Education:

Ph.D, Materials Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA

B.E, Materials Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China

Research Interests:

High-throughput screening, tissue regeneration, point-of-care testing, biosensors for food and drug safety

Selected Publications:

Peer-reviewed Journal Paper

1. Jing Dai†, Han Zhang†, Can Huang, Zheyuan Chen, Arum Han, A Gel-Based Separation-Free Point-of-Care Device for Whole Blood Glucose Detection, Analytical Chemistry, 92, 16122-16129, (2020) (^†Equal authorship) [link] (IF:6.785) (This work was selected as cover article)

2. Han Zhang, Yongjian Yang, Jing Dai*, Arum Han*, Fabrication methods for a gel-based separation free device for whole blood glucose detection. MethodsX, 8, 101236, (2021) (*Corresponding author)

3. Han Zhang, Adrian Guzman, Jose Wippold, Yuwen Li, Jing Dai, Can Huang, Arum Han, An Ultra High-Efficiency Droplet Microfluidics Platform Using Automatically Synchronized Droplet Pairing and Merging, Lab on a Chip, 20, 3948-3959 (2020) [link] (IF:6.914)

4. Shangjing Xin†, Jing Dai†, Carl A. Gregory, Arum Han, and Daniel L. Alge, Creating Physicochemical Gradients in Modular Microporous Annealed Particle Hydrogels via a Microfluidic Method, Advanced Functional Materials, 30 (6), 1907102 (2020) (^†Equal authorship) [link] (IF:16.836)

5. Way Lee Cheng, Reza Sadr, Jing Dai, Arum Han, Prediction of Microdroplet Breakup Regime in Asymmetric T-Junction Microchannels, Biomedical Microdevices, 20, 72 (2018) [link] (IF:2.176)

6. Jing Dai, Hyunsoo Kim, Adrian R. Guzman, Won-Bo Shim, Arum Han, A large-scale on-chip droplet incubation chamber enables equal microbial culture time, RSC Advances, 6, 20516-20519, (2016) [link] (IF:3.07)

7. Jing Dai, Sang-Jin Suh, Morgan Hamon, Jong Wook Hong, Determination of antibiotic EC₅₀ using a zero-flow microfluidic chip based growth phenotype assay, Biotechnology Journal, 10, 1783-1791, (2015) [link] (IF:3.91)

8. Jing Dai^†, Xiaoyun Yang^†, Morgan Hamon, Lingzhao Kong. Particle size controlled synthesis of CdS nanoparticles on a microfluidic chip. Chemical Engineering Journal, 280, 385-390, (2015) (^†Equal authorship) [link] (IF:10.652)

9. Duckjong Kim, Woon Seob Lee, Soojeong Shin, Hoon Suk Rho, Jing Dai, Jae Young Yun, Jong Wook Hong, Quantitative analysis of pneumatically driven biomimetic micro peristalsis. Science of Advanced Materials, 6, 2428-2434 (2014) (IF:3.585)

10. Jing Dai^†, Sung Ho Yoon^†, Hye Young Sim, Yoon Sun Yang, Tae Kwang Oh, Jihyun F. Kim and Jong Wook Hong, Charting microbial phenotypes in multiplex nanoliter batch bioreactors, Analytical Chemistry, 85, 5892-5899 (2013) (^†Equal authorship) [link] (IF:6.785)

11. Resham Thapa, Siddharth Alur, Kyusang Kim, Fei Tong, Yogesh Sharma, Moonil Kim, Claude Ahyi, Jing Dai, Jong Wook Hong, Michael Bozack, John Williams, Ahjeong Son, Amir Dabiran, and Minseo Park, Biofunctionalized AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistor for DNA hybridization detection, Applied Physics Letters, 100, 232109 (2012) (IF:3.597)

Invited Review

1. Jing Dai*, Morgan Hamon*, Sachin Jambovane, Microfluidics for antibiotic susceptibility and toxicity testing, Bioengineering, 3, 25, (2016) [link] (*Corresponding author)

Conference Presentations and Proceedings

1. Nebras Sobahi, Jing Dai, Won-Bo Shim, Arum Han, Discrimination of droplets containing single cultured filamentous fungal cell using impedance spectroscopy, MicroTAS Annual Meeting, Dublin, Ireland, October, 2016.

