I am a tenured Professor in the Department of Chemistry, BBRC and BME at UTEP, with research focusing on the development of innovative microfluidic and nanotechnology for bioanalysis and biomedical and environmental applications.

• NIH STTR Grant Award - NIH/NIAID (08/01/2022)
• NSF APEX Grant Award - NSF (08/01/2022)
• Award for Faculty development Leave - UTEP (07/15/2022)
• NSF MRI Grant Award - NSF (06/01/2022)
• Outstanding Efforts Award 2022 -2 - UTEP (05/15/2022)
• Certificate in College Instruction for Effective Teaching by the American Council on Education (ACE) and Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) - the American Council on Education (ACE) and Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) (05/01/2022)
• Outstanding Efforts Award 2022 -1 - UTEP (05/01/2022)
• UTEP Service Award (10 years) - UTEP (01/15/2022)
• Outstanding Efforts Award 2021 -3 - UTEP (12/15/2021)
• ACUE Course in Effective Teaching Practices Award - UT System (08/01/2021)
• CPRIT HIHR Grant Award - CPRIT (08/01/2021)
• NSF PFI Grant Award - NSF (06/01/2021)
• Outstanding Efforts Award 2021 -2 - UTEP (05/15/2021)
• Outstanding Efforts Award 2021 -1 - UTEP (05/01/2021)
• DOT Grant Award - DOT (02/01/2021)
• Dr. Keelung Hong Chemistry Graduate Research Fellowship 2019-2020 - UTEP (01/15/2021)
• NSF I-CORPS Grant Award - NSF (01/15/2021)
• COURI POSTER AWARD - UTEP (08/24/2020)
• MERITUS AWARD 2020-2021 - UTEP (08/01/2020)
• Outstanding Efforts Award 2020 - UTEP (06/01/2020)
• Undergraduate Award for Academic and Research Excellence in Biochemistry - UTEP (05/01/2020)
• NSF I-CORPS Grant Award - NSF (02/01/2020)
• Dodson Research Grant - UTEP (12/31/2019)
• UTEP Graduate School Travel Award for Pittcon 2020 - UTEP (12/30/2019)
• Dr. Keelung Hong Chemistry Graduate Research Fellowship 2019-2020 - UTEP (09/03/2019)
• UTEP Graduate Scholarship (The Frank B. Cotton Trust Scholarship) 2019 - UTEP (09/02/2019)
• UTEP Graduate Scholarship (The Frank B. Cotton Trust Scholarship) 2019 - UTEP (09/02/2019)
• COURI POSTER AWARD - UTEP (08/24/2019)
• UTEP Graduate School Summer Research Grant 2019 - UTEP (05/02/2019)
• NIH BUILDING Scholar Travel Award 2019 - UTEP (04/01/2019)
• Chemistry Department Travel Award for Pittcon 2019 - UTEP (03/02/2019)
• Chemistry Department Travel Award for Pittcon 2019 - UTEP (03/02/2019)
• UTEP Graduate School Travel Award for Pittcon 2019 - UTEP (03/02/2019)
• UTEP Graduate School Travel Award for Pittcon 2019 - UTEP (03/02/2019)
• MINE Summit 2018 Young Scientists Award finalist - UTEP (07/01/2018)
• Outstanding Faculty -Dissertation Research Mentoring Award Li - UTEP (06/01/2018)
• UTEP Graduate Fellowship 2018 - UTEP (05/02/2018)
• UTEP Graduate Fellowship 2018 - UTEP (05/02/2018)
• Graduate Award for Academic and Research Excellence in Chemistry - UTEP (05/01/2018)
• Outstanding Dissertation Award - UTEP (05/01/2018)
• UTEP Graduate School Travel Award for Pittcon 2018 - UTEP (12/02/2017)
• UTEP Graduate School Travel Award for Pittcon 2018 - UTEP (12/02/2017)
• COURI POSTER AWARD - UTEP (10/02/2017)
• Hochun Portable Microfluidic Award Finalist (Top 4) - microTAS conference (10/01/2017)
• Outstanding Efforts Award - UTEP (10/01/2017)
• Innovation Center Proof-of-concept Award, MCA - MCA (08/01/2017)
• Grant Award from the Emily Koenig Meningitis Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation - Philadelphia Foundation (07/01/2017)
• NIH BUILDING Scholar Mentoring Award - UTEP (07/01/2017)
