Professional Experiences 🌟
06/01/2022-Now: Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital. 02/01/2021-05/31/2022: Lead Investigator, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Member of the Faculty, Harvard Medical School. 07/01/2015-12/31/2020: Assistant Professor, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College. 09/01/2014-06/30/2015: Research Scientist, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH; Visiting Associate, Department of Physics, Harvard University. 04/2013-08/31/2014: Research Scientist, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, MO. 10/2012-09/2017: Society in Science – Branco Weiss Fellow. 11/2011-4/2013: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Washington University, St. Louis, MO.
Education and Research Interests 🔬
Education: Ph.D., 01/28/2012. Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University. M.A., 06/30/2008. Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University. M.E., 02/28/2005. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai JiaoTong University. B.E., 07/01/2002. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai JiaoTong University.
Research Interests: Biomechanics, robotics, morphogenesis, epigenetics, cancer biophysics.
Honors, Awards, and Grants 🏆💼
Honors and Awards:
- MassVenture Acorn Innovator Award, 2022.
- Mask Innovation Challenge, Finalist, 2022.
- International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM) Innovation Award, 2020.
- Society in Science – Branco Weiss fellowship, 2012-2017.
- Outstanding Paper Award, ASME 2nd Global Congress on NanoEngineering for Medicine and Biology, 2013.
- American Academy of Mechanics Founder’s Prize, 2012.
Current and Past Grants:
- Active Topological Mechanical Metamaterials via Self-Assembly and Fractional Excitations.
- Unveiling the Biomechanical Principles of Embryonic Brain and Heart Morphogenesis.
- Reusable, transparent, and reconfigurable N95-equivalent Respirator Masks.