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Faculty and Staff

Jianping Fu, Ph.D. (Biography | CV | Google Scholar)
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology

Core Member, UM Center for Organogenesis
Core Member, UM Comprehensive Cancer Center
Faculty Member, UM Center for Systems Biology     
Faculty Member, Center for Wireless Integrated MicroSensing and Systems (WIMS2)      
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

2664 G.G. Brown Addition
Phone: (734) 615-7363
Fax: (734) 615-8089
Email: jpfu AT umich.edu

Postdoc Fellows and Ph.D. Students

Xufeng Xue, Ph.D. (Personal Website | Google Scholar)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Mechanical Engineering

2632 G.G. Brown Addition
Phone: (734) 936-2359
Email: xufeng AT umich.edu

Academic Training
Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ph.D. (2014-2020)
Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, B.E. (2010-2014)


Yue Liu, Ph.D. (Personal Website | Google Scholar)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Mechanical Engineering

2632 G.G. Brown Addition
Phone: (734) 936-2359
Email: umliu AT umich.edu

Academic Training
Mechanics of Solids, Brown University, Ph.D. (2014-2020)
Applied Mathematics, Brown University, M.S. (2014-2019)
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China, B.S. (2010-2014)


Norio Kobayashi, Ph.D. (Google Scholar)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Mechanical Engineering

2666 G.G. Brown Addition
Phone: (734) 936-2359
Email: noriok AT umich.edu

Academic Training
Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Assistant Professor (2018-2022)
Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Ph.D. (2014-2017)
Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, M.S. (2012-2014)
Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, B.S. (2008-2012)


Yung Su (Justin) Kim, Ph.D. (Google Scholar)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Mechanical Engineering

2666 G.G. Brown Addition
Phone: (734) 936-2359
Email: yungsuk AT umich.edu

Academic Training
Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, University of Münster, Ph.D. (2015-2022)
Brain Sciences, University College London, M.Res. (2014-2015)
Biochemistry, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, B.S. (2010-2014)


Zheng Zhong, Ph.D. (Google Scholar)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Mechanical Engineering

2666 G.G. Brown Addition
Phone: (734) 936-2359
Email: zhongips AT umich.edu

Academic Training
Nanoengineering, University of California, San Diego, Ph.D. (2015-2021)
Biological Science, Sun Yat-sen University, B.S. (2011-2015)


Agnes M. Resto Irizarry (Google Scholar)
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, Rackham Merit Fellowship
Ph.D. candidate
Mechanical Engineering

2632 G.G. Brown Addition
Phone: (734) 936-2359
Email: amresto AT umich.edu

Academic Training
Mechanical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, B.S. (2011-2017)


Shiyu Sun (Google Scholar)
Ph.D. candidate
Mechanical Engineering

2632 G.G. Brown Addition
Phone: (734) 936-2359
Email: shiyusun AT umich.edu

Academic Training
Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, B.E. (2016-2020)


Aidan Terhune
Ph.D. candidate
Mechanical Engineering

2632 G.G. Brown Addition
Phone: (734) 936-2359
Email: terhune AT umich.edu

Academic Training
Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, B.S. (2016-2020)


Zhaoyi Xu
Ph.D. candidate
Mechanical Engineering
Co-supervised with Dr. Cheri Deng

2632 G.G. Brown Addition
Phone: (734) 936-2359
Email: zhaoyix AT umich.edu

Academic Training
Mechanical Engineering, University of Toronto, MASc. (2019-2021)
Mechanical Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, B.E. (2015-2019)


Zhuowei Zhou (Google Scholar)
Ph.D. candidate
Cell and Developmental Biology

2632 G.G. Brown Addition
Phone: (734) 936-2359
Email: zhouzw AT med.umich.edu

Academic Training
Biological Science, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, B.S. (2014-2018)
Xinya Liberal Arts College, Tsinghua University, Honors Bachelor’s Degree (2014-2018)
Economics, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, B.S. (2014-2018)


Jeyoon Bok
Ph.D. candidate
Mechanical Engineering

2632 G.G. Brown Addition
Phone: (734) 545-0826
Email: jybok AT umich.edu

Academic Training
Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University, B.S. (2015-2021)


Chongjian Gao (Personal Website | Google Scholar)
Ph.D. pre-candidate
Mechanical Engineering

2632 G.G. Brown Addition
Phone: (734) 545-0826
Email: cjgao AT umich.edu

Academic Training
Biomedical Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, M.Phil. (2022-2024)
Bioengineering, Chongqing University, B.E. (2014-2019)