
Jun Chen
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
BIOENGINEERING
4121H Engineering V
Email: jun.chen@ucla.eduPhone: (310) 794-5550
Fax: (310) 794-5956
Websites
Dr. Jun Chen is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Bioengineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering. His research focuses on nanotechnology and bioelectronics for energy, sensing, and therapeutic applications in the form of smart textiles, wearables, and body-area networks.
He has published two books, two book chapters, and 260 journal articles, with 160 of them being the corresponding authors in Chemical Reviews(2), Chemical Society Reviews(2), Nature Materials(1), Nature Electronics(4), Nature Communications(4), Science Advances, Joule(3), Matter(10), Advanced Materials(12) and many others. His works have been highlighted by Nature and Science 7 times and covered by global mainstream media more than 1,200 times, including CNN, ABC, NBC, NPR, Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, and Scientific American. He has filed 14 U.S. patents, including one licensed. With a current h-index of 98, Dr. Chen has been selected as one of the world’s most influential researchers in the field of materials science by the Web of Science.
Among his many accolades are the V. M. Watanabe Excellence in Research Award, UCLA Society of Hellman Fellows Award, BBRF Young Investigator Award, Fellow of the International Association of Advanced Materials, ACS PMSE Young Investigator Award, Okawa Foundation Research Award, Chem. Soc. Rev. Emerging Investigator Award, Advanced Materials Rising Star, ACS Nano Rising Stars Lectureship Award, Nano ResearchYoung Innovator Award, IAAM Scientist Medal, 2020, Altmetric Top 100, Top 10 Science Stories of 2020 by Ontario Science Centre, Highly Cited Researchers 2022/2021/2020/2019 in Web of Science, Frontiers in Chemistry Rising Stars, JMCA Emerging Investigator Award, Nanoscale Emerging Investigator Award, and many others.
Beyond research, he is associate editors of Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Med-X, VIEW Medicine, and Textiles. He also serves as an Advisory/ Editorial Board Member of Matter, The Innovation, Nano-Micro Letters, Materials Today Energy, Nano Trends,Cell Reports Physical Science, and Biomedical Technology. For Chen Group position application please go to junchenlab@gmail.com.
He has published two books, two book chapters, and 260 journal articles, with 160 of them being the corresponding authors in Chemical Reviews(2), Chemical Society Reviews(2), Nature Materials(1), Nature Electronics(4), Nature Communications(4), Science Advances, Joule(3), Matter(10), Advanced Materials(12) and many others. His works have been highlighted by Nature and Science 7 times and covered by global mainstream media more than 1,200 times, including CNN, ABC, NBC, NPR, Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, and Scientific American. He has filed 14 U.S. patents, including one licensed. With a current h-index of 98, Dr. Chen has been selected as one of the world’s most influential researchers in the field of materials science by the Web of Science.
Among his many accolades are the V. M. Watanabe Excellence in Research Award, UCLA Society of Hellman Fellows Award, BBRF Young Investigator Award, Fellow of the International Association of Advanced Materials, ACS PMSE Young Investigator Award, Okawa Foundation Research Award, Chem. Soc. Rev. Emerging Investigator Award, Advanced Materials Rising Star, ACS Nano Rising Stars Lectureship Award, Nano ResearchYoung Innovator Award, IAAM Scientist Medal, 2020, Altmetric Top 100, Top 10 Science Stories of 2020 by Ontario Science Centre, Highly Cited Researchers 2022/2021/2020/2019 in Web of Science, Frontiers in Chemistry Rising Stars, JMCA Emerging Investigator Award, Nanoscale Emerging Investigator Award, and many others.
Beyond research, he is associate editors of Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Med-X, VIEW Medicine, and Textiles. He also serves as an Advisory/ Editorial Board Member of Matter, The Innovation, Nano-Micro Letters, Materials Today Energy, Nano Trends,Cell Reports Physical Science, and Biomedical Technology. For Chen Group position application please go to junchenlab@gmail.com.
RESEARCH AND INTERESTS
Nanotechnology and bioelectronics for energy, sensing, and therapeutic applications in the form of smart textiles, wearables, and body area networks.
