Ph.D Candidate

  2001-Current,   Mechanical Engineering,  University of  California, Riverside

  1998-2001,   M.S. Mechanical Engineering,  Shanghai Jiaotong University

                             1994-1998,   B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University 

 Research Direction

1. High sensitivity piezoresistive cantilevers design and optimization for anlyte-  receptor binding

2. Single cell-based biosensing and cell informatics

 Selected Publication

1.        Yang, M and C.S Ozkan Stain-free statistical spike train signature using single neuron as sensor Nature (Submitted) 

2.        Yang, M and C.S. Ozkan Influence of Geometry and Environmental Parameters on the Quality of Signature Patterns for Single Neuron Chemical Sensors  Sensors and Actuators B (Accepted)

3.        Yang, M., Prasad, S., Zhang, X., Morgan, A., Ozkan, M. and C.S. Ozkan. Cellular Microarrays for Chemical Sensing,   Journal of Sensors and Materials Vol. 15 No.6 (2003) 313-333  

4.        Yang, M., Prasad, S., Zhang, X., Ozkan, M. and C.S. Ozkan. 2004. Cascaded Chemical Sensing using a Single Cell as a Sensor, Journal of Sensor Letters. Vol. 2 1-8 (Cover paper) 

5.        Yang, M., Zhang, X., Vafai, K. and C.S. Ozkan. 2003. High sensitivity piezoresistive cantilever design and optimization for analyte-receptor binding, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 13:864:872. 

6.        Yang, M., Zhang, X. and C.S. Ozkan. 2003. Modeling and Optimal Design of High-Sensitivity Piezoresistive Microcantilevers within Flow Channels for Biosensing Applications, Biomedical Microdevices, 5:4, 323-332,2003 

7.        Yang, M., Gao, H. and C.S. Ozkan. 2003. Self Assembly of Polymer Structures Induced by Electric Field, Journal for the Association of Laboratory Automation (invited contribution), 8(2):86:89 

8.        Prasad, S., Yang, M., Zhang, X., C.S. Ozkan, and Ozkan, M. 2003. Electric Field Assisted Patterning of Neuronal Networks for the Study of Brain Functions, Biomedical Microdevices, 5(2):125:137 

9.        Khaled, A., K.Vafai, M. Yang, X. Zhang and C.S. Ozkan. 2003. Analysis and control of microcantilever deflections in bio-sensing systems.  Sensors and Actuators B, 7092:1:13 

10.    Prasad, S., Yang, M., Zhang, X., C.S. Ozkan and Ozkan, M. 2003. Patterned Live Neural Networks by Induced Electrical Fields for Biosensing, Journal for the Association of Laboratory Automation (invited contribution),8(2):81:85 

11.     Zhang, X., Yang, M., Vafai K. and C.S. Ozkan. 2003. Design and Analysis of Microcantilevers for Biosensing Applications, Journal for the Association of Laboratory Automation (invited contribution), 8(2):90:93 

12.    Prasad, S., Yang, M., Zhang, X, Ni, Y., Parpura, V., C.S. Ozkan and Ozkan, M. 2003. Separation of individual Neurons using Dieletrophoretic alternating Current Fields, Journal of Neuroscience and Methodologies. (Accepted)