Fen Xia received a Master's degree in Electromagnetic Field and Microwave Technology from South China University of Technology (SCUT), Guangzhou, China, Jul. 2013. Later she worked as a teaching assistant at XiangNan University from Sep. 2013 to Jul. 2014. In Sep. 2014, she joined the Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering at Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China as a research engineer. In Sep. 2019, she joined the CenBRAIN Neurotech Center of Excellence,and obtained her Ph.D. degree from Westlake University / Zhejiang University in 2024. 

Fen Xia’s research interests include the design of wireless power transfer system and implantable medical device, the synthesis and design of microwave passive components, microwave analog signal processing, non-invasive brain imaging based on microwave technique, integrated circuits, and FDTD techniques.   Currently, she is focusing on implantable biomedical device design. She achieved initial review about obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) treatments and is bending on research of electrical stimulation system for the treatment and diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea patients. OSA is a highly prevalent sleep disorder that is characterized as repeated reduction or cessation of airflow because of upper airway resistance and pharyngeal collapsibility during sleep, and without prompt treatment, it will trigger a series of severe diseases, like hypertension, cardiovascular disease. Through electrical precise stimulating hypoglossal nerve, the upper airway of patient will be wider which helps patients to breath normally.  

[1] F. Xia*, H. Li, Y. Li, X. Liu, Y. Xu, C. Fang, Q. Hou, S. Lin, Z. Zhang, J. Yang, and Sawan, M#., “Minimally invasive hypoglossal nerve stimulator enabled by ECG sensor and WPT to manage obstructive sleep apnea,” Sensors, vol. 23, no. 21, pp. 8882, 2023.

[2] F. Xia *, Z. Zhang, J. Yang, and M. Sawan, “Compact power front-end management for wireless supply of multi-voltages to neuromodulators,” IEEE Eighteenth Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems (APCCAS). Shenzhen, China, pp. 65–68, 2022.

[3] F. Xia* and M. Sawan#, “Clinical and Research Solutions to Manage Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Review,” Sensors, vol. 21, no. 5, pp. 1784, 2021.