Our Collaborators

Dr. Hong Jiao is the president and the founder.  Dr. Jiao founded HJ Science & Technology, Inc. to commercialize miniature microfluidics and “lab-on-a-chip” based portable analyzers for environmental monitoring, medical diagnostics and analytical chemistry markets. Through numerous NASA-, DOE- and DOD-funded grants and contracts, Dr. Jiao has over 12 years of research and development experience in the areas of analytical chemistry, microfluidics, “lab-on-a-chip”, and optical miniaturization instrumentation.  In addition, Dr. Jiao has an extensive experience in gas sensing and laser spectroscopy with over 15 years of overall industrial experience.  Dr. Jiao has a Ph.D. in physics from MIT, M.S. in applied physics from Caltech, and B.S. in engineering physics from UC Berkeley.​

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

We are currently developing fully automated systems for eDNA purification, concentration, and detection from ocean water samples in collaboration with MBARI.​​