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John Rogers

Louis Simpson and Kimberly Querrey Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Neurological Surgery (and by courtesy Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry and Dermatology)

Director, Querrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics

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2145 Sheridan Road
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Evanston, IL 60208-3109

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Centers

Querrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics

Departments

Materials Science and Engineering

Biomedical Engineering

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Education

Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts

S.M. in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts

S.M. in Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts

B.S. in Physics, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX

B.A. in Chemistry, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX


Research Interests

We seek to understand and exploit interesting characteristics of 'soft' materials, such as polymers, liquid crystals, and biological tissues as well as hybrid combinations of them with unusual classes of micro/nanomaterials, in the form of ribbons, wires, membranes, tubes or related. Our aim is to control and induce novel electronic and photonic responses in these materials; we also develop new 'soft lithographic' and biomimetic approaches for patterning them and guiding their growth. This work combines fundamental studies with forward-looking engineering efforts in a way that promotes positive feedback between the two. Our current research focuses on soft materials for conformal electronics, nanophotonic structures, microfluidic devices, and microelectromechanical systems, all lately with an emphasis on bio-inspired and bio-integrated technologies. These efforts are highly multidisciplinary, and combine expertise from nearly every traditional field of technical study.


Significant Recognition

  • MacArthur Fellow from the MacArthur Foundation (2009)
  • MIT-Lemelson Award (2010)
  • Benjamin Franklin Award from the Franklin Institute (2019)
  • National Academy of Engineering (2010)
  • National Academy of Science (2015)
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2014)
  • MRS Medal from the Materials Research Society (2018)
  • MRS Mid-Career Award from the Materials Research Society (2013)
  • Leo Hendrick Baekland Award from the American Chemical Society (2007)
  • A.C. Eringen Medal of the Society for Engineering Science (2014)
  • Smithsonian Award for American Ingenuity in the Physical Sciences (2013)
  • Robert Henry Thurston Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2013)
  • ETH Zurich Chemical Engineering Medal (2015)
  • George Smith Award from the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (2009)

