Dr. Xiaoshan Zhu received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati in 2005, and worked as a research scientist on sensor/instrument development in Yellow Springs Instrument, OH in 2005 ~ 2008. Currently, he is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Nevada Reno (UNR). His research interests include nanomaterials with new chemical/physical properties for biosensing/imaging, sensory systems integrating nanomaterials and MEMS technologies for health-care and/or environmental monitoring, and instrumentation for highly sensitive and accurate sensing measurements.