The Khan Lab at the University of Southern California focuses on sensors and systems for precision health and psychiatry. We are part of the USC Institute for Technology and Medical Systems (ITEMS), a joint Keck-Viterbi initiative on medical devices, with presence in both USC Viterbi School of Engineering and Keck School of Medicine of USC.
2022
A flexible electronic strain sensor for the real-time monitoring of tumor progressionAlex Abramson, Carmel Chan, Yasser Khan, Alana Mermin-Bunnell, Naoji Matsuhisa, Robyn Fong, Rohan Shad, William Hiesinger, Parag Mallick, Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, and Zhenan BaoScience Advances, 2022Media coverage: USC News, Stanford News, Georgia Tech News, and many more.ABSTRACT BIBTEX PDF
2021
Design considerations of a wearable electronic-skin for mental health and wellness: balancing biosignals and human factorsYasser Khan, Matthew L. Mauriello, Parsa Nowruzi, Akshara Motani, Grace Hon, Nicholas Vitale, Jinxing Li, Jayoung Kim, Amir Foudeh, Dalton Duvio, Erika Shols, Megan Chesnut, James Landay, Jan Liphardt, Leanne Williams, Keith D. Sudheimer, Boris Murmann, Zhenan Bao, and Pablo E. ParedesbioRxiv, 2021ABSTRACT BIBTEX PDF
A soft-electronic sensor network tracks neuromotor development in infantsYasser Khan, and Zhenan BaoProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021 118, 46.ABSTRACT BIBTEX PDF
Post-surgical wireless monitoring of arterial health progressionSara RA Ruth, Min-gu Kim, Hiroki Oda, Zhen Wang, Yasser Khan, James Chang, Paige M Fox, and Zhenan BaoIscience, 2021 24, 9.ABSTRACT BIBTEX PDF
Stress Markers for Mental States and Biotypes of Depression and Anxiety: A Scoping Review and Preliminary Illustrative AnalysisMegan Chesnut, Sahar Harati, Pablo Paredes, Yasser Khan, Amir Foudeh, Jayoung Kim, Zhenan Bao, and Leanne M. WilliamsChronic Stress, 2021 5, n/a.ABSTRACT BIBTEX PDF
2020
A wearable biosensing system with in-sensor adaptive machine learning for hand gesture recognitionAli Moin, Andy Zhou, Abbas Rahimi, Alisha Menon, Simone Benatti, George Alexandrov, Senam Tamakloe, Jonathan Ting, Natasha Yamamoto, Yasser Khan, Fred Burghardt, Luca Benini, Ana C. Arias, and Jan M. RabaeyNature Electronics, 2020 n/a, n/a.ABSTRACT BIBTEX PDF
Flexible Fringe Effect Capacitive Sensors with Simultaneous High-Performance Contact and Non-Contact Sensing CapabilitiesSara Rachel Arussy Ruth, Vivian Rachel Feig, Min-gu Kim, Yasser Khan, Jason Khoi Phong, and Zhenan BaoSmall Structures, 2020 n/a, n/a.ABSTRACT BIBTEX PDF
Optimization of printed sensors to monitor sodium, ammonium, and lactate in sweatAlla M. Zamarayeva, Natasha A. D. Yamamoto, Anju Toor, Margaret E. Payne, Caleb Woods, Veronika I. Pister, Yasser Khan, James W. Evans, and Ana Claudia AriasAPL Materials, 2020 8, 10.ABSTRACT BIBTEX PDF
A potentiometric mechanotransduction mechanism for novel electronic skinsXiaodong Wu, Maruf Ahmed, Yasser Khan, Margaret E. Payne, Juan Zhu, Canhui Lu, James W. Evans, and Ana C. AriasScience Advances, 2020 6, 30.ABSTRACT BIBTEX PDF
A low-cost, helmet-based, non-invasive ventilator for COVID-19Yasser Khan, Hossain Mohammad Fahad, Sifat Muin, Hongquan Li, Ray Chang, Karthik Gopalan, Syed Tariq Reza, and Manu Prakash, 2020ABSTRACT BIBTEX PDF
Pulse Oximetry Using Organic Optoelectronics under Ambient LightDonggeon Han, Yasser Khan, Jonathan Ting, Juan Zhu, Craig Combe, Andrew Wadsworth, Iain McCulloch, and Ana C. AriasAdvanced Materials Technologies, 2020 n/a, n/a.ABSTRACT BIBTEX PDF
Large-Area Fabrication of High-Performance Flexible and Wearable Pressure SensorsXiaodong Wu, Yasser Khan, Jonathan Ting, Juan Zhu, Seiya Ono, Xinxing Zhang, Shixuan Du, James W. Evans, Canhui Lu, and Ana C. AriasAdvanced Electronic Materials, 2020 n/a, n/a.ABSTRACT BIBTEX PDF
2019
