Mingqiang Yi
Dr. Mingqiang Yi has been CEO of Microfluidic Foundry since 2011. He also served as the principal investigator for a project funded by the National Health Institute in 2014–2015. From 2009 to 2011, Dr. Yi was the process engineering manager for Alphabet Energy, Inc., where he was responsible for the development of silicon nanowire-based thermoelectric modules. From 2005 to 2008, he was the project leader for RheoSense, Inc., where he was responsible for the development of microfluidic chip-based viscometers. From 2001 to 2002, Dr. Yi was a MEMS scientist at Los Gatos Research, Inc., responsible for the development of high-pressure electrokinetic micropumps. From 2002 to 2005, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, USA, where he developed microfluidic sensors for detecting DNA hybridization and enzymatic reaction products as well as for protein analysis. Dr. Yi obtained his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, USA, in 2001, and a BEng and MEng from Tsinghua University in 1994 and 1997, respectively. He has a broad background in micro/nanotechnology, with specific training and expertise in microfluidics.