• BUILDing Scholar Summer Sabbatical Award - NIH BUILD (03/01/2017)
• Outstanding Dissertation Award - UTEP (02/01/2017)
• UTEP Graduate School Travel Award for Pittcon 2017 - UTEP (12/02/2016)
• UTEP Graduate School Travel Award for Pittcon 2017 - UTEP (12/02/2016)
• Best Dissertation Award - UTEP (12/01/2016)
• Faculty Research Mentoring Award - UTEP (12/01/2016)
• Graduate Award for Academic and Research Excellence in Chemistry - UTEP (11/01/2016)
• Undergraduate Award for Academic and Research Excellence in Biochemistry - UTEP (11/01/2016)
• Emerging Investigator - Analyst (06/01/2016)
• UTEP Graduate Fellowship 2016 - UTEP (05/02/2016)
• Nominated for 2016 TEXAS INVENTOR OF THE YEAR - UTEP (03/01/2016)
• Distinguished Young Scholar - Silk Road International Symposium (01/02/2016)
• UTEP Graduate School Travel Award for Pittcon 2016 - UTEP (01/02/2016)
• UTEP Graduate School Travel Award for Pittcon 2016 - UTEP (01/02/2016)
• Outstanding Performance Award - UTEP ORSP (10/01/2015)
• R21 Grant Award - NIH/NIAID (04/01/2015)
• UTEP Graduate School Travel Award for Pittcon 2015 - UTEP (02/01/2015)
• 2014 Bioanalysis Young Investigator Awad - Bioanalysis journal and European Bioanalysis Forum (11/21/2014)
• Graduate Expo Award - UTEP (11/21/2014)
• UTEP Graduate School Travel Award for uTAS 2014 - UTEP (10/01/2014)
• Outstanding Performance Award - UTEP ORSP (06/01/2014)
• Award of COURI / Provost’s Summer-2014 Student Research Assistant Program - UTEP (05/01/2014)
• Award of COURI / Provost’s Summer-2014 Student Research Assistant Program - UTEP (05/01/2014)
• Undergraduate Award for Academic and Research Excellence in chemistry - UTEP (11/01/2013)
• NIH SC2 Grant Award - NIH/NIGMS (04/01/2013)
• Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award in Chemistry - UTEP (11/01/2012)
• UT STARS Award - UT System (08/01/2011)
• NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship (PDF) - Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada (07/01/2009)
• Dean of Graduate Studies Convocation Medal - Simon Fraser University (05/01/2009)
• Award of President’s Ph.D Research Stipend - Simon Fraser University (09/01/2007)
• SFU Graduate Fellowship - Simon Fraser University (01/01/2005)
• Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Graduate Student Abroad - Chinese Government (05/01/2004)
• Overseas Research Students (ORS) Award, & Univ. of Bristol Scholarship (07/01/2003)
• Graduate Future Star Scholarship - Shandong University (01/01/2001)
• Most Outstanding Graduate of Shandong Province - Shandong Province (05/01/1999)
• Distinguished Student Leader of Qingdao University - Qingdao University (07/01/1998)
• Most Outstanding Student of Shandong Province - Shandong Province (07/01/1998)
• Outstanding Student of Qingdao University - Qingdao University (01/01/1998)
• Student Model of the School of Science and Technology - Qingdao University (01/01/1998)
• Most Outstanding Student of Qingdao City - Qingdao City (01/01/1995)

• Low-cost medical diagnosis , Harvard University (2011)
• Integrated microdevices for genetic analysis in forensics, University of California, Berkley (2009)
• Ph D in Bioanalytical Chemistry, Simon Fraser University (2008)
• MS in Bioanalytical Chemistry, Shandong University (2002)
• BS in Applied Chemistry, Qingdao University (1999)

• Portable in-situ temperature-dependent spectroscopy on a low-cost microfluidic platform integrated with a battery-powered thermofoil heater View (2022), S.K. Katla, W Zhou, H Tavakoli, S Sharma, E Mendez, XiuJun (James) Li.
