BAO - Key Persons


Dr Michael Chen

Job Titles:
  • Adviser
Research Interests: Nanomaterials, Stretchable Electronics, Bio-Integrated Devices Hobbies: Surfing, Soccer, Skiing, Golf

Dr. Bao-Nguyen Nguyen - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Co - Founder
  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering
Bao is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Inventors. She is a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. She is a Fellow of MRS, ACS, AAAS, SPIE, ACS PMSE and ACS POLY. Bao is a co-founder and on the Board of Directors for C3 Nano and PyrAmes, both are silicon-valley venture funded start-ups. She serves as an advising Partner for Fusion Venture Capital.

Dr. Edith Chow

Job Titles:
  • Scientist, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation ( CSIRO ), Australia

Dr. Hagen Klauk

Job Titles:
  • Adviser

Dr. Hector A. Becerril


Dr. Jianguo Mei

Dr. Mei spent a year working in Dupont (China) from 2011-2012.

Dr. Mang Mang Ling


Dr. Seong-Ho Choi

Currently: Due to unfortunate circumstances, Dr Choi has passed away in Dec, 2010. Memories of Dr. Choi will always be with us. May he rest in peace.

K.K. Lee

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Chemical Engineering

Mr. Hong Wang

Year of Summer Internship: 2013 Undergraduate Institution, Major, Year: Tsinghua University (Beijing, China), Chemistry, enrolled in 2010 Research Interest: End-chain's effect on the properties of conducting polymers Hobbies: Ping-pang, Badminton, Music Email: wanghong10 at foxmail.com

Mr. Olasupo (Ade) Johnson

Currently: Ade has transferred to the Dept. of Electrical Engineering.

Ms. Lily Pay

Job Titles:
  • Lab Manager
Lily was Sr. Scientist in industry start up company in Nanotechnology field for more than 14 years. Hobbies: badminton, table tennis, video recording, clay, and handmaking soap.

Ms. Michelle Li

Year in joining group: 2021, Undergraduate Primary Lab: Hiesinger Lab Home Department: Chemical Engineering Research Interest: Biomedical devices for drug delivery to the heart Hobbies: Traveling, design, cooking/baking

Ms. Michelle Ly

Job Titles:
  • Group Administrator
Title: Group Administrator Michelle studied Chemical Biology and Data Science at University of California, Berkeley, prior to joining Bao Group as an admin. Hobbies: Photography, sewing/knitting, puzzles, travelling Email: mly00@stanford.edu

Paula T. Hammond

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
Research Interests: Batteries, Supramolecular polymers Hobbies: Playing basketball/soccer, writing fiction, reading

Prof Qichun Zhang

Year in Stanford: 2013 Company/Institution: Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore Department: Division of Materials Science Position: Assistant Professor Link to NTU website: here E-mail: qczhang at pmail.

Prof. Adam Matzger

Job Titles:
  • Adviser

Prof. Akira Nakajima

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
Research Interests: Stretchable Electronics, Carbon Materials Hobbies: Traveling, Hiking, Golf

Prof. Alanna Schepartz

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
Research interests: genetically targeted chemical assembly, organic electronics, photocatalysis, small molecules, bioelectronics, brain-machine interfaces, biosensors Hobbies: music, reading, hiking, video games

Prof. Ana Claudia Arias

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
Research Interests: Wearable and implantable sensors and systems Hobbies: Travelling, Cricket

Prof. Barbara Block

Job Titles:
  • Advisor

Prof. Bozhi Tian

Job Titles:
  • Advisor

Prof. Buddy Ratner

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
Research Interests: Wearable and implantable sensors for biomedical applications. Hobbies: Hiking, Gardening, Camping

Prof. Byeong-Kwon Ju

Job Titles:
  • Advisor

Prof. Carlijn Bouten

Job Titles:
  • Adviser
Research interests: Bioelectronics, neuroscience, neurobiology, tissue engineering and regeneration Hobbies: Music, dancing and cooking

Prof. Chan Beum Park

Job Titles:
  • Adviser
Research Interests: Design of Soft Materials for Advanced Energy Storage