2. Shin Horikawa, Yating Chai, Howard C. Wikle, Jing Dai, Jiajia Hu, Sang-Jin Suh, Vitaly Vodyanoy, Bryan A. Chin, Nature-inspired magnetoelastic biosentinels for the detection of pathogenic bacteria in stagnant liquids, Proceeding SPIE 9488, Sensing for Agriculture and Food Quality and Safety VII, 94880C (May 13, 2015)

3. Jing Dai, Xiaoyun Yang, Lingzhao Kong, Study of Precursor Concentration Effect on CdS Nanoparticle Size on A Chip, MicroTAS Annual Meeting, San Antonio, USA, October, 2014.

4. Jing Dai, Morgan Hamon, Jacek Wower, Jong Wook Hong, Rapid Characterization of a Novel Aptamer-based Biosensor on a Chip, 247th Annual American Chemical Society National Meeting, Dallas, TX, USA, March, 2014. (Oral presentation)

5. Jing Dai, Sang-Jin Suh, Morgan Hamon, Jong Wook Hong, Determination of EC₅₀ of antibiotics over a wide range of concentration gradient on a chip, 99th Annual Southeastern Branch ASM Conference, Auburn, USA, November, 2013. (Oral presentation)

6. Jing Dai, Morgan Hamon, Jong Wook Hong, Jacek Wower, Microfluidic Sensor for Rapid Detection of RNases and Metal Ions, 99th Annual Southeastern Branch ASM Conference, Auburn, USA, November, 2013.

7. Jacek Wower, Morgan Hamon, Jing Dai, Jong Wook Hong, Aptamer-Based Microfluidic Biosensor for Rapid Detection of RNA Degrading Agents in Challenging Environments, 224th ECS Meeting, San Francisco, USA, October, 2013.

8. Morgan Hamon, Jing Dai, Jacek Wower, Jong Wook Hong, Characterization of Aptamer-based Biosensor on A Chip with Single Experiments, MicroTAS Annual Meeting, Freiburg, Germany, October, 2013.

9. Jing Dai, Sung Ho Yoon, Hye Young Sim, Tae Kwang, Oh, Jihyun F. Kim and Jong Wook Hong, Batch Cultivation of Bacterial Cells in Nanoliter Reactor Array, MicroTAS Annual Meeting, Seattle, USA, October, 2011.

10. Jing Dai and Jong Wook Hong, Systematic Assessment of Inhibition Effect of Antibiotics in Nanoliter Reactors, Society for Experimental Mechanics Annual Conference, Mohegan Sun, USA, June, 2011. (Oral presentation)

11. Morgan Hamon, Kirn Cramer, Sachin Jambovane, Jing Dai, Ali Khademhosseini, and Jong Wook Hong, Wide Range Logarithmic Gradient Formation for Cell Response, ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference, Farmington, PA, USA, June 2011.

12. Jing Dai, Hye Young Sim, Yoon Sung Yang, Jae Young Yun, Morgan Hamon, J.F. Kim and Jong Wook Hong, Charting Bacterial Phenotypes with Nanoliter Reactors, 96th Annual Southeastern Branch ASM Conference, Montgomery, USA, November, 2010. (Oral presentation)

13. Jing Dai, Jae Young Yun and Jong Wook Hong, Gene Regulatory Study on a chip: Pseudomonas Aeruginosa as a Model System, Materials Research Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, USA, April, 2010. (Oral presentation)

Book Chapter

1. Morgan Hamon, Jing Dai, Sachin Jambovane, Jong Wook Hong, Microfluidic Systems for marine biotechnology in Springer Handbook of Marine Biotechnology edited by Se-Kwon Kim, Springer Press, ISBN 9783642539701, 2015. [link]

Professional Services:

• Reviewer of Small, Analytical Chemistry, Lab on a Chip, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, Nanotechnology, RSC Advances, Biochip, Chemical Engineering Journal, AIP Advances, Biofabrication, Sensors, Biosensors, Biomedical Microdevices, JoVE

Awards and Honors:

• Outstanding reviewer for Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 2017