Dr. Wu Receives NSF CAREER Award

We are excited to share that Dr. Kai Wu has received the prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation!

Link: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/show-award?AWD_ID=2541981

The NSF CAREER Program is the foundation’s most competitive award for early-career faculty, supporting those who demonstrate strong potential for leadership in both research and education through integrated, high-impact projects.

Dr. Wu’s project, “CAREER: FLEX-MEG: Flexible Quantum MEG with Physics-Aware Compressed Sensing for Scalable, Real-Time Neural Imaging,” is supported by a $500,000 award over five years through NSF ECCS. The research develops wearable, room-temperature brain-imaging systems using flexible magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) sensor arrays, integrated with physics-aware compressed sensing, edge AI, and in-sensor computing for real-time neural imaging. The project also explores closed-loop magnetic neural interfaces that combine sensing with noninvasive stimulation.

We gratefully acknowledge the support from NSF and look forward to advancing next-generation neurotechnology and AI-enabled healthcare systems.