Tony Huang

Molecular Mechanics Lab Member.

Photograph of Tony Huang

Vita

I have decided to accept the James Henderson Assistant Professor position in the Engineering Science and Mechanics Department at Pennsylvania State University. I will move to Penn State on August 2005 and my research interest will be in BioNEMS and Nanomaterials. I plan to hire one postdoctor and two RAs this fall. If you are interested, please contact me at junhuang@ucla.edu.

Current Research

  • Invented an electrochemical method that is able to specifically detect single oligonucleotides
  • Developed a spectroscopic technique to monitor in situ molecular signature in molecular electronic/mechanical devices
  • Demonstrated for the first time that synthetic molecular motors maintain their switching properties while mounted on solid substrates
  • Developed a molecular muscle-based nanomechical device using hybrid top-down / bottom-up techniques

Patents

  • "Electrochemical Detection of Mismatch in Nucleic Acids(EDEMNA)" (U.S. Patent Filing, UC Case No. 2001-158-1)
  • "A method to monitor in situ molecular behavior for nanoelectronic devices" (in preparation)

Education

  • Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, major in Mechanical Engineering, 2004
  • M.S. Xi'an Jiaotong University, major in Mechanical Engineering, 1999
  • B.S. Xi'an Jiaotong University, major in Mechanical Engineering, 1996

Awards and Honors

  • 2005 – Outstanding Ph. D. Student Award – UCLA School of Engineering
  • 2003 - Phi Tau Phi Scholarship - Phi Tau Phi Society
  • 2001 - Saint Paul Foundation Scholarship - John H. Bent Memorial Fund
  • 1999 - Excellent Thesis Award - Xi'an Jiao Tong University
  • 1998 - Siemens Scholarship - Siemens Fund in China
  • 1995-1998 - Outstanding Student Award - Xi'an Jiao Tong University

Work Experience

Graduate Student Researcher, Prof. Chih-Ming Ho's group at UCLA, 1999-
Board of Directors, the University Cooperative Housing association, 2001-2002
Vice President, Graduate Student Association at Xi'an Jiao Tong University, 1997-1998
Research Assistant, Prof. Wenquan Tao's group at Xi'an Jiao Tong University, 1996-1999
Teaching Assistant, Xi'an Jiao Tong University, 1997-1998

Publications

Journal papers:

  1. Tony Jun Huang et al., A Nanomechanical Device Based on Linear Molecular Motors, Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 85, No. 22, pp.5391-5393, 2004. (featured as the cover image for the November 29th 2004 issue)
  2. Tony Jun Huang et al., Mechanical Shuttling of Linear Motor-Molecules in Condensed Phases on Solid Substrates, Nano Letters, Vol. 4, No. 11, pp. 2065-2071, 2004.
  3. Tony Jun Huang et al., An Electrochemical Detection Scheme for Identifications of Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Using Hairpin-forming Probes, Nucleic Acids Research, Vol. 30, No. 12, e55, pp. 1-6, 2002.
  4. Tony Jun Huang et al., Understanding and Harnessing Biomimetic Molecular Machines for NEMS Actuation Materials, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2005 (accepted).
  5. Yi Liu et al., Linear Artificial Molecular Muscles, Journal of American Chemical Society, Vol. 127, pp. 9745-9759, 2005.

Conference papers and presentations:

  1. Tony Jun Huang et al. , A Nano-Chemo-Mechanical Actuator Based on Artificial Molecular Machines, MEMS 2005 , Miami, FL, January 30-Febuary 3, 2005.
  2. Tony Jun Huang et al., A Method to Monitor In Situ Molecular Behavior in Nanoelectronics and NanoElectroMechanical Systems (NEMS), MEMS 2005, Miami, FL, January 30-Febuary 3, 2005 (submitted).
  3. Tony Jun Huang et al., Molecular Shuttle Switching in Closely Packed Langmuir Films, 11th Foresight Conference on Molecular Nanotechnology, San Francisco, CA, October 10-12, 2003.
  4. Tony Jun Huang et al., In situ Infrared Spectroscopic Studies of Molecular Behavior in Nanoelectronic Devices, IEEE-NANO2003, San Francisco, CA, August 12-14, 2003, pp. 698-701.
  5. Amar Flood et al., Molecular Spectroscopy for Nanoelectronics, AMN-1 An International Conference on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Wellington, New Zealand, February 9-14, 2003.
  6. Tony Jun Huang et al., An Electrochemical Method to Detect Single Basepair Mutation, California NanoSystem Institute Poster Day 2002, Los Angeles, CA, September 17, 2002.
  7. Branden Brough et al., Characterization of [2]Rotaxane-Based Langmuir-Blodgett Films, the First International Conference on Nanoscale/Molecular Mechanics (N/MM-I), Maui, HI, May 12-17, 2002.
  8. Tony Jun Huang et al., The Development of Electrochemical based Hairpin-forming Probes for Identifications of Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms, the First International Conference on Nanoscale/Molecular Mechanics (N/MM-I), Maui, HI, May 12-17, 2002.
  9. Tony Jun Huang et al., Rapid Bacterial Diagnosis: MEMS-Based DNA Detection, Pediatric Academic Societies' Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, May 4-7, 2002.
  10. Tony Jun Huang et al., Electrochemical Detection of Mismatch in Nucleic Acids (EDEMNA), the First Southern California Biomedical Engineering Symposium, Los Angeles, CA, January 18, 2002.
  11. Tzung Hsiai et al., MEMS DNA sensors to study differential levels of MCP-1 expression in response to pulsating flow, Experimental Biology 2001, Orlando, Florida, March, 2001.

Contact Info

Mailing Address:
UCLA/MAE
420 Westwood Plaza, Rm #15-155
Los Angeles, CA 90095

Phone: 310-825-9540
Fax: 310-825-1350
Email: junhuang@ucla.edu

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