Rate My Professor Hyejin Moon

Hyejin Moon is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington, where she joined as an Assistant Professor in August 2007 and was promoted to her current position in August 2013. She serves as the director of the Integrated Micro and Nanofluidics Laboratory (IMNfL). Dr. Moon earned her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2005 and her M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Sogang University in 1997. Her research specializations include micro/nanosciences, bioMEMS/bioNEMS, micro/nanofluidics, lab-on-a-chip technologies, diagnostic devices, microscale heat transfer, and energy harvesting technologies. Her projects have received funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Dr. Moon's contributions to digital microfluidics, particularly electrowetting-on-dielectric actuation, are evidenced by highly cited publications such as "Creating, transporting, cutting, and merging liquid droplets by electrowetting-based actuation for digital microfluidic circuits" (Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 2003), "Electrowetting and electrowetting-on-dielectric for microscale liquid handling" (Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2002), "Low voltage electrowetting-on-dielectric" (Journal of Applied Physics, 2002), "An integrated digital microfluidic chip for multiplexed proteomic sample preparation and analysis by MALDI-MS" (Lab on a Chip, 2006), and "Digital microfluidics with in-line sample purification for proteomics analyses with MALDI-MS" (Analytical Chemistry, 2005). She has authored or co-authored more than 20 journal publications, amassing over 7,500 citations. Her accolades include the NSF CAREER Award (2013), President's Award for Excellence in Teaching (2011), membership in the UTA Academy of Distinguished Scholars, and appointment as a Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE Sensors Council (2025-2027). She is also a member of the National Academy of Inventors.