Dr. Jiamin Li is currently an associate professor with the School of Microelectronics, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech). Her research interests focus on the integrated circuit and microsystem design for biomedical applications, including body area wireless powering and communication circuit, low-power biosignal interface circuit, and intelligent biosignal processor design. She serves as a TPC member of ASSCC and ICTA, as well as a committee member of ISSCC SRP and SSCS WiC committee.

Dr. Li welcomes individuals passionate in research to join her research group. She has openings for Ph. Ds, Masters, Postdoctoral Fellows, Research Assistants, Graduate Students, and Visiting Scholars. Interested individuals are welcome to email a copy of his/her CV to lijm3{at}sustech.edu.cn, with subject titled “Research position application <Position, Name>”. 

Education

Ph. D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore

B. Eng., Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Employment

Associate Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), China: 2024.01 – Present

Assistant Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), China: 2022.08 – 2023.12

Awards

2025 ASSCC Student Design Contest (SDC) Distinguished Design Award

2024 ASSCC Student Design Contest (SDC) Best Design Award

2020 ISSCC Demonstration Session Certificate of Recognition (a.k.a. Best Demo Award)

IEEE SSCS Predoctoral Achievement Award

Research Interests

Wireless body area powering and communication ICs

Low-power sensor interface ICs

Intelligent biosignal processor

Microsystem design for biomedical applications

Research Publications

Z. Li, Y. Zhi, W. Dong, H. Wang, L. Lin, and J. Li, "A Low-Power Speech-Based Depression Recognition Processor with Hierarchical Local-Global Network," IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, Dec. 2025.

Y. Lan, L. Lin, J. Yoo, and J. Li, "A Leakage-Suppressing Differential-Drive Rectifier for Sporadic Wearable Triboelectric Energy Harvesting," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, vol. 72, no. 11, pp. 1645-1649, Nov. 2025.

C. Gao, W. Chen, Z. Li, Y. Lan, Z. Yang, C. Zhang, X. Wang, Y. Li, Y. Lu, L. Lin, and J. Li, “Simultaneous Ultrasound Powering and Communication System with Adaptive Backscatter Modulation for Bio-Implants,” 2025 IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference (A-SSCC), Dajeon, South Korea, 2-5 Nov. 2025. [A-SSCC Highlight, Winner of the SDC Distinguished Design Award]

H. Liao+, Y. Zhu+, Z. Chen, T. Tang, and J. Li, "A Low-Power Analog QRS Detection System with Adaptive Noise Suppression for Robust Wearable Monitoring," 2025 IEEE International Conference on Integrated Circuits, Technologies and Applications (ICTA), Macao, China, 2025.

Z. Wang+, Z. Li+, Y. Wang, and J. Li, "An Area-Efficient and Ultra-Low-Power MFCC Accelerator for Speech-Based Intelligence," 2025 IEEE International Conference on Integrated Circuits, Technologies and Applications (ICTA), Macao, China, 2025.

Y. Zhu, R. Liu, Y. Lan, Y. Dong. Z. Guo, R. Wu, Y. Chen, L. Lin, J. Yoo, and J. Li, "A Wireless Biopotential Sensing Node with Simultaneous Body-Channel Communication by TX-Coupled 21 Vpp Common-Mode Interference Suppression," 2025 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), Boston, MA, USA, 2025.

Y. Zhu, Y. Lan, H. Li, H. Lyu, Z. Kong, J. Zhao, Y. Li, G. Wang, J. Li, and L. Lin, "A 0.72nW, 0.006mm2 32kHz Crystal Oscillator with Adaptive Sub-Harmonic Pulse Injection from −40°C to 125°C in 22nm FDSOI," 2024 IEEE Symposium on VLSI Technology and Circuits (VLSI Technology and Circuits), Honolulu, HI, USA, 2024, pp. 1-2.

J. Li+, Y. Dong+, L. Lin, J. S. Y. Tan, J. Y. Fong and J. Yoo, "Concurrent Body-Coupled Powering and Communication ICs With a Single Electrode," IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 59, no. 4, pp. 1006-1016, April 2024.

Y. Zhu, J. Y. Fong, L. Lin, J. Yoo and J. Li, "Biomedical System-on-Chip Design with Integrated Body Coupled Powering," IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference (BioCAS), Toronto, ON, Canada, 2023, pp. 1-4. 

W. Chen, C. Gao, Y. Zhu, L. Lin and J. Li, "Intra-Body Wireless Power and Data Links for Biomedical Microsystems," IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference (BioCAS), Toronto, ON, Canada, 2023, pp. 1-5.

J. Guo, J. Li, and J. Yoo, “A 14V Hybrid Boost Converter with Scalable Conversion Ratio in 180nm Standard CMOS for an Ultrasound Imaging System”, IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference (A-SSCS), 2022.

J. Li+, Y. Dong+, J. H. Park, and J. Yoo, “Body-Coupled Power Transmission and Energy Harvesting,” Nature Electronics, vol. 4, pp. 530-538, 2021. 

Y. Dong+, J. Li+, L. Lin, T. Tang, J. H. Park, K. A. Ng, M. Zhang, L. Zhang, J. S. Y. Tan, and J. Yoo, “Body-Coupled Power Transceiver for Node-Specific Body-Area Powering,” IEEE European Solid-State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC), Sep. 2021.

J. S. Y. Tan, J. H. Park, J. Li, Y. Dong, K. H. Chan, G. W. Ho, and J. Yoo, “A Fully Energy-Autonomous Temperature-to-Time Converter Powered by a Triboelectric Energy Harvester for Biomedical Applications,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), vol. 56, no. 10, pp. 2913-2923, Oct. 2021. 

J. Li+, Y. Dong+, J. H. Park, L. Lin, T. Tang, M. Zhang, H. Wu, L. Zhang, J. S. Y. Tan, and J. Yoo, "Human Body-Coupled Power-Delivery and Ambient-Energy-Harvesting ICs for a Full-Body-Area Power Sustainability," IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) Dig. Tech. Papers, vol. 63, pp. 514-516, Feb. 2020. 

J. Li+, Y. Dong+, J. H. Park, L. Lin, T. Tang, and J. Yoo, “Body-Area Powering with Human Body-Coupled Power Transmission and Energy Harvesting ICs,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, vol.14, no. 6, pp. 1263-1273, Dec. 2020. 

J. Li, A. Ashraf, B. Cardiff, R. C. Panicker, Y. Lian and D. John, "Low Power Optimisations for IoT Wearable Sensors Based on Evaluation of Nine QRS Detection Algorithms," IEEE Open Journal of Circuits and Systems, vol. 1, pp. 115-123, 2020.