Dr. Shiyang Tang currently is a Vice-Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Wollongong, Australia. He received his PhD in Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) from RMIT University, Australia in 2015. He joined Pennsylvania State University, USA, as a postdoctoral research fellow from Aug 2015 to Jul 2016, working on surface acoustic wave enabled microfluidic platforms. Later he joined the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), USA, as a postdoctoral scholar from Aug 2016 to Feb 2017, working on droplet microfluidics for point-of-care diagnosis. His research interests include developing microfluidic platforms for biomedical studies and liquid metal enabled micro-/nanoscale platforms. He is the named author for more than 50 papers published in many high-impact journals, including PNAS, Nature Communications, Matter, Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Small, Analytical Chemistry, and Lab on a Chip. The outcomes of his works have been highlighted in many world-known science magazines, such as Nature, RSC Chemistry World, New Scientists, Science Daily, Physics Org, Nanowerk, and Material Views.

Research Areas BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING BIOMEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION MICROTECHNOLOGY FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS (MEMS) NANOMATERIALS