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September 2026 – Abhijaat Sidher has successfully passed the Qualifying Exam (QE) for his Ph.D. candidacy in Biomedical Engineering!
He is the first Ph.D. candidate in JLab. Congratulations, Abhi!
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In June 2026, JLab PI, Hyoyoung Jeong, was selected as an CITRIS Seed Funding Award from CITRIS and the Banatao Institute.
The CITRIS Core Seed Funding program supports interdisciplinary, early-stage research among University of California campuses.
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In May 2026, JLab PI, Hyoyoung Jeong, was selected as an Early Career Faculty Research Excellence Award from the University of California Office of the President (UCOP).
https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/7-early-career-faculty-honored-creativity-innovation
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In December 2025, JLab PI Hyoyoung Jeong joined npj Digital Medicine (rank in the 99.5% percentile of Medical Informatics journals), a Nature Portfolio journal, as an Associate Editor. The journal advances research in digital and mobile health technologies, virtual healthcare, data analytics, and innovative sensor development.
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In November 2024, JLab PI, Hyoyoung Jeong, was selected as a Hellman Fellows. Thank you to the Hellman Fellows Program!
https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/newest-hellman-fellows-have-wide-range-expertise
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2024 July, JLab was selected for the Innovation Research Center by the National Research Foundation of Korea.
As a co-PI, Jeong Research Laboratory will collaborate with the center at Pusan National University. Over the course of 10 years (2024 – 2034), the center is set to receive funding totaling 50 Billion KRW (approximately $37M).
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2024 July, JLab was selected for the APEC-APRU Academic Exchange Program by the Ministry of Education (Korea)
As a co-PI, Jeong Research Laboratory will collaborate with Pohang University of Science and Technolgy (POSTECH). 2024 – 2026, total funding for the team: 220M KRW (approximately $170k).
by Katharine Panaligan July, 2024
While smartphones and smartwatches can track basic health stats like heart rate, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Hyoyoung Jeong envisions a future of skin-close wearables that capture a broader picture of health… READ MORE