Prof. Chang Hee Nam

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
Research Interests: Organic Photodiodes, Flat Panel Displays, Flexible & Stretchable Electronics

Prof. Charles M. Lieber

Job Titles:
  • Adviser
Research Interests: Flexible and stretchable electronics and Bioelectronics Hobbies: Ski, Golf and Texas Holdem

Prof. Chen Xiaodong

Job Titles:
  • Advisor

Prof. Chi-Ming Che

Job Titles:
  • Advisor

Prof. Chien-Hong Cheng

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
Research Interests: Advanced Functional Organic and Polymer Materials for Optoelectronics Hobbies: Tennis, Traveling, Photography

Prof. Christian Schönenberger

Job Titles:
  • Advisor

Prof. Christofer Hierold

Job Titles:
  • Adviser
Research Interests: Development of biodegradable pressure sensors for cardiovascular monitoring and conducting scaffolds for treating peripheral nerve lesions

Prof. Dae-Hyeong Kim

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
Research Interests: Deformable and bio-integrated sensors/actuators/display, Device integration Hobbies: Squash, playing piano/guitar

Prof. Dieter K. Schroder

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
Research Interests: Flat Panel Displays, Organic Thin Film Transistor, Flexible & Stretchable Electronics

Prof. Dongwhan Lee

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
, Supramolecular chemistry of polymeric materials, Stretchable electronics.

Prof. Dr. Heinz Berke

Job Titles:
  • Adviser
Research Interests: Molecular electronics - understanding the interdependencies of molecular structure and electronic function Hobbies: Gardening, literature, ethics

Prof. E. J. W. List

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
Research Interests: Organic conductors, organic semiconductors, field-effect transistors and sensors

Prof. Feihe Huang

Job Titles:
  • Adviser

Prof. François Diederich

Job Titles:
  • Adviser
Research Interests: Application of supramolecular chemistry to organic electronics

Prof. Gi Xue

Job Titles:
  • Adviser
Research Interests: Investigate the physical properties of stretchable semiconductor polymer films

Prof. Giovanni de Micheli

Job Titles:
  • Adviser

Prof. H. Iino

Job Titles:
  • Adviser
Research interests: Flexible and stretchable electronics, Printed electronics, Displays Hobbies: Traveling, Swimming, Beer

Prof. Hans Hertz

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
Research Interests: Solution processing of organic semiconductors, x-ray characterization of organic thin films

Prof. Hong-Cai Zhou

Job Titles:
  • Adviser
Research Interests: Design and synthesis of self-healing polymers

Prof. Hsiao-Wen Zan

Job Titles:
  • Advisor

Prof. Hua Zhang

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
Research Interests: synthesis of carbon (graphene and CNTs) based materials and their applications in electronic device, advanced characterization techniques of nanomaterials crystal structures using TEM, development of organic-inorganic hybrid materials for performance enhancement Hobbies: Music, travelling and movies

Prof. Huisheng Peng

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
Research Interests: flexible organic light-emitting devices, polymer solar cells and organic thin film transistors

Prof. Iain McCulloch

Job Titles:
  • Adviser
Research Interests: Synthesis and characterization of self-healing semiconducting polymers

Prof. Jean-François Morin

Job Titles:
  • Adviser
Research Interests: Synthesis of new semiconducting polymers and control of the electronic properties via hydrogen bonding and other supramolecular interactions Hobbies: Music, hockey, statistical analysis in sports, food

Prof. Jian Pei

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Adviser
Research Interests: flexible sensors, organic semiconductors/CNT-based thin film transistors Hobbies: singing and fitness Research Interests: Carbon nanotube sorting by conjugated polymers. Thin film transistors based on CNT and organic semiconductors. Research Interests: Designing and synthesizing new backbones for organic semiconductor; Devices fabrication and testing for solar cells and transistors. Hobbies: Classical Music and food.

