Professor Mei Shen was recently featured as a 2025 Rising Star in Measurement Science in a special issue of ACS Measurement Science Au.
The Rising Stars annual issue celebrates early-career researchers who are breaking new ground in the chemical sciences. Shen's research was featured in the special edition: Selective Detection of Acetylcholine against Choline and In Vivo Measurement in the Mouse Brain Using the Micropipet-Supported Liquid/Liquid Interface Electrode | ACS Measurement Science Au.
The research in the Shen lab interfaces between state of art ultra-high resolution nano-electroanalytical chemistry and neurobiology. The main theme of Shen research program is to interrogate chemical, spatial and temporal heterogeneity in biomaterials using chemically-specific nanosensor probes. Currently our efforts are geared towards detecting neurotransmitter release and uptake in/near the synaptic cleft for both electrochemical active and non-active neurotransmitters.