Leilei Shi, Ph.D.

Dr. Shi is an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at the College of Charleston, where he has served since Fall 2023. Prior to this, he was an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at Carolina University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati and holds master's degrees in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Science and Technology Beijing, as well as a bachelor's degree in Materials Engineering from Shenyang Ligong University. In addition, he previously worked as a Process Engineer at Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC).

He has more than 10 years of experience in the areas of Nano- and Micro-electronic Device Design, Modeling, Fabrication, Process Integration, Electrical Characterization, Data Analysis, Circuit Design and Simulations. He has authored /co-authored several peer reviewed journal articles in the areas of microfluidics, lab-on-chip devices, biosensors, and flexible/ wearable devices.

Dr. Shi's current research focuses on biomedical electronics, microfluidics, lab-on-chip devices, biosensors, wearable and flexible electronics, and the application of machine learning and deep learning in healthcare. His interdisciplinary background in electrical engineering, materials science, and computer science supports the integration of AI with electronic and microfluidic sensing technologies for early disease detection and intelligent healthcare.