Dr Min Jihong

Education

• iCMB NIH T32 Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Medical and Electrical Engineering; 2024-2026
• PhD in Medical Engineering
  California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA; 2018 – 2023
• BS in Electrical Engineering
  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA; 2014 – 2017
• High School Diploma
  Khartoum American School, Khartoum, Sudan; 2012 – 2014

Research Interests

Medical and Electrical Engineering, with a concentration in Wearable and Ingestible Electrochemical Sensors

Selected Honours

• Nature and Health Conference Best Poster Award; 09/2024
• NextProf Nexus Fellow; 08/2024
• MIT Technology Review’s 2024 list of 35 Innovators Under 35 Semi-finalist; 03/2024
• SPIE Soft Mechatronics and Wearable Systems Best Paper Award; 03/2024
• iCMB NIH T32 Fellowship, Caltech; 03/2024
• MRS Graduate Student Award; 11/2023
• Andrew and Peggy Cherng Endowment Fellowship, Caltech; 09/2018 – 08/2019
• Graduated with high honors, UIUC; 12/2017

Selected Journal Publications

1. Min, J.†, Ahn, H.†, Lukas, H., Ma, X., Bhansali, R., Sunwoo, S.-H., Wang, C., Xu, Y., Yao, R., Kim, G., Li, Z., Hsiai, T. K., Emami, A., Jung, H.-T., & Gao, W. (2024). Continuous biochemical profiling of the gastrointestinal tract using a multiparametric ingestible capsule. Nature Electronics, under second review.
2. Min, J.†, Demchyshyn, S.†, Sempionatto, J. R., Song, Y., Hailegnaw, B., Xu, C., Yang, Y., Solomon, S., Putz, C., Lehner, L., Schwarz, J. F., Schwarzinger, C., Scharber, M., Shirzaei Sani, E., Kaltenbrunner, M., & Gao, W. (2023). An autonomous wearable biosensor powered by a perovskite solar cell. Nature Electronics, 6, 630-641.
   Featured on Journal Cover.
3. Min, J.†, Tu, J.†, Xu, C.†, Lukas, H.†, Shin, S., Yang, Y., Solomon, S. A., Mukasa, D., & Gao, W. (2023). Skin-interfaced wearable sweat sensors for precision medicine. Chemical Reviews, 123, 5049–5138.
   Featured on Journal Cover.
4. Tu, J., Min, J., Song, Y., Xu, C., Li, J., Moore, J., Hanson, J., Hu, E., Parimon, T., Wang, T.-Y., Davoodi, E., Chou, T.-F., Chen, P., Hsu, J. J., Rossiter, H. B., Gao, W. (2023) A wireless patch for the monitoring of C-reactive protein in sweat, Nature Biomedical Engineering, 7, 1293–1306.
5. Min, J., Song, Y., & Gao, W. (2022). Microcracked conductors for wearable sensors. Nature Electronics, 5(11), 717-718.
6. Wang, M.†, Yang, Y.†, Min, J.†, Song, Y., Tu, J., Mukasa, D., Ye, C., Xu, C., Heflin, N., & McCune, J. S. (2022). A wearable electrochemical biosensor for the monitoring of metabolites and nutrients. Nature Biomedical Engineering, 6, 1225–1235.
   Featured on Journal Cover.
7. Min, J.†, Sempionatto, J. R.†, Teymourian, H.†, Wang, J., & Gao, W. (2021). Wearable electrochemical biosensors in North America. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 172, 112750.
8. Song, Y.†, Min, J.†, Yu, Y., Wang, H., Yang, Y., Zhang, H., & Gao, W. (2020). Wireless battery-free wearable sweat sensor powered by human motion. Science Advances, 6(40), eaay9842.
9. Min, J., Yang, Y., Wu, Z., & Gao, W. (2020). Robotics in the gut. Advanced Therapeutics, 3(4), 1900125.

(23 papers with 8 as first/co-first author, >5500 citations, h-index 20, updated 03/2025)
† indicates equal contributions