Selected Publications

  • Kim, Bong Hoon; Li, Kan; Kim, Jin Tae; Park, Yoonseok; Jang, Hokyung; Wang, Xueju; Xie, Zhaoqian; Won, Sang Min; Yoon, Hong Joon; Lee, Geumbee; Jang, Woo Jin; Lee, Kun Hyuck; Chung, Ted S.; Jung, Yei Hwan; Heo, Seung Yun; Lee, Yechan; Kim, Juyun; Cai, Tengfei; Kim, Yeonha; Prasopsukh, Poom; Yu, Yongjoon; Yu, Xinge; Avila, Raudel; Luan, Haiwen; Song, Honglie; Zhu, Feng; Zhao, Ying; Chen, Lin; Han, Seung Ho; Kim, Jiwoong; Oh, Soong Ju; Lee, Heon; Lee, Chi Hwan; Huang, Yonggang; Chamorro, Leonardo P.; Zhang, Yihui; Rogers, John A., Three-dimensional electronic microfliers inspired by wind-dispersed seeds, Nature (2021).
  • Choi, Yeon Sik; Jeong, Hyoyoung; Yin, Rose T.; Avila, Raudel; Pfenniger, Anna; Yoo, Jaeyoung; Lee, Jong Yoon; Tzavelis, Andreas; Lee, Young Joong; Chen, Sheena W.; Knight, Helen S.; Kim, Seungyeob; Ahn, Hak Young; Wickerson, Grace; Vázquez-Guardado, Abraham; Higbee-Dempsey, Elizabeth; Russo, Bender A.; Napolitano, Michael A.; Holleran, Timothy J.; Razzak, Leen Abdul; Miniovich, Alana N.; Lee, Geumbee; Geist, Beth; Kim, Brandon; Han, Shuling; Brennan, Jaclyn A.; Aras, Kedar; Kwak, Sung Soo; Kim, Joohee; Waters, Emily Alexandria; Yang, Xiangxing; Burrell, Amy; Chun, Keum San; Liu, Claire; Wu, Changsheng; Rwei, Alina Y.; Spann, Alisha N.; Banks, Anthony; Johnson, David; Zhang, Zheng Jenny; Haney, Chad R.; Jin, Sung Hun; Sahakian, Alan Varteres; Huang, Yonggang; Trachiotis, Gregory D.; Knight, Bradley P.; Arora, Rishi K.; Efimov, Igor R.; Rogers, John A., A transient, closed-loop network of wireless, body-integrated devices for autonomous electrotherapy, Science (2022).
  • Ryu, Dennis; Kim, Dong Hyun; Price, Joan T.; Lee, Jong Yoon; Chung, Ha Uk; Allen, Emily; Walter, Jessica R.; Jeong, Hyoyoung; Cao, Jingyue; Kulikova, Elena; Abu-Zayed, Hajar; Lee, Rachel; Martell, Knute L.; Zhang, Michael; Kampmeier, Brianna R.; Hill, Marc; Lee, Joo Hee; Kim, Edward; Park, Yerim; Jang, Hokyung; Arafa, Hany; Liu, Claire; Chisembele, Maureen; Vwalika, Bellington; Sindano, Ntazana; Spelke, M. Bridget; Paller, Amy S.; Premkumar, Ashish; Grobman, William A.; Stringer, Jeffrey S.A.; Rogers, John A.; Xu, Shuai, Comprehensive pregnancy monitoring with a network of wireless, soft, and flexible sensors in high-and low-resource health settings, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 118(20) (2021).
  • Vázquez-Guardado, Abraham; Yang, Yiyuan; Bandodkar, Amay J.; Rogers, John A., Recent advances in neurotechnologies with broad potential for neuroscience research, Nature neuroscience 23(12):1522-1536 (2020).
  • Park, Yoonseok; Franz, Colin K.; Ryu, Hanjun; Luan, Haiwen; Cotton, Kristen Y.; Kim, Jong Uk; Chung, Ted S.; Zhao, Shiwei; Vazquez-Guardado, Abraham; Yang, Da Som; Li, Kan; Avila, Raudel; Phillips, Jack K.; Quezada, Maria J.; Jang, Hokyung; Kwak, Sung Soo; Won, Sang Min; Kwon, Kyeongha; Jeong, Hyoyoung; Bandodkar, Amay J.; Han, Mengdi; Zhao, Hangbo; Osher, Gabrielle R.; Wang, Heling; Lee, Kun Hyuck; Zhang, Yihui; Huang, Yonggang; Finan, John D.; Rogers, John A., Three-dimensional, multifunctional neural interfaces for cortical spheroids and engineered assembloids, Science Advances 7(12) (2021).