• A microfluidic fully paper-based analytical device integrated with loop-mediated isothermal amplification and nano-biosensors for rapid, sensitive, and specific quantitative detection of infectious diseases Lab Chip (2022), H Tavakoli, E Hirth, M Luo, S Sharma, M Dou, D.C. Dominguez, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Ultrasensitive detection of acephate based on carbon quantum dots-mediated fluorescence inner filter effects Analyst (2022), H Li, R Deng, H Tavakoli, XC Li, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Microfluidic platforms integrated with nano-sensors for point-of-care bioanalysis TRAC - Trend Anal Chem (2022), H Tavakoli, S. Mohammadi, X.C Li, G Fu, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Facile Synthesis and Integration of Poly(vinyl alcohol) Sponge-Supported Metal Nanocatalysts on a Microfluidic Chip Enable a New Continuous Flow Multireactor Nanocatalysis Platform for High Efficiency and Reusability Catalysis ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 10 32 (2022), Kaiqiang Hu, Lei Ma, Zonghua Wang, Olivia .. Fernandez-Delgado, Yahir Garay, Jorge A. Lopez, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Facile synthesis and integration of polyvinyl alcohol sponge-supported metal nanocatalysts on a microfluidic chip enable a new continuous flow multi-reactor nanocatalysis platform for high efficiency and reusability catalysis ACS Sustain Chem Eng (2022), K Hu, L Ma, Z Wang, O Fernandez-Delgado, Y Garay, J.A. Lopez, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Green synthesized superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles for water treatment with alternative recyclability Journal of Molecular Liquids 356 (2022), Yohannes W. Getahun, Jorge Gardea-Torresdey, Felicia S. Manciu, XiuJun (James) Li, Ahmed A. El-Gendy.
• Amine and Carbon-pretreated nickel–molybdenum disulfide as bifunctional electrocatalysts for hydrogen and oxygen gas evolution International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (2022), Y Ge, Y Wu, L Ma, XiuJun (James) Li, M Román, R. Chianelli, B Torres, D Villagrán.
• Immunotherapy discovery on tumor organoid-on-a-chip platforms that recapitulate the tumor microenvironment Adv Drug Deliv Rev (2022), J Zhang, H Tavakoli, L Ma, X.C. Li, L. Han, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Symposium Organizer for Pittcon 2022 “Emerging Technologies for Rapid Infectious Disease Detection”” (2022), XiuJun (James) Li.
• Symposium Organizer for Pittcon 2022 “State of the Art in Nanosensing” (2022), XiuJun (James) Li.
• Amine and Carbon-pretreated nickel–molybdenum disulfide as bifunctional electrocatalysts for hydrogen and oxygen gas evolution International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (2022), Yulu Ge, Yanyu Wu, Lei Ma, Xiujun Li, Manuel Roman, Russel Chianell, Brenda Torres, Dino Villagran.
• Green synthesized superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles for water treatment with alternative recyclability J Mol Liq (2022), Y.W. Getahun, J. Gardea-Torresdey, FS Manciu, XiuJun (James) Li, A.A. El-Gendy.
• Two-Photon Flow Cytometry with Laser Scanning Two-Dimensional Airy Beams Opt Commun (2022), A Paez, E.M. Sundin, G Navarro, XiuJun (James) Li, T Boland, C. Li.
• Two-Photon Flow Cytometry with Laser Scanning Two-Dimensional Airy Beams Optics Communications 508 (2022), Aurelio Paez, Emma M. Sundin, Gilberto Navarro, Xiujun Li, Thomas Boland, Chunqiang Li.
• AuNP aggregation-induced quantitative colorimetric aptasensing of sulfadimethoxine with a smartphone Chin Chem Lett (2022), X Zhang, L Wang , XC Li, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Investigation of coagulation process of wet-spun sodium alginate polymannuronate fibers with varied functionality using organic coagulants and cross-linkers Materials Today Chemistry 22 (2021), T.H. Aneem, S.Y. Wong, H. Afrin, Md Nurunnabi, XiuJun (James) Li, M.T. Arafat.
