Cheng‐Ying Jiang

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Cheng-Ying Jiang is a pioneering figure in microfluidics and single-cell microbiology, best known for developing the microfluidic streak plate (MSP) method. Her landmark 2016 paper, "High-Throughput Single-Cell Cultivation on Microfluidic Streak Plates," has garnered 194 citations and revolutionized microbial cell separation by adapting traditional streak plating to nanoliter-scale sessile droplets. This innovation enables high-throughput isolation and cultivation of individual cells with unprecedented precision, addressing critical bottlenecks in environmental microbiology and antibiotic discovery. Jiang's work bridges classical microbiological techniques with modern microengineering, offering a scalable platform for studying unculturable microorganisms and rare cell phenotypes. Her contributions have been widely adopted in labs seeking to explore microbial diversity at single-cell resolution, and her MSP method is now a standard tool for high-efficiency cell sorting and cultivation. Beyond this seminal paper, Jiang continues to advance droplet-based microfluidics, with her research impacting fields from synthetic biology to clinical diagnostics. Her ability to simplify complex microfluidic systems for routine lab use underscores her role as a transformative innovator in microbial single-cell analysis.