A New Frontier of Printed Electronics: Flexible Hybrid ElectronicsYasser Khan, Arno Thielens, Sifat Muin, Jonathan Ting, Carol Baumbauer, and Ana C. AriasAdvanced Materials, 2019 n/a, n/a.ABSTRACT BIBTEX PDF
Organic Multi-Channel Optoelectronic Sensors for Wearable Health MonitoringYasser Khan, Donggeon Han, Jonathan Ting, Maruf Ahmed, Ramune Nagisetty, and Ana C. Arias.IEEE Access, 2019 , .ABSTRACT BIBTEX PDF
Reliability Challenges in Fabrication of Flexible Hybrid Electronics for Human Performance Monitors: A System Level StudyVarun Soman, Yasser Khan, Madina Zabran, Mark Schadt, Paul Hart, Michael Shay, Frank Egitto, Konstantinos Papathomas, Natasha AD Yamamoto, Donggeon Han, Ana C Arias, Kanad Ghose, Mark D Poliks, and James N TurnerIEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, 2019 , .ABSTRACT BIBTEX PDF
2018
A flexible organic reflectance oximeter arrayYasser Khan, Donggeon Han, Adrien Pierre, Jonathan Ting, Xingchun Wang, Claire M Lochner, Gianluca Bovo, Nir Yaacobi-Gross, Chris Newsome, Richard Wilson, and Ana C AriasProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2018 115, 47.Media coverage: Physics World, UC Berkeley News Center, KCBS Radio, Innovators Magazine, The Engineer (UK), Medgadget, ScienceDaily, and many more.ABSTRACT BIBTEX PDF
Emission Area Patterning of Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (OLEDs) via Printed DielectricsDonggeon Han, Yasser Khan, Karthik Gopalan, Adrien Pierre, and Ana C AriasAdvanced Functional Materials, 2018 28, 37.ABSTRACT BIBTEX PDF
Local electrochemical control of hydrogel microactuators in microfluidicsLeeya Engel, Chengming Liu, Nofar Mintz Hemed, Yasser Khan, Ana Claudia Arias, Yosi Shacham-Diamand, Slava Krylov, and Liwei LinJournal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 2018 28, 105005.ABSTRACT BIBTEX PDF
2017
Flexible blade-coated multicolor polymer light-emitting diodes for optoelectronic sensorsDonggeon Han, Yasser Khan, Jonathan Ting, Simon M King, Nir Yaacobi-Gross, Martin J Humphries, Christopher J Newsome, and Ana C AriasAdvanced Materials, 2017 29, 22.ABSTRACT BIBTEX PDF
2016
Flexible hybrid electronics: Direct interfacing of soft and hard electronics for wearable health monitoringYasser Khan, Mohit Garg, Qiong Gui, Mark Schadt, Abhinav Gaikwad, Donggeon Han, Natasha AD Yamamoto, Paul Hart, Robert Welte, William Wilson, Steve Czarnecki, Mark Poliks, Zhanpeng Jin, Kanad Ghose, Frank Egitto, James Turner, and Ana C AriasAdvanced Functional Materials, 2016 26, 47.ABSTRACT BIBTEX PDF
High-performance flexible energy storage and harvesting system for wearable electronicsAminy E Ostfeld, Abhinav M Gaikwad, Yasser Khan, and Ana C AriasScientific reports, 2016 6,ABSTRACT BIBTEX PDF
Monitoring of vital signs with flexible and wearable medical devicesYasser Khan, Aminy E Ostfeld, Claire M Lochner, Adrien Pierre, and Ana C AriasAdvanced Materials, 2016 28, 22.ABSTRACT BIBTEX PDF
Inkjet-printed flexible gold electrode arrays for bioelectronic interfacesYasser Khan*, Felippe J Pavinatto*, Monica C Lin, Amy Liao, Sarah L Swisher, Kaylee Mann, Vivek Subramanian, Michel M Maharbiz, and Ana C AriasAdvanced Functional Materials, 2016 26, 7.Cover article.ABSTRACT BIBTEX PDF
Identifying orthogonal solvents for solution processed organic transistorsAbhinav M Gaikwad, Yasser Khan, Aminy E Ostfeld, Shishir Pandya, Sameer Abraham, and Ana Claudia AriasOrganic Electronics, 2016 30,Solvents visualization program is available in the Downloads section: http://arias.berkeley.edu/downloads/ABSTRACT BIBTEX PDF
2015
Impedance sensing device enables early detection of pressure ulcers in vivoSarah L Swisher, Monica C Lin, Amy Liao, Elisabeth J Leeflang, Yasser Khan, Felippe J Pavinatto, Kaylee Mann, Agne Naujokas, David Young, Shuvo Roy, Michael R Harrison, Ana C Arias, Vivek Subramanian, and Michel M MaharbizNature communications, 2015 6,Media coverage: BBC News, UC Berkeley News Center, Futurity, NSF News, ACM Communications, and many more.ABSTRACT BIBTEX PDF
