题目Title:  “Research to Realization” - From molecular level interaction to real-time monitoring electronic systems

时间Date： 2023 年 8 月  10 日       Time：15:40 – 16:20

地点Venue： L  栋  305 室

内容摘要Abstract： 

Growing industrialization and urbanization has put human beings and other living organisms at risk against new threats due to the contamination of food, water and air. These Contaminants endanger all the living organisms in this world, especially for human beings’ genetic disorders. The WHO statistics show that more than 422 million people worldwide are suffering from contamination related illness. The growing prevalence of such disorders has been linked to exposure to chemicals in plastic, food and water. Although regulatory steps have been taken to minimize risk, cases of overexposure still occur. In this talk, I will present our real-time monitoring system for a rapid pre-screening test that could curtail cases of contamination. Over the years, we have developed an electronic sensor platform based on molecular level interaction between the target and analyte to detect various toxins. The advantage of our sensor platform is that it can be used for on-site detection; it is easy to operate and provides results on real-time basis. In addition, we have extended our sensor platform system for healthcare applications such as detection of cancer biomarkers and monitor pulse waveform in real-time. In this talk, I will present our recent accomplishments on intelligent sensing, neuromorphic devices, and next generation communication materials.

个人简介(About the speaker):

Roy Vellaisamy is a Professor of Intelligent Systems and leader of Molecular Electronics (MOLEC) group and Co-Director of Communication Sensing and Imaging (CSI) group which hosts more than 20 academics and 15 post-doctoral researchers at the University of Glasgow. Prior to Glasgow, he held faculty positions at City University of Hong Kong for 11 years (2008 to 2019; Assistant & Associate Professor) and The University of Hong Kong (2004 to 2008; Research Assistant Professor). He holds adjunct positions at UESTC, Chengdu & SZAR (ShenZhen Academy of Robotics), China. He works on multidisciplinary research blending device physics with materials chemistry and electronic engineering with particular focuses on Intelligent devices and systems for sensing application, wearable thermoelectrics, THz materials and neuromorphic devices. He has published over 200 journal articles with h-index 52 (google scholar) and has 21 US/International/Chinese patents. In 2019, he received gold medal for his “Sensor Platform” at the 47th International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva. He is also recipient of TRIL-Research Fellow (2003-04) awarded by The International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP, UNESCO institution), Trieste, Italy, Excellent Product Award (2011, 12, 13 & 18) at China Hi-Tech Fair awarded by the PRC's Ministry of Commerce and secured “1000 talent plan” of Zhejiang province (2017). Together with his graduate students, Roy as a founding member, established 3 spin-off companies in HK and Scotland for the development of point of care diagnostic tools. Roy works closely with industries in Greater Bay Region for the development of sensor technologies.