Alumni: Ph.D. students and postdoc fellows
Samuel Byung-Deuk Lee 
(Master student, 09/2019-03/2021)
Current position: Research Engineer, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, USA
Email: byungdeuk32 AT gmail.com
Kejie (Jessy) Chen 
(Ph.D. student, 09/2019-08/2020)
Thesis title: Computational methods for studying dynamical biological systems
Current position: Assistant Professor, School of Optoelectronic Engineering and Instrumentation Science, Dalian University of Technology, China
Email: chenkjie AT umich.edu
Shiying Liu
(Postdoctoral Resesarch Fellow, 04/2018-05/2019)
Current position: Postdoctoral Resesarch Fellow, Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Email: liusy225 AT gmail.com
Sicong Wang 
(Ph.D. student, 08/2017-05/2019)
Current position: Ph.D. student, Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University
Email: sicongwang1994 AT gmail.com
Yuanyuan Zheng
(China Scholarship Council Visiting Doctoral Student, 09/2016-12/2018)
Current position: Assistant Professor, Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, China
Email: yuanyuaz0113 AT gmail.com
Zida Li
(Ph.D. student, 09/2013-05/2018)
Thesis title: Micro-engineered devices for point-of-care blood clot retraction testing
Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Shenzhen University, China
Email: zidali AT szu.edu.cn
Web: Web link
Feng Lin
(China Scholarship Council visiting Ph.D. student, 11/2016-11/2017)
Current position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Peking University
Email: linfeng88 AT pku.edu.cn
Yue Shao 
(Ph.D. student, 09/2011-07/2017)
Thesis title: Bioengineered in vitro model for peri-implantation human embryogenesis
Current position: Associate Professor, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Institute of Biomechanics and Medical Engineering, Tsinghua University, China
Email: yue.shao.01 AT gmail.com
Web: Web link | Google Scholar
Shinuo Weng 
(Ph.D. student, 05/2010-06/2017)
Thesis title: To be, or not to be: Cellular homeostasis to mechanical stimulation
Current position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin
Email: wengshinuo AT gmail.com
Web: Google Scholar
Zeta Tak For Yu 
(Postdoc Fellow, 03/2012-01/2017)
Current position: MEMS Engineer, Evigia
Email: zetayu AT gmail.com
Jianming Sang 
(Ph.D. student, 08/2013-12/2016)
Current position: Software Development Engineer, Amazon
Email: mywaiting1123 AT gmail.com
Koh Meng Aw Yong 
(Postdoc Fellow, 12/2012-05/2016)
Current position: Postdoc Fellow, University of Michigan Medical School
Email: kawyong AT umich.edu
Xiang Li 
(Ph.D. student, 09/2012-12/2015)
Current position: Product Design Engineer, Apple
Email: seanlee1990 AT gmail.edu
Yubing Sun 
(Ph.D. student, 09/2010-10/2015)
Thesis title: Forcing stem cells to behave: Dissecting the mechanobiology of human pluripotent stem cells using microengineering approaches
Current position: Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Email: ybsun AT umass.edu
Web: Web link
Weiqiang Chen 
(Ph.D. student, 05/2010-08/2014)
Thesis title: Microengineered biomaterials and biosystems for systems immunology, cancer biology, and stem cell-based regenerative medicine
Current position: Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, New York University
Email: wchen AT nyu.edu
Web: Web link
Raymond Hiu-Wai Lam 
(Postdoc fellow, 09/2010-09/2011)
Current position: Associate Professor, Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong
Email: rhwlam AT cityu.edu.hk
Web: Web link
Alumni: Others including master and visiting students/scholars
Jennifer M. Mann (Master student, 01/2010-12/2011)
Current position: Lab Manager, Joe DeRisi Lab, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, UC San Francisco
Email: jennifer AT derisilab.ucsf.edu
Ryoji Okada (Master student, 09/2010-05/2011)
Current position: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan
Email: ryoanjifromkyoto AT gmail.com
Liang-Ting Jiang (Master student, 01/2010-07/2010)
Current position: Ph.D. student, Univ. Washington
Email: jiang0131 AT gmail.com
Haiou Yang (Visiting scholar, 09/2013-12/2013)
Current position: Research scientist, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University,China
Email: haiouyang2006 AT gmail.com
Yefei Wang (Visiting scholar, 09/2013-12/2013)
Current position: Master student, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Email: yf.wang0086 AT gmail.com
Jianing Zhao (Visiting undergraduate student, 06/2013-09/2013)
Current position: Master student, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Email: jnzhao1992 AT gmail.com
Meghan Kazanski (Visiting undergraduate student, NNIN REU, 05/2013-08/2013)
Current position: Undergraduate student at University of Rochester
Email: mkazansk AT u.rochester.edu
Sumit Gupta (Visiting undergraduate student, Khorana Scholar, 06/2013-08/2013)
Current position: Undergraduate student at Indian Institutes of Technology, Kanpur
Email: gsumit AT iitk.ac.in
Ling Li (Visiting undergraduate student, Tsinghua Innovative Students Program, 07/2013-09/2013)
Current position: Master student, University of California, Los Angeles
Email: liling.dpim AT gmail.com
Takahiro Nakashima (Visiting graduate student, UM-Nagoya Exchange Program, 08/2012-10/2012)
Current position: Graduate student at the Nagoya University, Japan
Email: nakashima.takahiro AT g.mbox.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Feng Zhang (Visiting graduate student, 07/2012-09/2012)
Current position: Graduate student at Purdue Univ.
Email: echozf AT gmail.com
Masaki Watanabe (Visiting graduate student, NNIN iREG program, 06/2010-08/2010)
Current position: Ph.D. student, Nagoya Univ., Japan
Email: mskey0323 AT gmail.com