Jeong-Yeol Yoon

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Professor, Biomedical Engineering

College Affiliations:
College of Engineering
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
College of Science

Marley building, room 541J

Education: 

  • BS, MS, PhD, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
  • PhD, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

The Biosensors Laboratory at the University of Arizona (directed by Associate Professor Jeong-Yeol Yoon)  is researching various biosensors and microfluidic applications. Smartphone- and paper microfluidic-based detection has been developed for water, air, and clinical samples. Viral pathogens (norovirus, SARS-CoV-2, etc.) and environmental toxicants (PFAS and nanoplastics) are the main targets of interest. In addition, smartphone-based microbiome analyses are also actively being investigated for soil, gut, and skin samples. Machine learning techniques are the key elements in analyzing the high-dimensional data from these platforms. Finally, organ-on-a-chip is also being developed to study the implications of various environmental toxicants (PFAS and nanoplastics) on human organs.

Environmental research interests - Medical diagnostics; Environmental monitoring; Handheld LAMP and PCR; Organ-on-a-chip