2014
All-organic optoelectronic sensor for pulse oximetryClaire M Lochner*, Yasser Khan*, Adrien Pierre*, and Ana C AriasNature communications, 2014 5,*Equal contribution. Media coverage: UC Berkeley Grad News, NSF Science 360 News, UC Berkeley News Center, Phys.Org, ScienceDaily, MSN News, Yahoo News, and many more.ABSTRACT BIBTEX PDF
2013
Enhanced energy storage in chaotic optical resonatorsChangxu Liu, Andrea Di Falco, D Molinari, Yasser Khan, Boon S Ooi, Thomas F Krauss, and Andrea FratalocchiNature Photonics, 2013 7, 6.Cover article. Media coverage: EurekAlert!, nanowerk, Photonics.com, ScienceDaily, Phys.Org, and many more.ABSTRACT BIBTEX PDF
2012
Two-step controllable electrochemical etching of tungsten scanning probe microscopy tipsYasser Khan, Hisham Al-Falih, Yaping Zhang, Tien Khee Ng, and Boon S OoiReview of Scientific Instruments, 2012 83, 6.ABSTRACT BIBTEX PDF
Conference Proceedings
2020
2019
2018
- System Design for Flexible All-Organic Reflectance OximeterYasser Khan, Donggeon Han, Adrien Pierre, Jonathan Ting, Xingchun Wang, Claire M. Lochner, and Ana C. AriasIn MRS Spring Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, USA, 2018ABSTRACT BIBTEX
- Emission area patterning of blade-coated organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) via printed dielectricsDonggeon Han, Yasser Khan, Karthik Gopalan, and Ana C. AriasIn MRS Spring Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, USA, 2018BIBTEX
An EMG Gesture Recognition System with Flexible High-Density Sensors and Brain-Inspired High-Dimensional ClassifierAli Moin, Andy Zhou, Abbas Rahimi, Simone Benatti, Alisha Menon, Senam Tamakloe, Jonathan Ting, Natasha Yamamoto, Yasser Khan, Fred Burghardt, and othersIn Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2018 IEEE International Symposium on, 2018ABSTRACT BIBTEX PDF
2016
A wearable flexible hybrid electronics ECG monitorMark Poliks, James Turner, Kanad Ghose, Zhanpeng Jin, Mohit Garg, Qiong Gui, Ana Arias, Yasser Kahn, Mark Schadt, and Frank EgittoIn Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC), 2016 IEEE 66th, 2016ABSTRACT BIBTEX PDF- Flexible Electrode Arrays for Bioelectronic InterfacesY. Khan, and A. C. AriasIn Flexible and Printed Electronics Conference, CA, USA, 2016ABSTRACT BIBTEX
2015
Inkjet-Printed Sensors for Wearable Health MonitoringYasser Khan, Mark Schadt, Mohit Garg, Qiong Gui, Paul Hart, Robert Welte, Stephen Cain, Bill Wilson, Zhanpeng Jin, Mark Poliks, Kanad Ghose, Steve Czarnecki, Frank Egitto, James Turner, and Ana Claudia AriasIn MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, USA, 2015Best Oral Presentation AwardABSTRACT BIBTEX
System design for organic pulse oximeterYasser Khan, Claire M Lochner, Adrien Pierre, and Ana Claudia AriasIn Advances in Sensors and Interfaces (IWASI), 2015 6th IEEE International Workshop on, 2015ABSTRACT BIBTEX PDF- Interfacing Printed Sensors to Conventional Electronics for Wearable Sensor PatchY. Khan, M. Garg, M. Schadt, Q. Gui, P. Hart, Z. Jin, M. Poliks, R. Welte, S. Czarnecki, F. Egitto, K. Ghose, J. Turner, and A. C. AriasIn Flexible and Printed Electronics Conference, CA, USA, 2015ABSTRACT BIBTEX
Impedance sensing device for monitoring ulcer healing in human patientsAmy Liao, Monica C Lin, Lauren C Ritz, Sarah L Swisher, David Ni, Kaylee Mann, Yasser Khan, Shuvo Roy, Michael R Harrison, Ana C Arias, Vivek Subramanian, David Young, and Michel M MaharbizIn Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2015 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE, 2015ABSTRACT BIBTEX PDF
2014
