Xiao Yang Lab at Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering

October 2025:
We’re growing! This month, we welcome Xiaohan Alex Tang, a rotation PhD student from the CMM program, and Ziyan Lily Lin, a BME undergraduate student. We’re also excited to welcome our lab’s first postdoc, Dr. Yusheng Zhang, to the team. Welcome aboard, Alex, Lily, and Yusheng!

September 2025:
Xiao is honored to be named to the MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 (TR35) Asia Pacific!

August 2025:
We’re thrilled to welcome our very first PhD student, Zhengguang Zhu, who joins us from Northwestern University!
We’re excited to have Vivek Radhakrishnan join our team as a BME Master’s student!
We’re also excited to welcome Nicholas Schaffer as our new lab technician and Thoya Raman as a BME undergraduate student!
Welcome aboard, Zhengguang, Vivek, Nicholas, and Thoya!

June 2025:
We received grant funding from the Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund! Xiao presented a poster at the Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund Felicitation Ceremony.

June 2025:
We’re excited to welcome our first member, Junpeng Li, joining as a BME Master’s student. Welcome, Junpeng!

June 2025:
Yang lab launches at Johns Hopkins!

March 2025:
Our brand-new lab space in a dynamic, collaborative environment is almost ready to launch!

December 2024:
Xiao is honored to be named as a Materials Research Society (MRS) Early Career Distinguished Presenter!

October 2024:
Xiao is happy to receive the Sammy Kuo Award in Neuroscience!

July 2024:
Xiao was interviewed by her alma mater, Peking University, where she shared insights about her scientific journey, career path, and research on bioelectronics for brain-machine interfaces.

June 2024:
The Johns Hopkins BME graduate program has once again been ranked No. 1 in the nation! Xiao feels incredibly fortunate to be joining such a prestigious, collaborative, and collegial environment filled with groundbreaking research. Come join us at Johns Hopkins BME and explore the many exciting opportunities ahead!

February 2024:
Check out the Nature Reviews Bioengineering Research Highlight featuring our work on kirigami-inspired electronics, recently published in Nature Biotechnology.

January 2024:
Check out the Nature Biotechnology News & Views feature on our research on kirigami-inspired electronics, recently published in Nature Biotechnology.

January 2024:
Check out the news article from the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute featuring our research on kirigami-inspired electronics, recently published in Nature Biotechnology.

January 2024:
Xiao was interviewed by Stanford Wearable Electronics (eWEAR) about her research on the vasculature-like electronic scaffold (VasES), recently published in Nature Biomedical Engineering. Thanks to Stanford eWEAR for highlighting our work!

December 2023:
Xiao was interviewed by MIT Technology Review DeepTech about her research on the vasculature-like electronic scaffold (VasES), recently published in Nature Biomedical Engineering.

December 2023:
Xiao has been awarded the prestigious Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Scholar Award. This two-year fellowship will support her interdisciplinary research.

December 2022:
Xiao’s kirigami-inspired electronics for human brain assembloids was featured at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Winter Conference on Development and 3D Modeling of the Human Brain.

December 2019:
Xiao’s neuron-like electronics was exhibited in the Materials Research Society’s Science as Art Competition.

May 2019:
Science covered our research on neuron-like electronics, recently published in Nature Materials. The article, titled “Slender, neuron-size probes aim for better recordings of brain’s electrical chatter”, highlights the potential of our work to enhance neural recordings.

April 2019:
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) interviewed my Ph.D. advisor and me about our research for the broadcast “Opportunity”.

March 2019:
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) highlighted our research in a news article titled “Electronic Stealth Neurons Offer Enhanced Brain Studies and Treatments”.

March 2019:
The Harvard Gazette featured our research as a cover story titled “Sensors Go Undercover to Outsmart the Brain”.

March 2019:
The Scientist highlighted our research in the “Image of the Day: Imposter Neurons”.

February 2019:
Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN) highlighted our research in an article titled “Neuronlike Electronics Integrate with Brain Tissue Without Causing Damage”.

February 2019:
Harvard University Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology highlighted our research in a news article titled “A Welcome Stranger”.

February 2019:
Nature Materials highlighted our research on neuron-like electronics in a News & Views article titled “Neuron-like Neural Probes”.