Quansan Yang

Biography

Dr. Quansan Yang is currently an Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Washington. His research focuses on the intersection of molecules, materials, and devices. He obtained his B.Eng degree from Tsinghua University in 2016. Then he received his Ph.D. from Northwestern University in 2021, where he worked with Prof. John A. Rogers. During 2021-2024, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, working in the labs of Profs. Edward S. Boyden and Peter T.C. So.

Education

• Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, 2021
• Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, 2016

Previous appointments

• Postdoctoral Researcher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2021-2024

Research Statement

Good scientific questions have always been obvious. We are developing new molecules, materials, and devices with ground-truth knowledge, and then integrating them to answer these questions in biology and beyond. We are also educating and mentoring students to become the next-generation leaders in their own fields.

Select publications

1. H. Kariyawasam, R. Hettiarachchi, Q. Yang, A. Matlock, T. Nambara, H. Kusaka, Y. Kunai, P. T. So, E. S. Boyden, D. Wadduwage, QuATON: Quantization aware training of optical neurons, Research Square, 2024.
2. Q. Yang*, Z. Hu*, M.-H. Seo, Y. Xu, Y. Yan, Y.-H. Hsu, J. Berkovich, K. Lee, T.-L. Liu, S. McDonald, H. Nie, H. Oh, M. Wu, J.-T. Kim, S. A. Miller, Y. Jia, S. Butun, W. Bai, H. Guo, J. Choi, A. Banks, W. Z. Ray, Y. Kozorovitskiy, M. L. Becker, M. A. Pet, M. R. MacEwan, J.-K. Chang, H. Wang, Y. Huang, J. A. Rogers, High-speed, scanned laser structuring of multi-layered eco/bioresorbable materials for advanced electronic systems, Nature Communications, 2022.
3. Q. Yang, T.-L. Liu, Y. Xue, H. Wang, Y. Xu, B. Emon, M. Wu, C. Rountree, T. Wei, I. Kandela, C. R. Haney, A. Brikha, I. Stepien, J. Hornick, R. A. Sponenburg, C. Cheng, L. Ladehoff, Y. Chen, Z. Hu, C. Wu, M. Han, J. M. Torkelson, Y. Kozorovitskiy, M. T. A. Saif, Y. Huang, J.-K. Chang, J. A. Rogers, Ecoresorbable and bioresorbable microelectromechanical systems, Nature Electronics, 2022.
4. J. T. Reeder*, Z. Xie*, Q. Yang*, M.-H. Seo*, Y. Yan, Y. Deng, K. R. Jinkins, S. R. Krishnan, C. Liu, S. McKay, E. Patnaude, A. Johnson, Z. Zhao, M. J. Kim, Y. Xu, I. Huang, R. Avila, C. Felicelli, E. Ray, X. Guo, W. Z. Ray, Y. Huang, M. R. MacEwan, J. A. Rogers, Soft, bioresorbable coolers for reversible conduction block of peripheral nerves, Science, 2022.
5. Q. Yang*, T. Wei*, R. T. Yin*, M. Wu*, Y. Xu*, J. Koo, Y. S. Choi, Z. Xie, S. W. Chen, I. Kandela, S. Yao, Y. Deng, R. Avila, T.-L. Liu, W. Bai, Y. Yang, M. Han, Q. Zhang, C. R. Haney, K. B. Lee, K. Aras, T. Wang, M.-H. Seo, H. Luan, S. M. Lee, A. Brikha, N. Ghoreishi-Haack, L. Tran, I. Stepien, F. Aird, E. A. Waters, X. Yu, A. Banks, G. D. Trachiotis, J. M. Torkelson, Y. Huang, Y. Kozorovitskiy, I. R. Efimov, J. A. Rogers, Photocurable bioresorbable adhesives as functional interfaces between flexible bioelectronic devices and soft biological tissues, Nature Materials, 2021.
6. Q. Yang*, Z. Hu*, J.A. Rogers, Functional hydrogel interface materials for advanced bioelectronic devices, Accounts of Materials Research, 2021.
7. Q. Yang, Y. Gao, F. He, P. Hao, Patterning in colloidal droplets by forced airflow, Journal of Applied Physics, 2021.
8. Y.S. Choi*, Y.Y. Hsueh*, J. Koo*, Q. Yang*, R. Avila, B. Hu, Z. Xie, G. Lee, Z. Ning, C. Liu, Y. Xu, Y.J. Lee, W. Zhao, J. Fang, Y. Deng, S.M. Lee, A. Vázquez-Guardado, I. Stepien, Y. Yan, J.W. Song, C. Haney, Y.S. Oh, W. Liu, H.J. Yoon, A. Banks, M.R. MacEwan, G.A. Ameer, W.Z. Ray, Y. Huang, T. Xie, C.K. Franz, S. Li, J.A. Rogers, Stretchable, dynamic covalent polymers for soft, long-lived bioresorbable electronic stimulators designed to facilitate neuromuscular regeneration, Nature Communications, 2020.
9. Q. Yang, C. Lv, P. Hao, F. He, Y. Ouyang, F. Niu, Air bubble-triggered suppression of the coffee-ring effect, Colloid and Interface Science Communications, 2020.
10. Q. Yang*, S. Lee*, Y. Xue*, Y. Yan, T.L. Liu, S.K. Kang, Y.J. Lee, S.H. Lee, M.H. Seo, D. Lu, J. Koo, M.R. MacEwan, R.T. Yin, W.Z. Ray, Y. Huang, J.A. Rogers, Materials, mechanics designs, and bioresorbable multisensor platforms for pressure monitoring in the intracranial space, Advanced Functional Materials, 2020.
11. J. Li, A.D. Celiz, J. Yang, Q. Yang, I. Wamala, W. Whyte, B.R. Seo, N.V. Vasilyev, J.J. Vlassak, Z. Suo, D.J. Mooney, Tough adhesives for diverse wet surfaces, Science, 2017.

Honors & awards

• Fierce Electronics 40 Under 40, 2025
• MIT Technology Review's Innovators Under 35, Global List, 2023
• Forbes 30 Under 30 in Science, North America, 2023