People

Principal Investigator

Seokheun Choi, Ph.D.

Email: schoi@binghamton.edu | Office: ES-2323 | Phone: 607-777-5913

Professor (Curriculum Vitae)

Director of Bioelectronics & Microsystems Lab (ES-1100/1105)

Director of Center for Research in Advanced Sensing Technologies and Environmental Sustainability (CREATES)

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science

State University of New York at Binghamton

Ph.D. Students

Yang "Lexi" Gao

Lab Manager

M.S. Chinese Academy of Sciences

Starting date: Sep 2021

Research Topic: Wearable biobatteries

Ruohan "Astrid" Zhang

B.S. ShanghaiTech U.

Starting date: Sep 2024

Research Topic: MEMS with Exoelectrogens

Botian "Jackson" Wang

B.S. Florida International University

Starting date: Sep. 2025

Research Topic: Biobatteries and Biosensors

Guangya "Roger" Yuan

M.S. North Carolina State University

Starting date: Sep. 2025

Research Topic: Biobatteries and Biosensors

M.S. Students

Anthony Ye

B.S. SUNY Binghamton

Starting date: Jan 2026

Research Topic: Wearable Power Sources

Undergraduate Students

Ron Alweiss

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Starting date: Sep. 2022

Research Topic: Biofuel cells

Jenny Huang

Department of Biological Sciences and Chemistry

Starting date: Sep. 2024

Research Topic: Sustainable Devices

Group Pictures

Lexi's graduation award picture with president — Lexi: Graduate student excellence award in Research (March 2026)

Hilton Head Workshop TPC meeting in 2026 — Hilton Head TPC meeting (Feb. 2026)

PowerMEMS Conference in 2025 — PowerMEMS (December 2025)

Zahra's Ph.D. defense — Zahra's PhD defense (Jan. 2026)

Transducers conference group photo — Transducers Conference (June 2025)

Maryam's Ph.D. defense — Maryam's PhD defense (June, 2025)

Maryam's presentation at 3MT competition — Maryam's Presentation at 3MT Competition (May, 2025)

Maryam's graduate student excellence award in research — Maryam: Graduate student excellence award in Research (March 2025)

Media spotlight on Maryam's artificial plant (Oct. 2024)

Lin's wedding celebration — Lin's Wedding (Sep. 2024)

Lula's NSF REU Poster presentation (Aug. 2024)

Anwar's Ph.D. defense — Anwar's PhD defense (July, 2024)

Hilton Head workshop 2024 — Hilton Head Workshop (June, 2024)

Zahra's graduate student excellence award in research — Zahra: Graduate student excellence award in Research (March 2024)

IEEE MEMS Conference in 2024 — IEEE MEMS Conference (Jan, 2024)

SUNY Showcase in Albany — The State of the University Campus Showcase in Albany (May, 2023)

Anwar's graduate student excellence award in research — Anwar: Graduate student excellence award in Research (March 2023)

PowerMEMS conference 2022 — PowerMEMS (December 2022)

Hilton Head workshop in 2022 — Hilton Head Workshop (June, 2022)

Mya's graduation ceremony — Mya's graduation (May, 2022)

Farewell party for Mya — Group picture after farewell party for Mya Landers (May, 2022)

Farewell party for Lin — Group picture after farewell party for Lin Liu (August, 2021)

Lin's graduation ceremony — Liu's graduation ceremony (May, 2021)

Lab group picture in 2020 — Group picture (July, 2020)

Hilton Head workshop in 2018 — Hilton Head Workshop 2018 (June, 2018)

Farewell party for Sumiao (August, 2017)

Lab group picture in 2017 — Group picture (May, 2017)

IEEE MEMS Conference in 2017 — IEEE MEMS 2017 (January, 2017)

IEEE SENSORS Conference in 2016 — IEEE Sensors 2016 (November, 2016)

IEEE MEMS Conference in 2015 — IEEE MEMS 2015 (January, 2015)

IEEE NEMS Conference in 2014 — IEEE NEMS 2014 (April, 2014)

Alumni

Ph.D.

Zahra Rafiee (2025) - Dissertation: Papertronic sensing platforms for real-time electrical monitoring of antibiotic susceptibility (Engineer at E tech group)
Maryam Rezaie (2025) - Dissertation: Advanced Miniaturized Microbial Fuel Cells for Next-Generation Bioelectronic Applications (Senior R&D Engineer at Saras Micro Devices)
Anwar Elhadad (2024) - Dissertation: Advancements in Miniaturized Biological Solar Cells and Microbial Fuel Cells for Powering IoT devices & Electronics (Assistant Professor at Binghamton U.)
Jihyun Ryu (2021) - Dissertation: Wearable Microbial Fuel Cells (Engineer)
Lin Liu (2021, Ph.D and Postdoc) - Dissertation: Performance Enhancement of Miniature Microbial Solar Cells (Assistant Professor at Seattle Pacific University)
Mehdi Tahernia (2020) - Dissertation: Papertronic sensing array for rapid and high-throughput screening of electroactive microorganisms (Program Manager at Vital Materials Co. Limited)
Maedeh Mohammadifar (2020) - Dissertation: Biobatteries for Health and Environmental Monitoring (was Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Permian Basin and now Engineer at Bio-Rad Laboratories)
Yang Gao (2020) - Dissertation: Flexible and Stretchable Bacteria-Powered Biobatteries (Postdoc at the University of Texas at Austin)
Arwa Fraiwan (2016) - Dissertation: Paper-based Microbial Fuel Cells (Assistant Professor at Louisiana Tech. University)

