Dr. Yu is the Chief Technology Officer at NChrovia. Before joining NChrovia, he spent 14 years leading complex manufacturing and R&D projects in the medical device industry. Dr. Yu played a pivotal role in advancing sensor technologies for two NICU in-line continuous blood monitoring systems. Additionally, he has 8 years of experience in leading biomedical sensor product development for in vitro diagnostic analyzers. Dr. Yu possesses extensive expertise in implantable and wearable biosensors, in vitro electrochemical sensors, microarrays, immunoassays and biomaterials. He has been awarded an NIH Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant and contributed significantly to an R01 NIH research program. Dr. Yu has authored over 15 peer-reviewed publications and holds a US patent.

CEO/CTO

Dr. Bazhang Yu

Sohyun Kim is the director of product development of NChrovia. Currently, she is pursuing a Ph.D. degee in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. Sohyun earned her master’s degree in Nano-Bioengineering and her bachelor’s degree in Optometry from Seoul National University of Science and Technology in Seoul, South Korea. Her diverse experience and academic background uniquely position her to drive NChrovia’s mission forward, bridging the gap between cutting-edge research and practical medical solutions.

Director of Product Development

Sohyun Kim

Dr. Tim Yeh is the Founder of NChrovia. Dr. Yeh discovered controlled activation and color-switching phenomena on DNA-templated silver nanoclusters. Based on these findings, he and co-workers invented NanoCluster Beacons, which won a 2011 R&D 100 Award and a 2013 Postdoctoral Publication Prize in Experimental Sciences at LANL.

Dr. Yeh joined the Biomedical Engineering Department at the University of Texas at Austin in 2012, where he is now a full professor. His research interests include nanobiosensor development, cancer biomarker detection, 3D molecular tracking and super-resolution imaging.

Dr. Yeh had more than 70 science publications and 6 US patents.

Co-Founder

Dr. Tim Yeh