• Symposium Organizer and Presider for Pacifichem 2021 “Emerging micro- and Nano Technologies for Disease Biomarker detection” (#24) (2021), XiuJun (James) Li.
• Integration of 3,3’,5,5’-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB)-probed ELISA-like systems in a photothermal bar-chart microfluidic chip for multiplexed immunoassay Anal Chem (2021), G Fu, R Hou, X Mou, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Rapid disease diagnosis using low-cost paper and paper hybrid microfluidic devices Elsevier (2021), W Zhou, H Tavakoli, L Ma, C Bautista, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Multidisciplinary Microfluidic & Nanofluidic Lab-on-a-Chip: Principles & Applications Elsevier (2021), XiuJun (James) Li, C Yang, Paul Li.
• Multicolorimetric ELISA Biosensors on a Paper/Polymer Hybrid Analytical Device for Visual Point-of-Care Detection of Infection Diseases Anal Bioanal Chem (2021), L Ma, Y Abugalyon, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Controlled drug delivery using microfluidic devices Elsevier (2021), Ning Gao, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Microfluidic Devices for Biomedical Applications, 2nd Eds Elsevier (2021), XiuJun (James) Li, Y Zhou.
• Rapid disease diagnosis using low-cost paper and paper hybrid microfluidic devices Elsevier (2021), W Zhou, H Tavakoli, L Ma, C Bautista, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Microfluidic devices for cell manipulation Elsevier (2021), H.O. Fatoyinbo, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Microfluidic devices for stem cell analysis Elsevier (2021), D.K. Kang, J Lu, W Zhang, E Chang, W Zhao, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Paper-based microfluidic devices for low-cost assays Elsevier (2021), M Benhabib, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Recent innovations in cost-effective polymer and paper hybrid microfluidic devices Lab Chip (2021), W Zhou, M Dou, ST Sanjay, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Detector-free photothermal bar-chart microfluidic chips (PT-Chips) for visual quantitative detection of biomarkers Anal Chem (2021), W Zhou, G Fu, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Analytical Chemistry for Infectious Disease Detection and Prevention Anal Bioanal Chem (2021), XiuJun (James) Li, C Yang.
• Detector-free photothermal bar-chart microfluidic chips (PT-Chips) for visual quantitative detection of biomarkers ChemRxiv (2021), W Zhou, G Fu, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Aptamer-functionalized Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for biosensing Biosens. Bioelectron (2021), M Lv, W Zhou, H Tavakoli, C Bautista, J Xia, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Low-Cost Quantitative Photothermal Genetic Detection of Pathogens on a Paper Hybrid Device Using a Thermometer Analytical Chemistry 92 21 (2020), Wan Zhou, Jianjun Sun, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Low-Cost Quantitative Photothermal Genetic Detection of Pathogens on a Paper Hybrid Device Using a Thermometer Analytical Chemistry 92 21 (2020), Wan Zhou, Jianjun Sun, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Synergetic catalysis for chlorobenzene and NOx removal from waste incineration exhaust over MnNb0.4Ce0.2Ox catalysts: Performance and mechanism study J Rare Earth (2020), B Yang, Q Jin, Q Huang, Y Shen, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Multiplexed tri-mode visual outputs of immunoassay signals on a clip-magazine-assembled photothermal biosensing disk Biosens. Bioelectron (2020), G Fu, XiuJun (James) Li, W Wang.
• Synergetic catalysis for chlorobenzene and NOx removal from waste incineration exhaust over MnNb0.4Ce0.2Ox catalysts: Performance and mechanism study J Rare Earth (2020), B Yang, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Remotely tunable photothermal bar-chart microfluidic platform using on-chip nanomaterial-mediated photothermal effect as the microfluidic driving force Lab Chip (2020), G Fu, W Zhou, XiuJun (James) Li.
• A new method to amplify colorimetric signals of paper-based nanobiosensors for simple and sensitive pancreatic cancer biomarker detection Analyst 145 (2020), K S. Prasad, Yousef Abugalyon, Chunqiang Li, Feng Xu, XiuJun (James) Li.