M.S. Thesis

Mya Landers (2022) - Thesis: Paper-integrated Components for Disposable Papertronic Devices (Electronics Hardware Designer at Draper)
Jonghyun Cho (2020) - Thesis: A paper-based microbial fuel cell sensor for water quality monitoring (Ph.D. student at Rutgers University)
Sumiao Pang (2017) - Thesis: Flexible and Stretchable Microbial Fuel Cells (Ph.D. student at University of Maryland)
Gihoon Choi (2015) - Thesis: A paper-based sensor array for electromicrobiology (Engineer at Sandia National Lab)
Weiyang Yang (2016) - Thesis: Microbial Toxic Sensors (Product Development Engineer at Luminus Devices)
Xuejian Wei (2016) - Thesis: µL Bio-solar cells (Director at Intelligent Automation)

M.S. Project

Siddhu Ravi (2025) - Project: Plant Microbial Fuel Cells (Engineer at Lockheed Martin)
Matthew K. Krug (2025) - Project: 3D-Printed Artificial Food (Engineer at L3Harris Technologies)
Luca Iacono (2025) - Project: Bacterial Microrobots (Engineer at Zebra Technologies)
Matthew Suttmeier (2025) - Project: Plant Microbial Fuel Cells (Engineer at Precision Filters)
Nicolette Cascioli (2024) - Project: Kombucha-based biofuel cells (Engineer at Constellation Clean Energy Center)
Jason Tang (2023) - Project: Paper-based biofuel cells (Engineer at Terran Orbital)
Stefan Richter (2022) - Project: Biosensors for monitoring Ankylosing Spondylitis
Amit Madan (2021) - Project: Energy Harvesting (Engineer at Analog Devices)
Marwa Chowdhury (2021) - Project: Smart Bandage for Wound Healing (Program manager at Central Hudson)
Emily Kimiecik (2021) - Project: Moisture-Induced Energy Harvesting (Engineer at BAE Systems)
Shuai Feng (2020) - Project: Microbial fuel cells
Vishrut Vaman Shenoy (2020) - Project: Antibiotic susceptibility testing (Ph.D. at BU)
Andrew T. Barza (2020) - Project: Biosensors for monitoring micro-plastics
Mohammed F. Alyas (2019) - Project: Drug delivery (Engineer at Saudi Electricity Company)
Jason Ephraim (2019) - Project: Nanogenerators (Engineer at Harris Corp.)
Madhura R. Shanbhag (2017, Biomedical engineering Dept.) - Project: 3-D culture systems for C. elegans (Engineer at Fresenius Medical Care)
Mark Freithaler (2017) - Project: Sweat-based microbial fuel cells (Engineer at Macom)
Kamil Roszkowski (2016) - Project: Biofuel production (Engineer at General Dynamics)
Jiem Nguyen (2015) - Project: UV LED-based photolithography systems (Engineer at National Grid)
Shannon Rosario (2014) - Project: A Lab-on-a-chip for circulating tumor cells
Timothy S Kim (2017) - Engineer at National Security Agency
Eunyoung Cho (2017, Biology Dept.) - Ph.D. student at Ryerson University (Canada)
Christopher Coogan (2016, Biomedical engineering Dept.) - Ph.D. student at University of Minnesota
Weiye Li (2016) - M.S. student at ETH Zurich
Jiaqi Zhang (2015) - M.S. student at National University of Singapore
Bonnie Tran (2014) - M.S. student at Columbia University
WanChao Guo (2014) - Engineer at GE Aviation
San Yoon (2014, Biology Dept.) - Medical Student at St. George's University
Hankeun Lee (2014) - US ARMY
Simeng Chen (2014) - Ph.D. student at University of Colorado Boulder
Chunhui Dai (2014) - Ph.D. student at University of Minnesota
Thu Nguyen (2014) - Ph.D. student at University of Waterloo
Steven J. Sundermier (2013) - Engineer at BAE systems

B.S.

Hail Chun (2019) - Engineer at Protec. Inc (Korea)

LSAMP

Bryanna S. Brown (2017 Summer) - M.S. student at Carnegie Mellon University

NSF REU

Jenny Huang (2025 Summer) - from Binghamton University
Lula Baldriche (2024 Summer) - from Middle Tennessee State University
Alexa R. Juran (2017 Summer) - from Broome Community College
Landen Kwan (2015 Summer) - from Queensborough Community College
Taneesha Beebe (2014 Summer) - from Russell Sage College

High School

Kendra Zhang (2016 & 2017 Summer) - from Jericho High School - Columbia University
Chris Fischer (2014 & 2015 Summer) - from Briarcliff High School - University of Pennsylvania
Reed Walter (2011 Summer) - from Loveland High School - Ohio State University