  • Song, Enming; Li, Jinghua; Won, Sang Min; Bai, Wubin; Rogers, John A., Materials for flexible bioelectronic systems as chronic neural interfaces, Nature materials 19(6):590-603 (2020).
  • Won, Sang Min; Song, Enming; Reeder, Jonathan T.; Rogers, John A., Emerging Modalities and Implantable Technologies for Neuromodulation, Cell 181(1):115-135 (2020).
  • Bandodkar, A. J.; Lee, S. P.; Huang, I.; Li, W.; Wang, S.; Su, C. J.; Jeang, W. J.; Hang, T.; Mehta, S.; Nyberg, N.; Gutruf, P.; Choi, J.; Koo, J.; Reeder, J. T.; Tseng, R.; Ghaffari, R.; Rogers, J. A., Sweat-activated biocompatible batteries for epidermal electronic and microfluidic systems, Nature Electronics 3(9):554-562 (2020).
  • Chung, Ha Uk; Rwei, Alina Y.; Hourlier-Fargette, Aurélie; Xu, Shuai; Lee, Kun Hyuck; Dunne, Emma C.; Xie, Zhaoqian; Liu, Claire; Carlini, Andrea; Kim, Dong Hyun; Ryu, Dennis; Kulikova, Elena; Cao, Jingyue; Odland, Ian C.; Fields, Kelsey B.; Hopkins, Brad; Banks, Anthony; Ogle, Christopher; Grande, Dominic; Park, Jun Bin; Kim, Jongwon; Irie, Masahiro; Jang, Hokyung; Lee, Joo Hee; Park, Yerim; Kim, Jungwoo; Jo, Han Heul; Hahm, Hyoungjo; Avila, Raudel; Xu, Yeshou; Namkoong, Myeong; Kwak, Jean Won; Suen, Emily; Paulus, Max A.; Kim, Robin J.; Parsons, Blake V.; Human, Kelia A.; Kim, Seung Sik; Patel, Manish; Reuther, William; Kim, Hyun Soo; Lee, Sung Hoon; Leedle, John D.; Yun, Yeojeong; Rigali, Sarah; Son, Taeyoung; Jung, Inhwa; Arafa, Hany; Soundararajan, Vinaya R.; Ollech, Ayelet; Shukla, Avani; Bradley, Allison; Schau, Molly; Rand, Casey M.; Marsillio, Lauren E.; Harris, Zena L.; Huang, Yonggang; Hamvas, Aaron; Paller, Amy S.; Weese-Mayer, Debra E.; Lee, Jong Yoon; Rogers, John A., Skin-interfaced biosensors for advanced wireless physiological monitoring in neonatal and pediatric intensive-care units, Nature Medicine 26(3):418-429 (2020).
  • Chiang, Chia Han; Won, Sang Min; Orsborn, Amy L.; Yu, Ki Jun; Trumpis, Michael; Bent, Brinnae; Wang, Charles; Xue, Yeguang; Min, Seunghwan; Woods, Virginia; Yu, Chunxiu; Kim, Bong Hoon; Kim, Sung Bong; Huq, Rizwan; Li, Jinghua; Seo, Kyung Jin; Vitale, Flavia; Richardson, Andrew; Fang, Hui; Huang, Yonggang; Shepard, Kenneth; Pesaran, Bijan; Rogers, John A.; Viventi, Jonathan, Development of a neural interface for high-definition, long-term recording in rodents and nonhuman primates, Science translational medicine 12(538) (2020).
  • Yu, Xinge; Xie, Zhaoqian; Yu, Yang; Lee, Jungyup; Vazquez-Guardado, Abraham; Luan, Haiwen; Ruban, Jasper; Ning, Xin; Akhtar, Aadeel; Li, Dengfeng; Ji, Bowen; Liu, Yiming; Sun, Rujie; Cao, Jingyue; Huo, Qingze; Zhong, Yishan; Lee, Chan Mi; Kim, Seung Yeop; Gutruf, Philipp; Zhang, Changxing; Xue, Yeguang; Guo, Qinglei; Chempakasseril, Aditya; Tian, Peilin; Lu, Wei; Jeong, Ji Yoon; Yu, Yong Joon; Cornman, Jesse; Tan, Chee Sim; Kim, Bong Hoon; Lee, Kun Hyuk; Feng, Xue; Huang, Yonggang; Rogers, John A., Skin-integrated wireless haptic interfaces for virtual and augmented reality, Nature 575(7783):473-479 (2019).