• A new method to amplify colorimetric signals of paper-based nanobiosensors for simple and sensitive pancreatic cancer biomarker detection Analyst 145 (2020), K S. Prasad, Yousef Abugalyon, Chunqiang Li, Feng Xu, XiuJun (James) Li.
• One-Step Surface Modification to Graft DNA Codes on Paper: The Method, Mechanism and Its Application Anal Chem (2020), W Zhou, M Feng, A Valadez, XiuJun (James) Li.
• A Reusable PMMA/Paper Hybrid Plug-and-Play Microfluidic Device for Ultrasensitive Immunoassay with Wide Dynamic Range Microsyst Nanoeng (2020), ST Sanjay, M Li, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Strong interaction between Au nanoparticles and porous polyurethane sponge enables efficient environmental catalysis with high reusability Catalysis Today 358 (2020), Q Jin, L Ma, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Invited Session Chair for Pittcon 2020 “Nanotechnology (2020), XiuJun (James) Li.
• Symposium Organizer and Presider for Pittcon 2020 “State of the Art in Nanosensing”. (2020), XiuJun (James) Li.
• Gold Nanoparticle Aggregation-Induced Quantitative Photothermal Biosensing Using a Thermometer: A Simple and Universal Biosensing Platform Anal Chem 92 (2020), W Zhou, K Hu, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Novel porous ceramic sheet supported metal reactors for continuous-flow catalysis Catalysis Today 358 (2020), Q Jin, C Himmelhaver, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Paper and paper hybrid microfluidic devices for point-of-care detection of infectious diseases Wiley (2020), H Tavakoli, W Zhou, Lei Ma, XiuJun (James) Li.
• A Low-Cost Nanomaterial-based Electrochemical Immunosensor on Paper for High-sensitivity Early Detection of Pancreatic Cance Sens Actuators B Chem (2020), KS Prasad, X Cao, XiuJun (James) Li.
• On-Demand Photothermal Bar-Chart Microfluidic Platform Using On-Chip Nanomaterial-Mediated Photothermal Effect As The Microfluidic Driving Force Proc. IEEE Micr Elect 33 (2020), W Zhou, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Smart Paper Transformer: New insight for enhanced catalytic efficiency and reusability of noble metal nanocatalysts Chem Sci (2020), Q Jin, L Ma, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Resource utilization of waste deNOx catalyst for continuous-flow catalysis by supported metal reactors Molecular Catalysis (2020), Qijie Jin, Y Shen, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Rapid and Accurate Pertussis Diagnosis on a Point-of-Care Biochip EClinicalMedicine 8 (2019), Maowei Dou, N Macias, F Shen, J Dien Bard, Delfina C. Dominguez, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Photothermal Microfluidic Sensing Platform Using Near-Infrared Laser-Driven Multiplexed Dual-Mode Visual Quantitative Readout Anal Chem 91 (2019), Guanglei Fu, Y Zhu, K Xu, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Spatiotemporally Controllable Multiplexed Photothermal Microfluidic Pumping under Monitoring of On-Chip Thermal Imaging ACS Sensors 4 (2019), Guanglei Fu, Y Zhu, W Wang, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Bio-Actuators based on Stimulus-Responsive Hydrogels and Their Emerging Biomedical Applications NPG Asia Mater 11 (2019), Q Shi, H Liu, D. Tang, XiuJun (James) Li, F Xu.
• A low-cost microfluidic platform for rapid and instrument-free detection of whooping cough. Analytica chimica acta 1065 (2019), M Dou, J Sanchez, H Tavakoli, J E. Gonzalez, Jianjun Sun, J Dien Bard, XiuJun (James) Li.
• A low-cost microfluidic platform for rapid and instrument-free detection of whooping cough. Analytica chimica acta 1065 (2019), M Dou, J Sanchez, H Tavakoli, J E. Gonzalez, Jianjun Sun, J Dien Bard, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Mycobacterium marinum down-regulates miR-148a in macrophages in an EsxA-dependent manner. International immunopharmacology 73 (2019), H Wu, Y Bao, L Wang, XiuJun (James) Li, Jianjun Sun.
