Donglei Fan

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Donglei Emma Fan
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Johns Hopkins University, Nanjing University
AwardsNational Science Foundation CAREER Award, NSF Mid-Career Advancement Award
Scientific career
Fields Nanomotors, nanorobotics, biosensing, biomolecule release, assembly, nanomanufacturing, and nanoporous materials
Institutions The University of Texas at Austin
Doctoral advisor Chia-Ling Chien and Robert C. Cammarata
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Donglei "Emma" Fan is a professor of Mechanical Engineering of the Cockrell School of Engineering, an affiliated professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering, and a faculty member of the Materials Science and Engineering Program, and the Texas Materials Institute at The University of Texas at Austin. She works in its Nanomaterials Innovation Lab. [1]

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Early life and education

Fan attended Nanjing University (NJU) as part of an honor program for gifted youth, the Department of Intensive Instruction, as an early admitted student, waived the National College Entrance Exam and awarded the Freshman Merit Scholarship. [2]

She then attended Johns Hopkins University (JHU), from which she received two master's degrees, in materials science and engineering and in electrical engineering. She went on to receive her Doctor of Philosophy degree in materials science and engineering from JHU in 2007 and was a postdoctoral fellow at JHU from 2007 to 2009. [2]

Career

She is an inventor of the patented “3D Electrokinetic Tweezers” which is used to manipulate nanoscale materials. [3] She is an inventor of nine granted patents, multiple licensed/optionally licensed to companies, and 7 pending patents and disclosures.[ citation needed ]

References

  1. ↑ "Materials Innovation Lab – Prof. Donglei Emma Fan at UT Austin". University of Texas at Austin. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Dr. Donglei Fan: High Performance Nanomotors". Texas Materials Institute. September 3, 2015. Archived from the original on January 11, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  3. ↑ Huaizhi Li, Daniel Teal, Zexi Liang, Hyunah Kwon, David Huo, Alison Jin, Peer Fischer, and Donglei (Emma) Fan*, “Precise Electrokinetic Position and 3D Orientation Control of a Nanowire Bioprobe in Solution,” Nature Nanotechnology, doi: 10.1038/s41565-023-01439-7 (2023)
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