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John A. Rogers

Joint Professor with Materials Science and Engineering

B.A., B.S., University of Texas, Austin, 1989
S.M., MIT, 1992
Ph.D., MIT, 1995

Affiliations

Materials Science and Engineering
Neurological Surgery; Feinberg School of Medicine
Biomedical Engineering; Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Chemistry; Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Mechanical Engineering; Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Dermatology; Feinberg School of Medicine
CBIE - Center for Bio-Integrated Electronics

Research Statement 

We seek to understand and exploit interesting characteristics of 'soft' materials, such as polymers, liquid crystals, and biological tissues, and hybrid combinations of them with unusual classes of inorganic micro/nanomaterials -- ribbons, wires, membranes, tubes or related. Our aim is to control and induce novel electronic and photonic responses in these materials, and to 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.

Selected Publications

H. Ryu, X. Wang, Z. Xie, J. Kim, Y. Liu, W. Bai, Z. Song, J.W. Song, Z. Zhao, J. Kim, Q. Yang, J.J. Xie, R. Keate, H. Wang, Y. Huang, I.R. Efimov, G.A. Ameer and J.A. Rogers, “Materials and Design Approaches for a Fully Bioresorbable, Electrically Conductive and Mechanically Compliant Cardiac Patch Technology,” Advanced Science 10, 2303429 (2023).

Y. Zhang, G. Lee, S. Li, Z. Hu, K. Zhao and J.A. Rogers, “Advances in Bioresorbable Materials and Electronics,” Chemical Reviews 123, 11722-11773 (2023).

Y. Wu, C. Liu, M. Lapiere, J.L. Ciatti, D.S. Yang, J. Berkovich, J.B. Model, A. Banks, R. Ghaffari, J.-K. Chang, R.G. Nuzzo and J.A. Rogers, “Thermoplastic Elastomers for Wireless, Skin-Interfaced Electronic, and Microfluidic Devices,” Advanced Materials Technologies 8, 2300732 (2023).

J.Y. Lee, J. Shin, K. Kim, J.E. Ju, A. Dutta, T.S. Kim, Y.U. Cho, T. Kim, L. Hu, W.K. Min, H.-S. Jung, Y.S. Park, S.M. Won, W.-H. Yeo, J. Moon, D.-Y. Khang, H.J. Kim, J.-H. Ahn, H. Cheng, K.J. Yu and J.A. Rogers, “Ultrathin Crystalline Silicon Nano and Micro Membranes with High Areal Density for Low-Cost Flexible Electronics,” Small 19, 2302597 (2023).

W. Deng, S. Anastasopoulos, R.-A. deRegnier, N. Pouppirt, A.K. Barlow, C. Patrick, M.K. O’Brien, S. Babula, T. Sukal-Moulton, C. Peyton, C. Morgan, J.A. Rogers, R.L. Lieber and A. Jayaraman, “Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate a Year-Long (NICU-to-home) Evidence-Based, High Dose Physical Therapy Intervention in Infants at Risk of Neuromotor Delay,” PLOS ONE 0291408 (2023).

Selected Honors/Awards

  • Selden Lecture, International Anesthesia Research Society, 2024.
  • IMS Distinguished Lecture, University of Connecticut, 2024.
  • Ward Lecture, Villanova University, 2023.
  • ZJU Huang Minglong Lecture, Zhejiang University, 2023.
  • Penner Lecture, University of California at San Diego, 2023.
  • Linnaeus Lecture, Uppsala University, 2023.
  • Munushian Lecture, University of Southern California, 2023.
  • Pearsall Lecture, Duke University, 2023.
  • Merel H. Harmel Lecture, Duke University, 2023.
  • Kilpatrick Lectureship, Illinois Institute of Technology, 2022.
  • Yungu Lectureship (inaugural), Westlake University, 2022.
  • Kelly Lecture, Virginia Tech, 2022.
  • Thomas Bell Lecture, Cleveland State University, 2022.
  • FORUM Annual Lecture, the Academy of Medical Sciences of the UK, 2020. (virtual)