• Mycobacterium marinum down-regulates miR-148a in macrophages in an EsxA-dependent manner. International immunopharmacology 73 (2019), H Wu, Y Bao, L Wang, XiuJun (James) Li, Jianjun Sun.
• A review on advances in methods for modification of paper supports for use in point-of-care testing Microchimica Acta 186 (2019), R Tang, L Liu, S Zhang, XiuJun (James) Li, F Li.
• Recent advances in microfluidic platforms for single-cell analysis in cancer biology, diagnosis and therapy TRAC - Trend Anal Chem 117 (2019), H Tavakoli, Wan Zhou, L Ma, Lei Ma, Feng Xu, XiuJun (James) Li.
• A Portable and Universal Upconversion Nanoparticle-Based Lateral Flow Assay Platform for Point-of-Care Testing Talanta 201 (2019), Y Gong, Y Zheng, B Jin, XiuJun (James) Li, F Li.
• Invited Session Chair for Pittcon 2019 “Nanotechnology” (2019), XiuJun (James) Li.
• Preparation and evaluation of Bletilla striata polysaccharide/graphene oxide composite hemostatic sponge Int. J. Biol. Macromol 130 (2019), J Chen, L Lu, Y Li, XiuJun (James) Li, R Zeng.
• A smartphone-based on-site nucleic acid testing platform at point-of-care settings Electrophoresis 40 (2019), X Xu, X Wang, J. Hu, Y Gong, L. Wang, W. Zhou, XiuJun (James) Li, F Xu.
• Novel TiO2 catalyst carriers with high thermostability for selective catalytic reduction of NO by NH3 Catalysis Today 327 (2019), Qijie Jin, Y. Shen, Lei Ma, S. Zhu, J. Zhang, W Zhou, X Wei, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Multiplexed instrument-free bar-chart Spinchip integrated with nanoparticle-mediated magnetic aptasensors for visual quantitative detection of multiple pathogens Proc. Micro Total Analysis Systems 22 (2018), X. Wei, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Simple one-step surface modification to graft DNA codes on paper devices and its biomedical application Proc. Micro Total Analysis Systems 22 (2018), Wan Zhou, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Multiplexed Instrument-free Bar-chart SpinChip Integrated with Nanoparticle-mediated Magnetic Aptasensors for Visual Quantitative Detection of Multiple Pathogens Anal Chem 90 (2018), Xiaofeng Wei, W. Zhou, S. T. Sanjay, J. Zhang, Q. Jin, Delfina C. Dominguez, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Exploration of Nanoparticle-Mediated Photothermal Effect of TMB-H2O2 Colorimetric System and Its Application in a Visual Quantitative Photothermal Immunoassay Anal Chem 90 (2018), Guanglei Fu, S.T. Sanjay, Wan Zhou, RA Brekken, R.A. Kirken, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Recent Advances of Controlled Drug Delivery Using Microfluidic Platforms Adv. Drug Deliv. Rev. 128 (2018), Sharma T Sanjay, Wan Zhou, Maowei Dou, Hamed Tavakoli, Lei Ma, Feng Xu, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Atomically Precise Au25(SG)18 Nanoclusters: Rapid Single-Step Synthesis and Application in Photothermal Therapy ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 10 (2018), Sai Krishna Katla, Jie Zhang, E Castro, Ricardo A. Bernal, XiuJun (James) Li.

• Rapid and Accurate Diagnosis of Pertussis on a Point-of-Care Biochip (2022), Volume Vancouver, BC, Canada (Oral), M Dou, J Dien Bard, DC Dominguez, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Nanoparticle-Mediated Quantitative Photothermal Biosensing Using a Common Thermometer based on TMB Photothermal effects (2022), Volume San Antonio, TX (Oral), G Fu, R Brekken, R Kirken, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Gold Nanoparticles Aggregation-Induced Quantitative Photothermal Biosensing Using a Thermometer: A Simple and Universal Biosensing Platform (2021), Volume Virtual, W Zhou, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Combination of PTT and PDT for improved cancer therapy (2020), Volume Boston, L Ma, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Nanomaterial-mediated Photothermal Biosensing Using a Thermometer and beyond (2020), Volume Chicago, IL, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Point of care device for infectious disease diagnosis (2020), Volume Chicago, IL, Hamed Tavakoli, XiuJun (James) Li.
