Hsueh-Chia Chang
Bayer Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Professor Hsueh-Chia Chang has been a Notre Dame faculty member for nearly 40 years. He has worked with over 70 Ph.D. and postdoctoral students on low-cost and portable medical devices for screening diseases. His NIH- and NSF-funded research ranges from fundamental engineering principles to product development. His goal is to reduce disease mortality in low-resource communities.
After recovering from polio as a child and witnessing several devastating pandemics, Chang was inspired to develop medical screening devices that are low-cost and portable. He integrates several engineering technologies to realize new molecular diagnostics for various diseases.
"I have been fortunate to learn and work with Notre Dame faculty and students from different cultural and scientific backgrounds," Chang says. "Together, we offer a unique multi-disciplinary approach that has produced novel and translatable diagnostic technologies. It is a direct result of the collegial and collaborative Notre Dame research environment for social good."
