Dr Zhugen Yang, FHEA, NERC Fellow, MC Fellow, MRSC 
   
​   Lecturer & NERC Fellow, FHEA 
   PhD(Lyon), MSs(SYSU) & BSc(HIT)
   Profile at Cranfield

   Research ID, Google Scholar (H=28, 03/2022)
   Cranfield University, Cranfield, MK43 0AL, UK
   Email: zhugen.yang@cranfield.ac.uk
   Tel: +44 1234 758310    

​Dr Zhugen Yang  is currently leading UKCRIC-funded Advanced sensors lab at Cranfield University. His multidisciplinary team focuses on the development of low-cost, rapid and point-of-use sensors and devices for environmental science (e.g. microbial contamination in drinking water), public health (e.g. wastewater epidemiology for infectious disease including COVID-19, illicit drugs), and biomedical diagnostics (e.g. infectious disease and cancer). 

Dr Yang was awarded a prestigious UK NERC Fellowship to start his independent academic career in 2018, leading a group on Advanced Sensors for Water-Environment-Health nexus. He was appointed as a Lecturer (UK tenure)  at The University of Glasgow's School of Engineering, before relocating to Cranfield University in 2019. He completed a postdoc at the University of Cambridge and EU Marie Curie Fellow at the University of Bath, after he earned his PhD  in Micro and Nanotechnology at the University of Lyon (Ecole Centrale, France),  MSc (SYSU) and BEng (HIT) in China.

His research has been sponsored with over £2.5M, from UKRI (EPSRC, NERC, BBSRC), Royal Academy of Engineering and industry and government organisation, leading to over 60 referred articles (including PNAS, Nat Commun, ES&T, Water Res, ACS Nano, ACS Sens, Anal Chem, TrAC), several UK and international patents and a number of plenary/keynote talks at international conference, serving as Associate Editor/Guest Editor/Editorial Member for several international journals (e.g. TrAC, If 12.3). His research has been featured in Science Magazine,  as well as media coverages including BBC (BBC News, Science Action), Washington Post, Yahoo, China Daily etc. The origami-paper device has been displayed at London Science Museum. 

Fellowship, Awards & Honours (Selected)
      2022                Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), UK
      2021               James J Morgan ES&T Early Career Award- Honorable Mention
      2020               Outstanding presentation for Early Career Research at UK EBNet
      2019               Outstanding academic presentation at UK-CARE 
      2018               UK NERC NPIF Independent Personal Fellowship 
      2015               Most Accessed Article, Analyst, Royal Society of Chemistry
      2014-8            Travel grant from UK Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), British Council etc;
      2013               EU Marie Curie Fellowship, EU FP7;  
      2011               Doctoral Travel grant for international conference, University of Lyon, France;

Editorship & Editorial Board 
      2021-             Editor of Special Issue, TrAC-Trends in Analytical Chemistry (IF 12.3), Elsevier,  
      2021-             Editor of Special Issue, Chemosphere (IF 7.1), Elsevier, 
      2021-             Associate Editor, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (IF 5.8), Biosensors and                                    Biomolecular Section, Frontier
      2021-             Editor on Biosensors & wastewater, Comprehensive Analytical Science Series, Elsevier; 
      2021-             Editorial Advisory Board, Advance in Sample Preparation, Elsevier;
      2021-             ECR Editorial Advisory Board, Environment Science & Ecotechnology, Elsevier 
      2020-             Topic Advisory Panel of Biosensors (IF 5.6), MDPI; 
      2020-             Editor of Special Issue, Water, MDPI;

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