• “Rapid and Accurate Diagnosis of the Respiratory Disease Pertussis on a Point-of-Care paper/polymer hybrid Biochip (2020), Volume Chicago, IL, XiuJun (James) Li.
• “Strong interaction between Au nanoparticles and porous polyurethane sponge enables efficient environmental catalysis with high reusability (2020), Volume Los Angeles, CA, XiuJun (James) Li.
• “on-demand photothermal bar-chart microfluidic platform using on-chip nanomaterial-mediated photothermal effect as the microfluidic driving force (2020), Volume Vancouver, BC, Canada,, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Multiplexed Instrument-free Bar-chart Spinchip with Nanoparticle-mediated Aptasensors for Visual Quantitative Detection of Multiple Pathogens (2019), Volume El Paso, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Paper/polymer hybrid microfluidic platforms for low-cost disease diagnosis (2019), Volume Beijing, China, M Dou, H Tavakoli, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Dynamic single-cell analysis on microfluidic biochips (2019), Volume Beijing, China, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Low-cost Disease Diagnosis on micro & Nano Biosensing Platforms (2019), Volume Lanzhou, China, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Multiplexed instrument-free bar-chart Spinchip integrated with nanoparticle-mediated magnetic aptasensors for visual quantitative detection of multiple pathogens (2019), Volume Hong Kong, CN, X Wei, Delfina C. Dominguez, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Simple one-pot synthesis of Au nanoclusters and the application in photothermal therapy (2019), Volume Phoenix, AZ, J Zhang, S Katla, Lei Ma, Y Abugalyon, XiuJun (James) Li.
• A point-of-care PDMS/paper hybrid microfluidic biochip for multiplexed instrument-free respiratory disease diagnosis (2019), Volume Philadelphia, PA, Wan Zhou, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Multiplexed Instrument-free Bar-chart SpinChip Integrated with Nanoparticle-mediated Magnetic Aptasensors for Visual Quantitative Detection of Multiple Pathogens (2019), Volume Philadelphia, PA, X Wei, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Paper-supported Catalysts for Enhanced Catalytic Efficiency and High Reusability (2019), Volume Houston, TX, Q J. , XiuJun (James) Li.
• Microfluidic Lab-on-a-chip and Nanotechnology for Low-cost Bioanalysis (2019), Volume Tucson, AZ, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Microfluidic Chips and Nanomaterials for Catalytic Applications (2018), Volume Changsha, China, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Simple one-step surface modification to graft DNA codes on paper devices and its biomedical application (2018), Volume Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Wan Zhou, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Multiplexed instrument-free bar-chart Spinchip integrated with nanoparticle-mediated magnetic aptasensors for visual quantitative detection of multiple pathogens (2018), Volume Kaohsiung, Taiwan (Oral, Oral acceptance rate 7%), X Wei, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Microfluidic Lab-on-a-chip and Nanotechnology for Low-cost Bioanalysis (2018), Volume Lawrence, KS, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Bar-chart microchips (2018), Volume El Paso, TX, Dianxiong Wang, XiuJun (James) Li.
• chemiluminescence on a chip (2018), Volume El Paso, TX, Guangtao Zhang, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Environmental study (2018), Volume El Paso, TX, KeJenika Padilla, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Microneedles for biomedical applications (2018), Volume El Paso, TX, Yilin Shu, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Photothermal study (2018), Volume El Paso, TX, Ke Jia, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Point of care diagnosis (2018), Volume El Paso, TX, Heyang Wei, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Go Smaller: A Journey of Device Miniaturization For Low-Cost Biomedical Applications (2018), Volume Shanghai, China, XiuJun (James) Li.
• micro- & nano- technologies for environmental science and applications (2018), Volume Tianjin, China, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Microfluidic Lab-on-a-Chip and Nanotechnology for Biomedical Applications (2018), Volume Tianjin, China, XiuJun (James) Li.
