Development of bio-sensors for construction
Introduction
Joseph Wang (1948-) is a professor of nanoengineering at the University of California, San Diego, specializing in biosensors, nanosensors, nanomachines, and electrochemistry. His research group has built the fastest nanomotor to date.[1].
Biography
Joseph Wang was born in Israel in 1948. He studied chemistry at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa. He earned a bachelor's degree in 1972 and a master's degree in 1974. After completing his PhD at the Technion in 1978, he served as a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. In 1980, he joined the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at New Mexico State University, where he holds the position of Regents Professor and the Manasse Chair.
Wang founded the scientific journal Electroanalysis (Wiley-VCH) in 1988 and has been editor-in-chief since then. In 2004-2008, he served as Director of the Center for Bioelectronics and Biosensors of the newly created Biodesign Institute and as Professor of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry at Arizona State University (ASU). Since 2008, Wang has served as Professor of Nanoengineering at the University of California, San Diego.
Research fields
Joseph Wang's early research focused on electrochemical biosensors and detectors for clinical diagnosis and environmental monitoring, with special emphasis on blood glucose monitoring for diabetes control. Wang's current research interests include the development of nanomotors and nanomachines, enzymatic logic gates, nanomaterial-based sensors, biosensors,[2] bioelectronics, microfluidic devices ("Lab on a chip"), and remote sensing for environmental and security monitoring. His contributions in this direction have had a great impact on the development of manufacturing techniques for electrochemical sensors and man-made nanomachines.
Wang leads a team that has successfully merged efforts in the fields of biosensors, electronics, and nanocrystal nanotechnology to serve as the core of electronically engineered DNA biosensors capable of recognizing subtle mutations in DNA. This has enormous potential for applications such as the diagnosis and treatment of genetic diseases. Wang's work in the field of nanomachines has led to the development of the world's fastest nanomotor powered by synthetic fuel, to a new motion-based DNA biosensor.[3].