Research
Before joining the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Mei performed postdoctoral research in the laboratory of Prof. Shigeru Amemiya at the University of Pittsburgh (2012), where she successfully imaged the ion flux across a single nanopore in an aqueous environment with nano-resolved Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy (SECM). Her current research interests interface between nanoscience, electrochemistry, and neuroscience, specifically involving studying neurotransmission at nanobiological structures, such as single synaptic cleft. Visit her research group’s website for more information.
Education
- Ph.D., University of Texas, 2011
Campus Affiliations
- Assistant Professor, Chemistry
- Assistant Professor, Neuroscience Program
- Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
- Assistant Professor, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
- Affiliate, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Select Honors and Recognitions
- Scialog Fellow, 2021
- Sloan Research Fellowship, 2023
- Arthur F. Findeis Award for Achievements by a Young Analytical Scientist, 2021
- NSF CAREER Award, 2019