• A Paper/Polymer Hybrid CD-Like Microfluidic SpinChip Integrated with DNA-Functionalized Graphene Oxide Nanosensors for multiplex qLAMP Detection (2018), Volume Beijing, China. (Oral, Keynote), XiuJun (James) Li, Maowei Dou.
• Smaller: Multiplexed Instrument-free Bar-chart Spinchip with Nanoparticle-mediated Aptasensors for Visual Quantitative Detection of Pathogens (2018), Volume Beijing, China (Oral), X Wei, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Microfluidic Lab-on-a-Chip for Biomedical Applications (2018), Volume Taiyuan, China, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Nanotechnology for Bioanalytical & Environmental Applications (2018), Volume Qingdao, China, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Microfluidic Lab-on-a-Chip for Biomedical Applications (2018), Volume Qingdao, China, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Microfluidic Lab-on-a-Chip and Nanotechnology for Biomedical Applications (2018), Volume San Antonio, TX, XiuJun (James) Li.
• A high-sensitivity immunoassay in a reusable paper/polymer hybrid plug-and-play microfluidic platform (2018), Volume Orlando, FL (Oral), S.T. Sanjay, XiuJun (James) Li.
• A New Bar-Chart Microfluidic Chip Driven by Nanoparticle-mediated photothermal effects for Point-of-care Immunosensing (2018), Volume Orlando, FL (Oral), Wan Zhou, XiuJun (James) Li.
• A PMMA/Paper Hybrid CD-Like Microfluidic SpinChip Integrated with DNA-Functionalized Graphene Oxide Nanosensors for multiplex qLAMP Detection (2018), Volume Orlando, FL (Oral), Maowei Dou, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Combination of experimental with computational studies for exploring dynamic single-cell analysis on microfluidic biochips (2018), Volume Orlando, FL (Oral, Invited), XiuJun (James) Li.
• Session Chair (2018), Volume Orlando, FL, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Microfluidic Lab-on-a-Chip and nanotechnology for low-cost bioanalysis (2018), Volume Wichita, KS, XiuJun (James) Li.
• New paper/polymer hybrid microfluidic microplate for rapid quantitative detection of multiple disease biomarkers (2018), Volume Cancun, Mexico (Oral), S.T. Sanjay, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Microfluidic Lab-on-a-Chip and nanotechnology for biochemical & environmental analysis (2018), Volume Newark, NJ, XiuJun (James) Li.

• Novel Point of care microfluidic detection of ESBL-producing E. coli and Klebsiella UTIs
• STTR: Point-of-care microdevices for simultaneous detection of multiple pertussis-like respiratory diseases from Bordetella species
• PFI-TT: Hybrid microfluidic devices for rapid point-of-care detection of multiple respiratory pathogens
• Rapid Point-of-care Detection of Ovarian Cancer Biomarkers Using a Common Thermometer for Low-Resource Settings
• MRI - Acquisition of a Next-Generation XPS for Research and Education in Southwest
• ACUE Course in Effective Teaching Practice
• Instant COVID-19 Diagnostic Devices on the Go to Improve Transportation Safety
• I-Corps: Low-cost photothermal nanosensors for quantitative biomarker detection using a thermometer
• Interdisciplinary Infectious Disease Cluster in IDRB, Space
• Rapid point-of-care detection of antimicrobial resistance using a thermometer
• I-Corps: Point-of-Care Microfluidic Device for Rapid Pathogen Detection
• ACS Anal Chem Division Conference Support Funds
• Sensitive detection of miRNAs by using polymer/paper hybrid microfluidic biochips for diagnosis of different cancers
• NSF PREM Center for Energy and Biomaterials (DMR1827745)
• µBiochip Diagnostics
• Development and optimization of point-of-care devices for meningitis diagnosis
• Photothermal Nanomaterials for High-Efficiency Biomass Conversion
• MRI-Flow cytometer
• R21: Design of a Point of Care Device for the Rapid Diagnosis of Pertussis
• R21: Design of a Point of Care Device for the Rapid Diagnosis of Pertussis