Wei Gao Selected as a Winner for the Falling Walls 2023 "Breakthroughs of the Year"

Wei Gao, Assistant Professor of Medical Engineering; Investigator, Heritage Medical Research Institute; Ronald and JoAnne Willens Scholar, is one of ten winners of the Falling Walls "Breakthroughs of the Year 2023" in the category of "Engineering and Technology." Gao is recognized for his innovation of wearable sweat biosensors, "enabling them to continuously analyze a broad spectrum of biomarkers and provide insightful personalized information for a broad range of fundamental investigations and clinical applications." The Falling Walls Global Call is an international competition format that unites science enthusiasts from various backgrounds. It invites top academics and scientists from around the world to nominate the most notable scientific projects and recent discoveries in 9 different categories, one of which is engineering and technology.