Rate My Professor Sang-Hyun Oh

Sang-Hyun Oh is a Distinguished McKnight University Professor and Sanford P. Bordeau Chair in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities College of Science and Engineering. He holds a joint appointment in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. Oh received his Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Stanford University in 2001 and B.S. in Physics from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in 1996. He joined the faculty at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities in 2006, progressing to his current positions. Oh directs the Nanobio group and leads initiatives such as the Advanced Sensing for Chronic and Emerging Neurodegenerative Diseases (ASCEND) center and serves as an expert at the International Institute for Biosensing.

His research specializes in plasmonics, nanophotonics, optical biosensors, microfluidics, nanofabrication, and diagnostics for protein misfolding diseases. Notable contributions include developing the template-stripping technique for ultrasmooth patterned metals in collaboration with David Norris and atomic layer lithography for ultra-long atomic-scale gaps. Oh is Editor-in-Chief of npj Biosensing. Highly cited publications encompass "Ultrasmooth patterned metals for plasmonics and metamaterials" (Science, 2009), "Advances and applications of nanophotonic biosensors" (Nature Nanotechnology, 2022), "Recent progress in SERS biosensing" (Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2011), "Engineering metallic nanostructures for plasmonics and nanophotonics" (Reports on Progress in Physics, 2012), "Vertically oriented sub-10-nm plasmonic nanogap arrays" (Nano Letters, 2010), "Atomic layer lithography of wafer-scale nanogap arrays for extreme confinement of electromagnetic waves" (Nature Communications, 2013), and "Periodic nanohole arrays with shape-enhanced plasmon resonance as real-time biosensors" (Applied Physics Letters, 2007). Recent works include "Detection and Decontamination of Chronic Wasting Disease Prions during Venison Processing" (Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2025) and "Dielectrophoresis-Enhanced Graphene Field-Effect Transistors for Nano-Analyte Sensing" (ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2025). Oh has earned the Optica Fellowship, Distinguished McKnight University Professorship (2019), NSF CAREER Award (2011), DARPA Young Faculty Award (2011), Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award (2011), UMN Initiative for Renewable Energy and Environment Early Career Award (2010), American Chemical Society New Investigator Award (2009), and 3M Faculty Award (2008).