  • Xu, Shuai; Jayaraman, Arun; Rogers, John A., Skin sensors are the future of health care, Nature 571(7765):319-321 (2019).
  • Lee, Kun Hyuck; Ni, Xiaoyue; Lee, Jong Yoon; Arafa, Hany; Pe, David J.; Xu, Shuai; Avila, Raudel; Irie, Masahiro; Lee, Joo Hee; Easterlin, Ryder L.; Kim, Dong Hyun; Chung, Ha Uk; Olabisi, Omolara O.; Getaneh, Selam; Chung, Esther; Hill, Marc; Bell, Jeremy; Jang, Hokyung; Liu, Claire; Park, Jun Bin; Kim, Jungwoo; Kim, Sung Bong; Mehta, Sunita; Pharr, Matt; Tzavelis, Andreas; Reeder, Jonathan T.; Huang, Ivy; Deng, Yujun; Xie, Zhaoqian; Davies, Charles R.; Huang, Yonggang; Rogers, John A., Mechano-acoustic sensing of physiological processes and body motions via a soft wireless device placed at the suprasternal notch, Nature Biomedical Engineering 4(2):148-158 (2019).
  • Mickle, Aaron D.; Won, Sang Min; Noh, Kyung Nim; Yoon, Jangyeol; Meacham, Kathleen W.; Xue, Yeguang; McIlvried, Lisa A.; Copits, Bryan A.; Samineni, Vijay K.; Crawford, Kaitlyn E.; Kim, Do Hoon; Srivastava, Paulome; Kim, Bong Hoon; Min, Seunghwan; Shiuan, Young; Yun, Yeojeong; Payne, Maria A.; Zhang, Jianpeng; Jang, Hokyung; Li, Yuhang; Lai, H. Henry; Huang, Yonggang; Park, Sung Il; Gereau, Robert W.; Rogers, John A., A wireless closed-loop system for optogenetic peripheral neuromodulation, Nature 565(7739):361-365 (2019).
  • Chung, Ha Uk; Kim, Bong Hoon; Lee, Jong Yoon; Lee, Jungyup; Xie, Zhaoqian; Ibler, Erin M.; Lee, Kun Hyuck; Banks, Anthony; Jeong, Ji Yoon; Kim, Jongwon; Ogle, Christopher; Grande, Dominic; Yu, Yongjoon; Jang, Hokyung; Assem, Pourya; Ryu, Dennis; Kwak, Jean Won; Namkoong, Myeong; Park, Jun Bin; Lee, Yechan; Kim, Do Hoon; Ryu, Arin; Jeong, Jaeseok; You, Kevin; Ji, Bowen; Liu, Zhuangjian; Huo, Qingze; Feng, Xue; Deng, Yujun; Xu, Yeshou; Jang, Kyung In; Kim, Jeonghyun; Zhang, Yihui; Ghaffari, Roozbeh; Rand, Casey M.; Schau, Molly; Hamvas, Aaron; Weese-Mayer, Debra E.; Huang, Yonggang; Lee, Seung Min; Lee, Chi Hwan; Shanbhag, Naresh R.; Paller, Amy S.; Xu, Shuai; Rogers, John A., Binodal, wireless epidermal electronic systems with in-sensor analytics for neonatal intensive care, Science 363(6430) (2019).
  • Koo, Jahyun; MacEwan, Matthew R.; Kang, Seung Kyun; Won, Sang Min; Stephen, Manu; Gamble, Paul; Xie, Zhaoqian; Yan, Ying; Chen, Yu Yu; Shin, Jiho; Birenbaum, Nathan; Chung, Sangjin; Kim, Sung Bong; Khalifeh, Jawad; Harburg, Daniel V.; Bean, Kelsey; Paskett, Michael; Kim, Jeonghyun; Zohny, Zohny S.; Lee, Seung Min; Zhang, Ruoyao; Luo, Kaijing; Ji, Bowen; Banks, Anthony; Lee, Hyuck Mo; Huang, Younggang; Ray, Wilson Z.; Rogers, John A., Wireless bioresorbable electronic system enables sustained nonpharmacological neuroregenerative therapy, Nature Medicine 24(12):1830-1836 (2018).
  • Kang, Seung Kyun; Koo, Jahyun; Lee, Yoon Kyeung; Rogers, John A., Advanced Materials and Devices for Bioresorbable Electronics, Accounts of chemical research 51(5):988-998 (2018).
