Hua-Zhong "Hogan" Yu (于化忠) is presently a professor of materials and analytical chemistry [1] at Simon Fraser University in metro Vancouver, Canada, where he leads a research laboratory working on Surfaces and Materials for Sensing.[2] He is also an associate editor for Analyst, the journal for Analytical and Bioanalytical Sciences from the Royal Society of Chemistry in UK, and an adjunct professor in the College of Biomedical Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology in Shanxi, China.

Hua-Zhong "Hogan" Yu
于化忠
Born
Shandong, China
Education
Scientific career
InstitutionsSimon Fraser University (Professor Department of Chemistry)

Education edit

Born and raised in countryside China, Yu obtained his B.Sc. (Chemistry) from Shandong University in 1991 at an age of 20. He then received his joint M.Sc. from Shandong University and Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (Chemical Physics) in 1994, and his Ph.D. from Peking University (Materials Chemistry, with Prof. Zhong-Fan Liu) in 1997.[1] He did his postdoctoral research with Nobel Laureate Ahmed Zewail and electrochemist Fred Anson[3] at the California Institute of Technology from 1997 to 1999.

Career edit

After short stays at NRC and Acadia University, Yu was appointed to the Department of Chemistry at Simon Fraser University in 2001 as an assistant professor and promoted to a tenured full professor in 2009. He is now a principal investigator of the CFI-funded Centre for Nanomaterials and Microstructures (4D LABS) and an associate member of the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, both at SFU. Yu has been perusing his cutting-edge research on solving fundamental problems that have direct impact on applied analytical science and technology. His innovation of adapting mobile electronics (office scanners, disc players, and now smartphones) for portable molecular analysis and his contribution to the de novo construction of ultrasensitive electronic biosensors for disease markers, lead to the possibility of performing many quantitative chemical analysis on-site and biomedical diagnostic tests at point-of-care settings. He has published more than 160 peer-reviewed articles and holds/filed 14 national/international patents.

Awards and honors edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Hogan Yu, Professor". Department of Chemistry. Simon Fraser University. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Yu Lab". Simon Fraser University. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Fred C. Anson, Professor". Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  4. ^ "NSERC". Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Fred Beamish Award". Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  6. ^ "JSPS Invitation Fellow". Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  7. ^ "W. Lash Miller Award". Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Tajima Prize". Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  9. ^ "W.A.E. McBryde Medal". Retrieved 4 August 2022.