

Quansan Yang
2021 - Present
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Postdoctoral fellow in Mechanical Engineering & McGovern Institute for Brain Research
Advisor: Prof. Edward S. Boyden & Prof. Peter T.C. So
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2016 - 2021
Northwestern University
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Prof. John A. Rogers
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2012 - 2016
Tsinghua University
B.En. in Engineering Mechanics, School of Aerospace
Tsien Excellence in Engineering Program


Bringing harmony to the entire journey of devices,
from creation, usage to disposal.
[1] Sustainable and scalable advanced manufacturing
[2] High performance with minimum energy consumption
[3] Bioresorbability and ecoresorbability
Research
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Publications
[1] Yang, Q.†, Hu, Z.†, Seo, M.H., Liu, T.L., Xu, Y., Wu, Y., Kozoroviskiy, M., Wang, H., Huang, Y., Rogers, J.A. High-speed, scanned laser structuring of multi-layered eco/bioresorbable materials for advanced electronic systems. Nature Communications, 13, 2022.
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[2] Yang, Q., Liu, T.L., Xue, Y., Wang, H., Emon, B., Rountree, C., Xu, Y., Wei, T., Wu, M., … & Huang, Y., Saif, M.T., Chang, J.K., Rogers, J.A. Ecoresorbable and bioresorbable microelectromechanical systems. Nature Electronics, 5, 2022.
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[3] Reeder, J.T.†, Xie, Z.†, Yang, Q.†, Seo, M.H.†, Jinkins, K., Krishnan, S., McKay, S., Patnaude, E., … & MacEwan, M., Huang, Y., Ray, W.Z., Rogers, J.A. Soft, bioresorbable coolers for reversible conduction block of peripheral nerves. Science, 337(6601), 2022.
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[4]Yang, Q.†, Wei, T.†, Yin, R.T. †, Wu, M. †, Xu, Y. †, Koo, J., Choi, Y.S., Xie, Z., Chen, S.W., … & Huang, Y., Kozoroviskiy, Y., Efimov, I.R., Rogers, J.A. Photocurable bioresorbable adhesives as functional interfaces between flexible bioelectronic devices and soft biological tissues. Nature Materials, 20, 2021.
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[5] Yang, Q.†, Hu, Z.†, Rogers, J.A. Functional hydrogel interface materials for advanced bioelectronic devices. Accounts of Materials Research, 2(11), 2021.
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[6] Yang, Q.†, Lee, S.†, Xue, Y.†, Yan, Y., Liu, T.L., Kang, S.K., Lee, Y.J., Lee, … & Ray, W.Z., Huang, Y., Rogers, J.A. Materials, mechanics designs, and bioresorbable multisensor platforms for pressure monitoring in the intracranial space. Advanced Functional Materials, 30(17), 2020.
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[7] Choi, Y.S.†, Hsueh, Y.Y.†, Koo, J.†, Yang, Q.†, Avila, R., Hu, B., Xie, Z., Lee, G., Ning, Z., Liu, C., … & Franz, C.K., Li, S., Rogers, J.A. Stretchable, dynamic covalent polymers for soft, long-lived bioresorbable electronic stimulators designed to facilitate neuromuscular regeneration. Nature Communications, 11(1), 2020.
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[8] Yang, Q.*, Gao, Y., He, F. and Hao, P. Patterning in colloidal droplets by forced airflow. Journal of Applied Physics, 129(2), 2021.
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[9] Yang, Q., Lv, C., Hao, P., He, F., Ouyang, Y. and Niu, F. Air bubble-triggered suppression of the coffee-ring effect. Colloid and Interface Science Communications, 37, 2020.