NOTABLE PUBLICATIONS
Selected Publications at UCLA
- [Invited Review] A. Libanori, G. Chen, X. Zhao, Y. Zhou, J. Chen*. Smart Textiles for Personalized Healthcare. Nature Electronics, 5, 142–156 (2022)
- [Invited Review] G. Chen, Y. Li, M. Bick, J. Chen*. Smart Textiles for Electricity Generation, Chemical Reviews, 120, 8, 3668-3720 (2020) [Front Main Cover] [Hot Paper in Web of Science]
- [Invited Review] G. Chen, X. Xiao, X. Zhao, T. Tat, M. Bick, J. Chen*. Electronic Textiles for Wearable Point-of-Care Systems, Chemical Reviews, 122, 3, 3259–3291 (2022) [Front Cover]
- [Invited Review] Y. Fang, G. Chen, M. Bick, J. Chen*. Smart Textiles for Personalized Thermoregulation, Chemical Society Reviews, 50, 9357-9374 (2021) [Invited Review for Chem. Soc. Rev. 2020 Emerging Investigators Award][Front Cover]
- [Invited Review] W. Deng, Y. Zhou, A. Libanori, G. Chen, W. Yang, J. Chen*. Piezoelectric Nanogenerators for Personalized Healthcare. Chemical Society Reviews, 51, 3380-3435(2022) [Front Cover]
- Z. Zhou, K. Chen, X. Li, S. Zhang, Y. Wu, Y. Zhou, K. Meng, C. Sun, Q. He, W. Fan, E. Fan, Z. Lin, X. Tan, W. Deng, J. Yang*, J. Chen*. Sign-to-Speech Translation Using Machine-Learning-Assisted Stretchable Sensor Arrays. Nature Electronics, 3, 571-578(2020) [Highlighted by Science] [Highlighted by Nature Electronics] [Preview by Prof. John A. Rogers] [covered by over 200 media worldwide]
- G. Chen, Y. Fang, X. Zhao, T. Tat, J. Chen*. Textiles for Learning Tactile Interactions, Nature Electronics, 4, 175 (2021)
- Y. Su, W. Li, X. Cheng, Y. Zhou, S. Yang, X. Zhang, C. Chen, T. Yang, H. Pan, G. Xie, G. Chen, X. Zhao, X. Xiao, B. Li, H. Tai, Y. Jiang, L.-Q. Chen, F. Li, J Chen*. High-Performance Piezoelectric Composites via β Phase Programming. Nature Communications, 13, 4867(2022)
- X. Xiao, X. Xiao, Y. Zhou, X. Zhao, G. Chen, Z. Liu, Z. Wang, C. Lu, M. Hu, A. Nashalian, S. Shen, K. Xie, W. Yang, Y. Gong, W. Ding, P. Servati, C. Han, S. X. Dou, W. Li, J. Chen*. An Ultrathin Rechargeable Solid-State Zinc Ion Fiber Battery for Electronic Textiles, Science Advances, 7, eabl3742 (2021) [Front Cover]
- Z. Yan, D. Xu, Z. Lin, P. Wang, B. Cao, H. Ren, F. Song, C. Wan, L. Wang, J. Zhou, X. Zhao, J. Chen, Y. Huang, X. Duan. Highly Stretchable van der Waals Thin Films for Adaptable and Breathable Bioelectronic Membranes. Science, 375, 852–859 (2022)
- K. Meng, S. Zhao, Y. Zhou, Y. Wu, S. Zhang, Q. He, X. Wang, Z. Zhou, W. Fan, X. Tan, J. Yang, J. Chen*. A Wireless Textile Based Sensor System for Self-Powered Personalized Health Care. Matter, 2, 896-907 (2020) [Featured Article]
