ISTM

I completed my PhD at Manchester University in Materials Science and Technology in 1994. Before that, I obtained a BSc in Chemistry Engineering and a MSc in Polymer Science and Technology in Hunan University in 1981 and 1987 respectively. Between 1995 and 1997, I took up a postdoctoral research fellow in Tokyo Institute of Technology working on engineering polymer blends aiming to develop new automobile industrial materials. In the late 1997, I took a research associate position in Keele University and starting my materials research in medical field. I was appointed to a lecturer in Biomaterials and Tissue engineering in 2001 and promoted to senior lecture in 2006 and reader in 2009.

ISTM theme: Bioengineering & Therapeutics.

Currently, my research interests focus on two directions: develop multifunctional scaffolds or template for regenerative medicine including novel nanofabrication techniques; explore non-destructive online monitoring techniques for diagnosis and characterization of engineered tissues. The on-going projects including

• Establishment of full thickness corneal model for drug screening
• Exploring novel nanofabrication protocols for regeneration medicine of cornea, CNS, spine, tendon
• Development and characterization of new protocols for stimulation of rapid bone formation
• Identification of the pathway of pathological calcification in heart valve and establishment of an in vitro calcification model for drug screening
• Application of FTIR techniques as diagnostic and characterization tool for disease and regenerative tissues
• Development implantable 3D neuron circuits for treatment of disorder in CNS
• Development of multi-functional scaffolds including mechano-active scaffolds
• Establishment of novel non-destructive monitoring technique for tissue regeneration

At the present, I am the member of EU TERMIS and Biomaterial society, The Society of Photographic Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE), and the committee member of the annual conference of ‘Optics in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine’, SPIE, Bios, USA

MSc courses in

• Cell & Tissue Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering

MTE-40036     Biomaterials,   module leader

MTE-40033     Cell and Tissue Engineering, contributor

MTE-40034     Cell Biomechanics, contributor

MTE-40030     Nanomagnetics in Nanomedicine, contributor

MTE-40022     Bioreactor and Growth Environment, contributor

Supervising final year project for students in Life Science, Medicine and MSc projects

University Duties

•           Chair of Postgraduate Medical School Safety Committee 2006-

•           Departmental Safety adviser in Postgraduate Medical School 2004-

•           Departmental COSHH Officer in Postgraduate Medical School 2004-

•           Departmental Laser Safety Adviser in Postgraduate Medical School 2004-

•           MSc course director of Biomedical Engineering 2008-

Membership of Professional Associations

1.         Member of European Biomaterials Society

2.         2003-2006 Member of IPEM (SIG)

3.         2005-present member of SPIE

4.         2006-present EPSRC College membership