Shichao Ding's Research
Recent publications
- Z. Li, Z. Guo, F. Zhang, L. Sun, H. Luan, Z. Fang, J. L. Dedrick, Y. Zhang, C. Tang, A. Zhu, Y. Yu, S. Ding, D. Wang, A.-Y. Chang, L. Yin, L. M. Russel, W. Gao, R. H. Fang, L. Zhang,* J. Wang.* Inhalable biohybrid microrobots: a non-invasive approach for lung treatment, Nature Communications, 2025, 16, 666 .
- S. Ding,¹ T. Saha,¹ L. Yin,¹ R. Liu, M. I. Khan, A.-Y. Chang, H. Lee, H. Zhao, Y. Liu, A. S. Nazemi, J. Zhou, C. Chen, Z. Li, C. Zhang, S. Earney, S. Tang, O. Djassemi, X. Chen, M. Lin, S. S. Sandhu, J.-M. Moon, C. Moonla, P. Nandhakumar, Y. Park, K. Mahato, S. Xu, J. Wang*. A fingertip wearable microgrid system for autonomous energy management and metabolic monitoring. Nature Electronics, 2024, 7, 788–799.
- K. Mahato, T. Saha, S. Ding, S. S. Sandhu, A.-Y. Chang, J. Wang*. Hybrid multimodal bioelectronic wearable platforms for comprehensive wellness, health, and disease monitoring. Nature Electronics, 2024, 7, 735–750.
- S. Ding, J. A. Barr, Z. Lyu,* F. Zhang, M. Wang, P. Tieu, X. Li, M. H. Engelhard, Z. Feng, S. P. Beckman, X. Pan, J. C. Li, D. Du, Y. Lin.* Effect of Phosphorus Modulation in Iron Single-Atom Catalysts for Peroxidase Mimicking. Advanced Materials, 2024, 36, 2209633.
- J. X. An, Y. Meng, L. Fang, Z. Lyu, S. Tang, H. Shin, J. Lee, T. Li, C. Liu, S. Ding,* I. D. Kim,* J. C. Li.* Surface Engineering Strategy to Synthesize Bicomponent Carbons for Rechargeable Zinc-Air Batteries. Energy Storage Materials, 2024, 70, 103520.
- C. Chen,¹ S. Ding,¹ Joseph Wang*. Materials consideration for the design, fabrication and operation of microscale robots. Nature Review Materials, 2024, 9, 159-172.
- F. Zhang, Z. Guo, Z. Li, H. Luan, Y. Yu, A.T. Zhu, S. Ding, W. Gao, R. H. Fang, L. Zhang,* J. Wang.* Biohybrid microrobots locally and actively deliver drug-loaded nanoparticles to inhibit the progression of lung metastasis. Science Advances, 2024, 10 (24), eadn6157.
- Y. Cai, R. Yang, J. Fu, Z. Li, K. Li, Y.-C. Chang, S. Ding, Z. Lyu, J.-R. Zhang, W. Zhu, J.-J. Zhu, L. Xie, Y. Lin. Self-pressurizing nanocatalytic capsules for CO2 electroreduction to acetate or propanol. Nature Synthesis, 2024, 1-12.
- C. Chen,¹ S. Ding,¹ Joseph Wang*. Digital Health for Aging Populations. Nature Medicine, 2023, 29, 1623-1630.
- E. Vargas,¹ P. Nandhakumar,¹ S. Ding,¹ T. Saha,¹ J. Wang.* Insulin Detection: From Centralized Lab Assays to Self-Testing and On-Body Monitoring. Nature Reviews Endocrinology. 2023, 19, 487-495.
News
2025
Mar, Dr. Ding successfully organized the section “Recent Advancements in Miniaturized Sensing Platforms for Biomolecular Monitoring” at Pittcon 2025 in Boston! Link
Feb, Dr. Ding joined a Committee Member for The 5th International Online Conference on Nanomaterials (IOCN 2025)!. Link
Jan, Our paper was selected by the Editor-in-Chief of ACS Sensors as One of the Favorite Papers from the First 10 Years of ACS Sensors. Link
Jan, Feartured on CNN’s Vital Signs: “What sweat can tell us about our health” Link
Jan, Dr. Ding joined Organizing Committee of IEEE Biosensors 2025 and served as Publicity/ Local Activities Chair. Link
Jan, Dr. Ding‘s co-author paper about inhalable biohybrid microrobots for lung treatment, was published in Nature Communications. Link
Jan, Dr. Ding was back-to-back selected as the Winner of the 2025 Biosensors Travel Award. Link
2024
Dec. Feartured on CNN’s Vital Signs: “Can sweat measure our medication levels?” Link
Oct. Entitled into Marquis Who’s Who list.
Oct. Featured on Lexicon Podcast about “The future of non-invasive healthcare: wearable sweat sensors.” Link
Sep. Research highlighted on Nature Electronics and Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering.
Sep. Featured on Fox News “Your sweat could hold secrets about your health” Link
Sep. Dr. Ding‘s first author paper on fingertip-wearable microgrid was published in Nature Electronics. Link
Sep. Dr. Ding‘s co-author paper on hybrid multimodal wearable sensor was published in Nature Electronics. Link
Aug. Our single-atom catalyst boosted Zn-air battery work and was selected as the Journal Cover of Advanced Functional Materials. Link
Jun. Dr. Ding‘s co-author paper on nanoscale capsule catalysts for CO2 electroreduction was published in Nature Synthesis. Link
Jun. Dr. Ding‘s co-author paper on biohybrid microrobots for inhibiting the progression of lung metastasis was published in Science Advances. Link
Jun. Dr. Ding’s corresponding author paper on bicomponent carbons for rechargeable zinc-air batteries was published in Energy Storage Materials. Link
Mar. Congratulations to undergraduate researcher Jiachi Zhou for accepting the Ph. D. offer at MIT.
Mar. Dr. Ding’s corresponding author paper on single-atom electrocatalysts for zinc-air batteries was published in Advanced Functional Materials. Link
Jan, Dr. Ding was selected as the Winner of the 2024 Biosensors Travel Award. Link
2023
Feb. Dr. Ding’s first author paper on Phosphorus Modulation in Iron Single-Atom Catalysts was published in Advanced Materials. Link