- N. Zhang, F. Huang, S. Zhao, X. Lv, Y. Zhou, S. Xiang, S. Xu, Y. Li, G. Chen, C. Tao, Y. Nie, J. Chen*, and X. Fan*. Photo-Rechargeable Fabrics as Sustainable and Robust Power Sources for Wearable Bioelectronics. Matter, 2, 1260-1269 (2020) [Featured Article]
- S. Zhang, M. Bick, A. Nashalian, J. Chen*. Leveraging Triboelectric Nanogenerators for Bioengineering. Matter, 4, 845-887 (2021)
- X. Zhao, H. Askari, J. Chen*. Nanogenerators for Smart Cities in the Era of 5G and Internet of Things, Joule, 5, 1391-1431 (2021)
- Y. Zhou, X. Xiao, G. Chen, X. Zhao, J. Chen*. Self-Powered Sensing Technologies for Human Metaverse Interfacing. Joule, 6, 7, 1381-1389 (2022)
- Y. Fang, Y. Zou, J. Xu, G. Chen, Y. Zhou, W. Deng, X. Zhao, M. Roustaei, T. K. Hsiai, J. Chen*. Ambulatory Cardiovascular Monitoring via a Machine-Learning-Assisted Textile Triboelectric Sensor, Advanced Materials, 33, 2104178 (2021). [Front Cover][Invited Research Article for Advanced Materials Rising Star Award]
- K. Meng, X. Xiao, W. Wei, G. Chen, A. Nashalian, S. Shen, X. Xiao, J. Chen*. Wearable Pressure Sensors for Pulse Wave Monitoring. Advanced Materials, 34, 2109357 (2022).
- G. Conta, A. Libanori, T. Tat, G. Chen, J. Chen*. Triboelectric Nanogenerators for Therapeutic Electrical Stimulation. Advanced Materials, 33, 2007502 (2021) [Cover Image]
- Y. Su, G. Chen, C. Chen, Q. Gong, G. Xie, M. Yao, H. Tai, Y. Jiang, J. Chen*. Self-Powered Respiration Monitoring Enabled by a Triboelectric Nanogenerator, Advanced Materials, 33, 2101262 (2021) [Front Cover]
- Y. Fang, J. Xu, X. Xiao, Y. Zou, X. Zhao, Y. Zhou, J. Chen*. Deep Learning Assisted on-Mask Sensor Network for Adaptive Respiratory Monitoring. Advanced Materials, 34, 2200252 (2022)
- S. Pu, J. Fu, Y. Liao, L. Ge, Y. Zhou, S. Zhang, S. Zhao, X. Liu, X. Hu, K. Liu, J. Chen*. Promoting Energy Efficiency via a Self-adaptive Evaporative Cooling Hydrogel. Advanced Materials, 32, 1907307 (2020)
- T. Tat, G. Chen, X. Zhao, Y. Zhou, J. Xu, J. Chen*. Smart Textiles for Healthcare and Sustainability. ACS Nano. online. [Invited Perspective for ACS Nano Rising Star Lectureship Award]
- Y. Su, J. Wang, B. Wang, T. Yang, B. Yang, G. Xie, Y. Zhou, S. Zhang, H. Tai, Z. Cai, G. Chen, Y. Jiang, L.-Q. Chen, J. Chen*. Alveolus-Inspired Active Membrane Sensors for Self-Powered Wearable Chemical Sensing and Breath Analysis. ACS Nano, 14, 5, 6067–6075 (2020)
- L. Jin, X. Xiao, W. Deng, A. Nashalian, D. He, C. Yan, H. Su, X. Chu, V. Raveendran, T. Yang, G. Tian, W. Li, W. Yang*, J. Chen*. Manipulating Relative Permittivity for High-Performance Wearable Triboelectric Nanogenerators, Nano Letters, 20, 9, 6404–6411(2020) [Cover Image].
