2019 MIT Technology Review 35 Innovators Under 35(TR35, Global List) 2018 EUDRAGIT Award, North American Region, Evonik Corporation 2018 American Chemistry Society DIC Young Investigator Award 2018 Outstanding Self-financed Student Study Abroad, China Scholarship Council 2017 Young Investigator Innovation Award, 1st International Conference of Micro/Nanomachines 2017 Materials Research Society Graduate Student Award 2016 Dan David Prize Scholarship, in future dimension of nanoscience 2016 UCSD Interdisciplinary Research Award 2016 Siebel Scholar, Bioengineering 2016 Materials Research Society Graduate Student Award 2015 A.T. Kearney Scholarship Young Innovator Finalist of 2015, Falling Wall Foundation 2015 SD Brain Prize of Neurotechnology, San Diego Brain Consortium 2015 Winner of Falling Wall Lab San Diego 2015 IRG Funding Award of The Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind, Lead Student PI 2015 Rudee Best Poster and NanoEngineering Best Poster Award, UCSD Research Expo 2011 Samsung Scholarship for Graduate Student