Prof. Jillian Buriak

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
Research Interests: Flexible Electronics and In-situ Printing of Highly Efficient Organic Solar Cells

Prof. Jing Liu

Job Titles:
  • Adviser
Research interests: soft materials, e-skin and wearable electronics, physical field tumor therapy Hobbies: Travelling, photography, badminton

Prof. Jing-Lin Zuo

Job Titles:
  • Adviser

Prof. Jong-Duk Kim

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
Research Interests: Thin film transistor and organic light-emitting diode display

Prof. Jongheop Yi

Job Titles:
  • Advisor

Prof. Joseph Wang

Job Titles:
  • Adviser
Research Interests: Wearable biosensors for healthcare applications. Hobbies: traveling, aerial yoga, coffee tasting Research Interests: Soft materials for robotics and integrated biosensors. Hobbies: Surfing, soccer.

Prof. Kahp-Yang Suh

Job Titles:
  • Adviser

Prof. Koji Takahashi

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
Research interests: Stretchable devices, Polymer morphology and properties Hobbies: Traveling, Table tennis, Movies, Ice cream

Prof. Kuo-Chuan Ho

Job Titles:
  • Adviser
Research interests: Flexible and stretchable electronics Hobbies: Basketball, Traveling

Prof. Larry R. Dalton

Job Titles:
  • Advisor

Prof. Lydia H. Wong

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Prof. Lynden A. Archer

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
Research Interests: Stretchable and flexible materials, Self-healable polymer coatings Hobbies: hiking, fitness, cooking, meditation, dancing

Prof. Markus Niederberger

Job Titles:
  • Advisor

Prof. Maryam Tabrizian

Job Titles:
  • Adviser

Prof. Masahiro Miyauchi

Job Titles:
  • Advisor

Prof. Michael Petty

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
Research Interests: Flat Panel Displays, Organic Thin Film Transistor, Flexible & Stretchable Electronics

Prof. Ming Liu

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
Research Interests: Stretchable devices and circuits, Wearable electronics Hobbies: Reading, Hiking, Cooking, Yoga

Prof. Mitsuru Ueda

Job Titles:
  • Advisor

Prof. Muhammad Mustafa Hussain

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
Research Interests: Developing flexible and stretchable Internet of Things (IoT) wearables using a CMOS compatible, affordable and scalable manufacturing approach.

Prof. Nathan S. Lewis

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
Research Interests: Polymer Electrolytes for Li Batteries Hobbies: Photography, Traveling, Cooking

Prof. Nikolaos Stergiopulos

Job Titles:
  • Adviser
Research Interests: Wearable & implantable health sensors, Non-invasive hemodynamic monitoring, Pulse wave analysis, Image-based computational fluid dynamics

Prof. Oliver Brand

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
Research Interests: Soft electronic materials, device fabrication and characterization, and integrated system for physical, chemical, and biological applications Hobbies: Travelling, Gardening

Prof. Peidong Yang

Job Titles:
  • Adviser

Prof. Renqiang Yang

Job Titles:
  • Adviser
Research Interests: Conjugated polymers and mall molecules for organic electronics

Prof. Richard Kaner

Job Titles:
  • Adviser
Research Interests: Synthesis and application of stretchable conjugated polymers

Prof. Sei Kwang Hahn

Job Titles:
  • Adviser
Research interests: wearable device, photonic theragostic device, smart contact lens, soft electronics.

Prof. Seunghyup Yoo

Job Titles:
  • Adviser

Prof. Shinhoo Kang

Job Titles:
  • Advisor

Prof. Soo Young Park

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
Research Interests: Organic functional Materials & Devcies, Flexible & Stretchable electronics

Prof. Soojin Park

Job Titles:
  • Advisor

Prof. Stéphanie Lacour

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Adviser
Research interests: Bioelectronics, neuroscience, electronics, microfabrication Hobbies: Music, cooking, swimming and skiing

Prof. Sunao Yamada

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
Research Interest: Design ideal electrode interface for next-generation batteries

Prof. Suning Wang

Job Titles:
  • Adviser
Research Interests: Design and synthesis of stretchable, self-healing polymers for flexible electronics