- C. Yan, Y. Gao, S. Zhao, S. Zhang, Y. Zhou, W. Deng, Z. Li, G. Jiang, L. Jin, G. Tian, T. Yang, X. Chu, D. Xiong, Z. Wang, Y. Li, W. Yang, J. Chen*. A Linear-to-Rotary Hybrid Nanogenerator for High-Performance Wearable Biomechanical Energy Harvesting. Nano Energy, 67, 104235, (2020)[Hot Paper in Web of Science]
- Z. Zhou, S. Padgett, Z. Cai, G. Conta, Y. Wu, Q. He, S. Zhang, C. Sun, J. Liu, E. Fan, K. Meng, Z. Lin, C. Uy, J. Yang, J. Chen*. Single-Layered Ultra-Soft Washable Smart Textiles for All-Around Ballistocardiograph, Respiration, and Posture Monitoring during Sleep. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 155,112064 (2020) [Hot Paper in Web of Science]
- T. Tat, A. Libanori, C. Au, A. Yau, J. Chen*. Advances in Triboelectric Nanogenerators for Biomedical Sensing, Biosensors and Bioelectronics,171, 112714 (2021).
IN THE NEWS
- Looking Backward, Moving Forward: Four Invited Works Celebrating Four Years of Matter | Matter, July 2023
- Challenges in Making Smart Clothing Accessible for Healthcare | Fiber Journal, 2/2023
- UCLA Engineer Receives Young Investigator Grant for Smart Textile Research on Sleep Disturbance, 12/2022
- Prof. Jun Chen Received the 2022 iCANX Young Scientist Award, 12/2022
- Nearly 40 UCLA scholars are among the most highly cited researchers in their fields, 11/2022
- A Self-Powered HMI That’s Also Waterproof | IEEE Spectrum, 08/2022
- Encrypted Human-Machine Interface Technology Reveals User Physiology | Communications of the ACM, 08/2022
- Human-machine Interfaces Work Underwater, Generate Their Own Power | Innovations Report, 08/2022
- Two UCLA Samueli School of Engineering Assistant Professors Receive Young Investigator Awards |UCLA News, 06/2022
- Smart Textiles for Wearable Healthcare and Sustainability Explained |UCLA News, 03/2022
- UCLA Bioengineers Develop New Class of Human-Powered Bioelectronics | Magnetics Magazine, 02/2022
- Materials Today Rising Star Award 2021| UCLA BioEngineering News, 01/2022
- 43 UCLA scholars among most highly cited researchers for 2021| UCLA News, 11/2021
- Magnetoelastic material sustainably powers health monitors using body movement | Physics World, 10/2021
- Developing Human-Powered Bioelectronics | AZO Materials, 10/2021
- Bioengineers develop a new class of human-powered bioelectronics| Electronic Products & Technology, 10/2021
- Bioelectronic patch harnesses magnetoelastic effect | Eureka! Magazine, 10/2021
- Bioengineers Develop New Class of Giant Magnetoelastic Effect Human-Powered Bioelectronics | SciTech Daily, 09/2021
- UCLA Bioengineers Develop New Class of Human-Powered Bioelectronics | Semiconductor Digest, 09/2021
- Bioengineers develop a new class of human-powered bioelectronics | Science Daily, 09/2021
- UCLA Bioengineers Develop New Class of Human-Powered Bioelectronics|UCLA News, 09/2021
- Three Assistant Professors Named 2021-22 UCLA Hellman Fellows | UCLA News, 08/2021
- Catch up with wearables expert Jun Chen | UCLA TDG Innovation Magazine, 07/2021
- Breakthroughs and Discoveries by UCLA Chancellor Gene Block | UCLA News, 03/2021
- Science stories of 2020 you won't want to miss! | Ontario Science Centre, 03/2021
- Nine UCLA Engineering Faculty Named Among World’s Most Influential Researchers| UCLA News, 11/2020
- 2019 Highly Cited Researchers Announced| UCLA News, 11/2019
- Bioengineering Student Receives National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship | UCLA News, 08/2020
- Amazing new glove can translate sign language into spoken words in real time | Yahoo, 08/2020
- Glove developed by UCLA researchers translates American Sign Language to speech | Daily Bruin, 08/2020
- These gloves let your ‘hear’ sign language | Fast Company, 07/2020
- High-tech glove to translate sign language into speech in real time | HappyMag.tv, 09/2020
- UCLA Scientist Develops Gloves That Translate Sign Language | NPR, 07/2020
- This new high-tech glove translates sign language into speech in real time | CNN, 06/2020
- This Glove Can Translate Sign Language into Speech in Real Time | NBC Colorado, 06/2020