  • Fu, Haoran; Nan, Kewang; Bai, Wubin; Huang, Wen; Bai, Ke; Lu, Luyao; Zhou, Chaoqun; Liu, Yunpeng; Liu, Fei; Wang, Juntong; Han, Mengdi; Yan, Zheng; Luan, Haiwen; Zhang, Yijie; Zhang, Yutong; Zhao, Jianing; Cheng, Xu; Li, Moyang; Lee, Jung Woo; Liu, Yuan; Fang, Daining; Li, Xiuling; Huang, Yonggang; Zhang, Yihui; Rogers, John A., Morphable 3D mesostructures and microelectronic devices by multistable buckling mechanics, Nature materials 17(3):268-276 (2018).
  • Han, Seungyong; Kim, Jeonghyun; Won, Sang Min; Ma, Yinji; Kang, Daeshik; Xie, Zhaoqian; Lee, Kyu Tae; Chung, Ha Uk; Banks, Anthony; Min, Seunghwan; Heo, Seung Yun; Davies, Charles R.; Lee, Jung Woo; Lee, Chi Hwan; Kim, Bong Hoon; Li, Kan; Zhou, Yadong; Wei, Chen; Feng, Xue; Huang, Yonggang; Rogers, John A., Battery-free, wireless sensors for full-body pressure and temperature mapping, Science translational medicine 10(435) (2018).
  • Choi, Jungil; Ghaffari, Roozbeh; Baker, Lindsay B.; Rogers, John A., Skin-interfaced systems for sweat collection and analytics, Science Advances 4(2) (2018).
  • Oh, Nuri; Kim, Bong Hoon; Cho, Seong Yong; Nam, Sooji; Rogers, Steven P.; Jiang, Yiran; Flanagan, Joseph C.; Zhai, You; Kim, Jae Hwan; Lee, Jungyup; Yu, Yongjoon; Cho, Youn Kyoung; Hur, Gyum; Zhang, Jieqian; Trefonas, Peter; Rogers, John A.; Shim, Moonsub, Double-heterojunction nanorod light-responsive LEDs for display applications, Science 355(6325):616-619 (2017).
  • Zhang, Yihui; Zhang, Fan; Yan, Zheng; Ma, Qiang; Li, Xiuling; Huang, Yonggang; Rogers, John A., Printing, folding and assembly methods for forming 3D mesostructures in advanced materials, Nature Reviews Materials 2(4) (2017).
  • Shin, Gunchul; Gomez, Adrian M.; Al-Hasani, Ream; Jeong, Yu Ra; Kim, Jeonghyun; Xie, Zhaoqian; Banks, Anthony; Lee, Seung Min; Han, Sang Youn; Yoo, Chul Jong; Lee, Jong Lam; Lee, Seung Hee; Kurniawan, Jonas; Tureb, Jacob; Guo, Zhongzhu; Yoon, Jangyeol; Park, Sung Il; Bang, Sang Yun; Nam, Yoonho; Walicki, Marie C.; Samineni, Vijay K.; Mickle, Aaron D.; Lee, Kunhyuk; Heo, Seung Yun; McCall, Jordan G.; Pan, Taisong; Wang, Liang; Feng, Xue; Kim, Tae il; Kim, Jong Kyu; Li, Yuhang; Huang, Yonggang; Gereau, Robert W.; Ha, Jeong Sook; Bruchas, Michael R.; Rogers, John A., Flexible Near-Field Wireless Optoelectronics as Subdermal Implants for Broad Applications in Optogenetics, Neuron 93(3):509-521.e3 (2017).
  • Koh, Ahyeon; Kang, Daeshik; Xue, Yeguang; Lee, Seungmin; Pielak, Rafal M.; Kim, Jeonghyun; Hwang, Taehwan; Min, Seunghwan; Banks, Anthony; Bastien, Philippe; Manco, Megan C.; Wang, Liang; Ammann, Kaitlyn R.; Jang, Kyung In; Won, Phillip; Han, Seungyong; Ghaffari, Roozbeh; Paik, Ungyu; Slepian, Marvin J.; Balooch, Guive; Huang, Yonggang; Rogers, John A., A soft, wearable microfluidic device for the capture, storage, and colorimetric sensing of sweat, Science translational medicine 8(366) (2016).

Patents

Professor Rogers has invented over 80 patents and patent applications, more than 50 of which are licensed or in active use by large companies and startups that he has co-founded, including Active Impulse Systems, Semprius, MC10, CoolEdge, XCeleprint and Transient Electronics.