Derek Ho is currently an associate professor at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at City University of Hong Kong. He received his B.A.Sc. (first class) and M.A.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, Canada, in 2005 and 2007 respectively. At UBC, Derek focused on microelectronics and became fascinated by small devices. Derek received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada in 2013, where he worked on sensors combining nanomaterials and CMOS electronics for chemical detection and DNA biosensing applications. Derek also serves as co-principle investigator at the Hong Kong Centre for Cerebro-Cardiovascular Health Engineering (CoCHE), where he contributes stretchable pressure sensing and mechanoreception materials for wearable medical devices. Derek is also cross-appointed by the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea, for research collaboration in human-centric flexible materials.

 

Derek’s research interest is in the synthesis of electronic nanomaterials and fabrication of devices, with the objective to push for unprecedented levels of performance via new materials and device structures. His research program focuses on flexible/stretchable electronics, consisting two application areas: (i) sensors (mechanical, chemical, and biological) and (ii) electrochemical energy storage devices (micro-supercapacitors, micro-batteries, and their novel hybrid architectures).

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Research Interests:

Electronic Nanomaterials and Composites

Mechanosensors

Chemical and Biological Sensors

Electrochemical Energy Storage Devices

Intelligent Microsystems

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