- New glove translates American Sign Language into speech in real time | ABC Washington DC, 06/2020
- Sign language helps the hearing impaired communicate | KNX1070 News Radio, 06/2020
- New glove can translate sign language instantly through an app, researchers say | The Sacramento Bee, 07/2020
- Wearable-tech glove translates sign language into speech in real time | Science Daily, 06/2020
- UCLA Engineers Develop Fabric that Harvests AND Stores Energy | UCLA News, 03/2020
- Thermogalvanic hydrogel cools down electronic devices | Physics World, 06/2020
- A new way to cool down electronic devices, recover waste heat | Science Daily, 04/2020
- A new way to cool down electronic devices, recover waste heat | AAAS and EurekAlert!, 04/2020
- A new way to cool down electronic devices, recover waste heat | American Chemical Society, 04/2020
EDUCATION
- Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012-2016
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University, 2016-2019
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
- 2023
- V. M. Watanabe Excellence in Research Award (1 Faculty Each Year in UCLA Samueli School of Engineering)
- Chinese Association for Biomaterials Young Investigator Award
- Biosensors Best Paper Award
- Advanced Materials Technologies Rising Star
- Nano Research Young Innovator Award
- 2022
- Thrice Highlighted in the Promotional Video “UCLA Samueli 75 Years in the Making” 2022
- Distinguished Keynote Speakers of the 3rd KAIST Emerging Materials e-Symposium
- iCANX Young Scientist Award
- Highly Cited Researchers in the Web of Science (1 out of 39 UCLA Faculty Members)
- The World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University (Ranked 9234 Globally Across 22 Fields)
- Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Young Investigator Award
- Selected Participant of US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, National Academy of Engineering
- Fellow of the International Association of Advanced Materials
- Microsystems & Nanoengineering Young Scientist Award
- ACS PMSE Young Investigator Award
- 2021
- Materials Today Rising Star Award
- Advanced Materials Rising Star
- UCLA Society of Hellman Fellows Award
- Highly Cited Researchers in the Web of Science (1 out of 43 UCLA Faculty Members)
- Breakthroughs and Discoveries by UCLA Chancellor Gene Block
- Thought Leaders by AZo Materials
- Rising Leaders: Recognizing Talent Across The Life Sciences by In Vivo
- The World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University (Ranked 14638 Globally Across 22 Fields)
- Innovating Health Outstanding Young Speaker, NUS
- Vebleo Fellow
- IAAM Scientist Medal
- Interstellar Initiative by the New York Academy of Sciences
- Journal of Materials Chemistry A Emerging Investigators Award
- Chemical Communications Emerging Investigators Award
- ACS Applied Energy Materials Early Career Investigators Award
- Ranked the 2nd Most Influential Researcher Globally in Nanogenerator Field
- 2020
- Okawa Foundation Research Award (7 in the U.S.)
- Highly Cited Researchers in the Web of Science (1 out of 9 UCLA Engineering Faculty Members)
- ACS Nano Rising Stars Lectureship Award
- Chemical Society Review Emerging Investigators Award
- Top 10 Science Stories of 2020 by Ontario Science Centre
- Altmetric Top 100 (out of 3.4 million works in 2020)
- The World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University(Ranked 20514 Globally Across 22 Fields)
- Nanoscale Emerging Investigators Award
- Frontiers in Chemistry, Rising Stars
- Microsystems & Nanoengineering Outstanding Speakers Award
- 2019
- Highly Cited Researchers in Web of Science
COURSES
- BE 266: Wearable Bioelectronics [Spring 2022][Spring 2021] [Fall 2020] [Winter 2020]
- BE 132: Nanogenerators for Bioengineering [Fall 2022] [Winter 2022][Winter 2021] [Spring 2020]
- BE 167L: Bioengineering Laboratory [Winter 2023][Fall 2021]
- BE 299: Bioengineering Seminars [Spring 2022] [Winter 2022] [Fall 2021]