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Optical Bio-Sensing Laboratory

Texas A&M University College of Engineering

Research

Research

Research areas

Ten active programs spanning wearables, validation platforms, neural interfaces and biochemical sensing. Filter by where the work is headed.

HospitalRural & remote

Wrist-Based Wearable Platform for Continuous Cuffless Blood Pressure Monitoring

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Space

Noninvasive Force Mapping Glove for Quantifying Astronaut Hand Biomechanics During Extravehicular Activity

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MilitaryRural & remote

Noninvasive Multimodal Biosensing Armband for Predictive Health Monitoring and Translational Wearable Development

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HospitalSpaceMilitary

Integrated Multimodal Chest Patch for Continuous Cardiovascular and Hemodynamic Monitoring

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Hospital

Advanced Modular Phantom Platform for Noninvasive Wearable and Medical Device Validation

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MilitaryHospital

Neural Interface Engineering and Validation Platforms

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Rural & remoteMilitary

Soft Wearable Gait Monitoring Systems

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HospitalRural & remote

AI-Enabled Ultra-Sensitive Cardiac Biomarker Detection Platform

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Rural & remotePediatric & maternal

Next-Generation Non-Enzymatic Continuous Glucose Monitoring

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Pediatric & maternalRural & remote

Multiplexed AI-Enabled Detection Platform for Early Identification of Gestational Diabetes

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Rural & remoteHospitalPediatric & maternal

Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) towards Point of Care

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Selected publications

Recent work from the lab.

A sample of recent peer-reviewed papers spanning cuffless blood pressure, multimodal wearables, nucleic acid and electrochemical biosensing, and machine learning.

  1. 2026
    High sensitivity cardiac troponin I detection via MP-locked aptamer and multimeric DNAzyme-coupled hyperbranched hybridization chain reactionTripathy S, et al., Coté GL. Small 22(20)
    Biomarkers
  2. 2026
    Hierarchical 3D-printed electrochemical SERS platform integrated with molecular imprinting for levetiracetam monitoringNegahdary M, et al., Horner R, McMurray JP. Biosensors and Bioelectronics
    Electrochemical
  3. 2025
    A novel wearable device for continuous blood pressure monitoring utilizing strain gauge technologyMcMurray JP, DeVries A, Frazee K, Sizemore B, Branan KL, Jennings R, et al. Biosensors 15(7), 413
    Cuffless BP
  4. 2025
    Predicting blood pressure without a cuff using a unique multi-modal wearable device and machine learning algorithmHsiao CT, Hong S, Branan KL, McMurray J, Coté GL. Computers in Biology and Medicine 192, 110357
    Cuffless BP
  5. 2025
    A locked aptamer-magnetic nanoparticle assay for cardiac troponin I classification to support myocardial infarction diagnosis in resource-limited environmentsTripathy S, et al. Biosensors and Bioelectronics 286, 117590
    Point-of-care
  6. 2025
    Robust prediction of cardiorespiratory signals from a multimodal physiological system on the upper armBranan KL, Kurian R, McMurray JP, et al. Biosensors 15(8), 493
    Wearables
  7. 2025
    Machine learning-based VO2 estimation using a wearable multiwavelength photoplethysmography deviceHsiao CT, Tong C, Coté GL. Biosensors 15(4), 208
    Machine learning
  8. 2024
    Contact pressure-guided wearable dual-channel bioimpedance device for continuous hemodynamic monitoringNamkoong M, McMurray J, Branan K, et al. Advanced Materials Technologies 9(3), 2301407
    Bioimpedance
  9. 2021
    Sources of inaccuracy in photoplethysmography for continuous cardiovascular monitoringFine J, Branan KL, Rodriguez AJ, et al. Biosensors 11(4), 126
    Highly cited

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