Kollbaum, B. Boudouris, C. H. Lee, All-printed corneal electrodes on soft contact lenses for noninvasive recording of human electroretinogram, Nature Communications, 12, 1544 (2021)
3. B. Kim, A. Soepriatna, W. Park, H. Moon, A. Cox, J. Zhao, N. Gupta, C. Park, K. Kim, Y. Jeon, H. Jang, D. Kim, H. Lee, K. Lee, C. Goergen, C. H. Lee, Rapid custom printing of poroelastic biosensor for simultaneous epicardial recording and imaging, Nature Communications, 12, 3710 (2021)
4. W. Park, V. Nguyen, Y. Jeon, B. Kim, Y. Li, T. Quan, J. Yi, H. Kim, J. Leem, Y. Kim, D. Kim, Y. Paulus, C. H. Lee, Biodegradable silicon nanoneedles for ocular drug delivery, Science Advances, 8, eabn1772 (2022)
5. W. Park, C. H. Lee, Controlled buckling for scalable intracellular bioprobes, Nature Nanotechnology, 17, 222 (2022)