Overview
Welcome to the website of the Lab of Organic Bioelectronics!
Our research is about the coupling of organic electronic materials with biological systems. We aim to develop electronic devices that can interface with living systems and detect or treat diseases in ways that have not been possible before. These devices might include an implant that goes into the heart and regulates the heartbeat or when placed in the brain, via delivery of drugs or electrical stimulation, alleviates symptoms of a neurological disorder. They can as well pick up biological signals and translate these into electrical information, forming the basis of a biosensor. The success of these devices, however, depends on how well the electronics communicate with the biological system. And materials that enable communication between these two worlds are the key to building high-performance devices.
In our lab, we employ organic electronic materials, that are carbon-based semiconductors, for interfacing the living tissue. Sharing similar building blocks with living organisms, these materials bring together a unique set of properties that can be leveraged to improve the compatibility of artificial devices. For instance, they soften up as they interact with the body fluid, dampening the mechanical mismatch with the tissue. They transport electronic charges like metals but are also ionically active like biological systems. As such, organic electronic materials provide a new toolbox for interfacing with biology. Leveraging the properties of organic electronic materials, our goal is to design bio-sensing and stimulation platforms with unique capabilities.
As the Lab of Organic Bioelectronics at KAUST, we welcome you to our website and hope that you enjoy your visit!
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Latest News
26 September, 2025
Wentao Wins A Poster Prize at ECME 2025Congratulations to Wentao for receiving a poster prize in the poster presentation at the 17th European Conference on Molecular Electronics (ECME 2025)! He presented his cutting-edge research on organic electrochemical synaptic transistors.
18 August, 2025
Prof. Sahika Inal Delivers 2025 Kavli Emerging Leader in Chemistry LectureWe are proud to share that Prof. Sahika Inal, PI of BIOEL KAUST, has been selected by the American Chemical Society (ACS) to deliver the Kavli Foundation Emerging Leader in Chemistry Lecture at the ACS Fall 2025 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., held on August 18.
24 June, 2025
Congratulations to Nicole on Her Successful Master’s Thesis DefenseNicole successfully defended her master’s thesis titled “Label-Free Sensing of Oxytocin Hormone Using Supported Lipid Bilayer.”
22 May, 2025
BIOEL KAUST at BIOSENSORS 2025 in LisbonThe BIOEL KAUST team participated in BIOSENSORS 2025, the 35th Anniversary World Congress on Biosensors held in Lisbon, Portugal—the largest and most prestigious gathering in the field.