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Dr. Donglei "Emma" Fan is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, affiliated with the Materials Science and Engineering Program and the Texas Materials Institute. She holds the Robert & Jane Mitchell Endowed Faculty Fellowship in Engineering. Her research focuses on micro/nano-scale materials fabrication, robotics, biomedical engineering, and clean energy, with notable contributions to electric tweezers, light-responsive micromotors, and water treatment technologies. Fan has received prestigious awards including the NSF Mid-Career and CAREER Awards, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and AIMBE.
Education: Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Johns Hopkins University, along with two MS degrees (Materials Science and Electrical Engineering). She also completed an interdisciplinary program at Nanjing University, China. Key achievements include 8 granted patents, a licensed startup, and over 30 high-impact publications in journals like Nature Nanotechnology and Science Advances.
- Research Themes: Smart materials, nanomanipulation, biomedical devices, sustainable energy, and technology transfer.
- Awards: Royal Society of Chemistry Fellow (2021), AIMBE Fellow (2024), NSF Awards (2012/2022).
- Grants & Patents: Active in entrepreneurship; her 'Electric Tweezers' patent enables nanoscale precision in aqueous systems.
Her work bridges fundamental science and applied engineering, emphasizing translational research. She leads a lab developing precision tools for biomedicine and innovative materials for environmental solutions.