Prof. Tae-Woo Lee

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Adviser
Research interests: Neuro-inspired electronics, Biodegradable electronics, Neural Prosthetics Hobbies: Movies, Skiing, Traveling

Prof. Taeyoon Lee

Job Titles:
  • Advisor

Prof. Takehiko Mori

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
Research Interests: Development of new organic semiconductors and molecular conductors for organic devices Hobbies: Football, skiing (First-class ski license from SAJ), and baseball watching (favorite team: Chunichi Dragons)

Prof. Takeshi Wada

Job Titles:
  • Advisor

Prof. Takuzo Aida

Job Titles:
  • Advisor

Prof. Ted Sargent

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Adviser
Research interests: Emergent semiconductors, Stretchable conductors, Soft electronics, Microfabrication, Energy conversion, Tandem solar cell Hobbies: Music, Traveling, Basketball, and Shopping Research Interests: Flexible and stretchable electronics Hobbies: Tennis, swimming, jogging

Prof. Thomas P. Russell

Job Titles:
  • Adviser
Research Interests: Morphology investigation of solution processed organic semiconductors by real time X-ray characterizations

Prof. Timothy M. Swager

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
Research Interests: Novel polymer chemistries; recyclable, stretchable, conductive, porous polymers Hobbies: Traveling, reading, running, weightlifting

Prof. Tomoya Higashihara

Job Titles:
  • Advisor

Prof. Toshio Masuda

Job Titles:
  • Advisor

Prof. Valeria Russo

Job Titles:
  • Supervisor

Prof. Vasiliki Tileli

Job Titles:
  • Advisor for the Master Thesis

Prof. Wei You

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
Research Interests: Synthesis, Organic Electronics, Polymers, Electrochromic Devices, Solar Cells Hobbies: Outreach, video games, golfing, fishing, driving, baseball

Prof. Wen-Chang Chen

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Adviser
Research interests: Polymeric materials for flexible and stretchable electronics Hobbies: Basketball, Traveling, Singing Research interests: Stretchable semiconducting polymers for electronic device applications Hobbies: Basketball, Baseball, traveling Research Interests: stretchable and shearing-printed OFET Hobbies: Basketball, Baseball Research Interests: Donor-acceptor conjugated organic materials for field-effect transistor, photovoltaic device and memory. Hobbies: Baseball, jogging, photography and traveling.

Prof. Wenping Hu

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
Research Interests: Supramolecular self-assembly for stretchable and flexible electronics Hobbies: Badminton, Basketball, Singing

Prof. Wolfgang H. Binder

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
Research Interests: supramolecular polymers with various architectures, self-healing materials and nanocomposites Hobbies: Swimming, bicycling, cooking, reading

Prof. Xiaodan Gu

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Adviser
Research interests: Conjugated polymer structure-property relationships, stretchable electronics, X-ray scattering Hobbies: Hiking, traveling, cooking Research Interests: Morphological characterizations of solution printed organic semiconductors, Flexible and stretchable electronics. Hobbies: hiking, travelling, food

Prof. Yi Cui

Job Titles:
  • Adviser

Prof. Young-Ho Cho

Job Titles:
  • Advisor

Prof. Yue Zhang

Job Titles:
  • Supervisor
Research Interests: Low-dimensional nanomaterials for energy conversion Hobbies: Movie, Travelling, Bicycling

Prof. Yunfeng Lu

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
Research Interests: High-Performance Energy Storage Devices with Novel Structures and Functions.

Prof. Yury Gogotsi

Job Titles:
  • Adviser
Research interests: New nanomaterials and electrochemical system design for energy storage applications

Prof. Yves Geerts

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
Research Interests: Organic single crystal field-effect transistors

Prof. Yves Leterrier

Job Titles:
  • Advisor

Prof. Zhigang Suo

Job Titles:
  • Adviser
Research Interests: Mechanics of soft materials Hobbies: music, running

Prof. Zhong Lin Wang

Job Titles:
  • Adviser
Research interests: Stretchable electronics and systems Hobbies: Singing, traveling, sports