Prof CHO Nam-Joon's team recently received the Guangdong emergency funding for the prevention and containment of COVID-19.
Prof CHO Nam-Joon
School of Materials Science & Engineering, NTU Singapore
Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) Centre
Since the outbreak of the pandemic, Prof Cho and his team have focused their research on combating the novel coronavirus. Their project aims to deploy an optical biosensor for real-time detection of COVID-19 virus particles. Although the diagnostic tool features a simple design, it can quantify virus particles in real time with high sensitivity and specificity, even with a small sample size. In particular, this new tool could serve as a general countermeasure to help limit the spread of potential viral pathogens.
Prof. Cho Nam-Joon, the Principal Investigator of the project under CSIJRI's New Materials Platform, has extensive experience in both laboratory and clinical research. His work focuses on using engineering approaches to address medical challenges and translating research findings into improved therapeutic and drug delivery options that more effectively target infectious diseases.
