Funding Experience

Award for FedEx Institute of Technology Technology Development and Innovation grant, Co-PI, $15,000.

Award for Graduate Research/the Deiss Award in Biomedical Graduate Research with proposal “Inkjetbased electric microfluidic devices for separating and monitoring circulating tumor cells”, UIC, 2021. $1,500.

Facility user: Argonne National Laboratory, Center for Nanoscale Materials proposal “Electrokinetically-driven Nanoliter Droplet-Carrier Single Cell (eDCSC) Micro/nanofluidic Platform”, 2022. 

Applied for Research grant from Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid program, “Low-cost and disposable paper-based digital microfluidic device for droplets manipulation”, 2022 (under review).

Assisted Dr. Xu in composing NIH NEI R21 proposal “Parsimonious low dimensional biomimetic pump for analysis of hydraulic and rheologic features modifying intraocular and episcleral venous pressure appraised by sparse high throughput flow modeling” 2022.

Assisted Dr. Xu in composing NSF proposal “Examine Your Eyes: Smart translation of erythrocyte matrix patterns using an eye-tracking biosensor (EYE TRACK)” 2021.

Contributed to progress reports, annual continuation reports for the grant from NASA and NSF 2018-2021.