- All-Organic Green Light Pulse Oximeter for Wearable Medical SensingYasser Khan, Adrien Pierre, Claire Lochner, and Ana C. AriasIn MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, USA, 2014ABSTRACT BIBTEX
2011
Fabrication of tuning-fork based AFM and STM tungsten probeHisham Al-Falih, Yasser Khan, Yaping Zhang, Damain Pablo San-Roman-Alerigi, Dongkyu Cha, Boon Siew Ooi, and Tien Khee NgIn High Capacity Optical Networks and Enabling Technologies (HONET), 2011, 2011ABSTRACT BIBTEX PDF- Facile Method for Fabricating Reproducible Tungsten Probe Tips with Varying Cone AnglesYasser Khan, Josh Ballard, Yaping Zhang, Justin Alexander, Miles Larkin, and Boon OoiIn International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT), 2011ABSTRACT BIBTEX
ZnO nanorods for simultaneous light trapping and transparent electrode application in solar cellsYasser Khan, Yaping Zhang, Muhammad Amin, A Bayraktaroglu, Tien Khee Ng, H Bağcı, J Phillips, and Boon S OoiIn Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE, 2011ABSTRACT BIBTEX PDF
Wireless embedded control system for atomically precise manufacturingYasser Khan, and John RandallIn Information Technology: New Generations (ITNG), 2011 Eighth International Conference on, 2011ABSTRACT BIBTEX PDF
Poster Presentations
2020
- Mentaid: A skin-like sensor system for decoding mental healthYasser Khan, Boris Murmann, and Zhenan BaoIn 2020 eWEAR Annual Meeting, Stanford, CA, USA, 2020BIBTEX
2019
2018
- Fully Screen-Printed NiO Thermistor ArraysJonathan Ting*, Natasha Yamamoto*, Yasser Khan*, Abhinav Gaikwad, and Ana Claudia AriasIn Flexible Electronics Conference and Exhibition – 2018 FLEX, Monterey, CA, USA, 2018Best Poster Award.ABSTRACT BIBTEX
2014
- Flexible Printed Circuit Board for Wearable Physiological MonitoringYasser Khan, Felippe Pavinatto, and Ana Claudia AriasIn MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2014Nominated for Best Poster Award.ABSTRACT BIBTEX
Printed Pulse Oximeter for Wearable Medical Sensor PatchYasser Khan, Adrien Pierre, Claire Lochner, and Ana Claudia AriasIn NASCENT IAB Meeting, Austin, TX, USA., 2014Best Poster AwardBIBTEX
2012
- Energy Harvesting in Complex SystemsYasser Khan, Changxu Liu, Diego Molinari, Boon Ooi, and Andrea FratalocchiIn Electrical Engineering Days, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology., 2012Best Poster Award.BIBTEX
2011
Controllable Electrochemical Etching of Tungsten STM TipsYasser Khan, Josh Ballard, Justin Alexander, Miles Larkin, and Boon OoiIn First WEP Research Poster Session, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology., 2011Best Poster Award.BIBTEX
ZnO Nanorods for Simultaneous Light Trapping and Transparent Electrode Application in Solar CellsYasser Khan, Yaping Zhang, Muhammad Amin, Tien Khee Ng, Jamie Phillips, Hakan Bagci, and Boon OoiIn First Graduate Research Symposium, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology., 2011Best Poster Award.BIBTEX
Patents
2020
- Reflectance based pulse oximetry systems and methodsAna Claudia Arias, Claire Lochner, Adrien Pierre, and Yasser Khan2020US Patent 10,548,519BIBTEX
2019
- Methods and apparatus for monitoring wound healing using impedance spectroscopyMichel Maharbiz, Vivek Subramanian, Ana Claudia Arias, Sarah Swisher, Amy Liao, Monica Lin, Felippe Pavinatto, Yasser Khan, Daniel Cohen, Elisabeth Leeflang, and others2019US Patent 10,463,293BIBTEX
- Printed all-organic reflectance oximeter arrayYasser Khan, Donggeon Han, Adrien Pierre, Jonathan Ting, Xingchun Wang, Claire M Lochner, and Ana C Arias2019International Patent App. PCT/US20 19/033381BIBTEX
2018
- Flexible, non-invasive real-time hematoma monitoring system using near-infrared spectroscopyClaire Meyer Lochner, Rachel Nancollas, Jacob Sadie, Yasser Khan, and Ana Claudia Arias2018US Patent App. 15/852,366