Deli received his B.S. in Polymer Chemistry and Ph.D. in Material Science from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB), respectively. He then worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard University on semiconductor nanowires and nanoelectronics. From 2004 to 2014, he was an assistant / associate professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at the University of California – San Diego. His interests include nanotechnology, sensors, optoelectronics, clean energy, and digital health. Deli has published about 80 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals with a total citation of more than 15,000 times. He also holds 14 issued or pending patents.EndFragment.