About
Education & Trainings
Postdoctoral Fellow | Acting co-PI, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia (2022-)
Advisor: Prof. Zu-hua Gao (MD, PhD, FRCPC)
Research Fellow, Harvard University (2022)
Advisor: Prof. David Mooney, Mooney Lab
Mini-MBA, Harvard GSAS Business Club (HGBC) (2022)
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, McGill University (2018-2022)
Advisor: Prof. Jianyu Li, Lab of Biomaterials Engineering
M.E., Chemical Engineering, McGill University (2016-2018)
Advisor: Prof. Christopher Moraes, Cellular Microenvironment Design Lab
B.E., Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University (2012-2016)
Advisors: Prof. Liangyin Chu and Prof. Wei Wang, Membrane Science and Functional Materials Group
| Summer Research Assistant, The University of Hong Kong (2015) | Advisor: Prof. Anderson Ho Cheung Shum, Microfluidics and Soft Matter GroupAwards & Honors
Banting Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (CIHR), 2024
Oral Presentation Award, BC Cancer Research Institute (BCCRI) Rising Stars, BC Cancer Summit, 2023
Diverse Leaders for the Future, Future Faculty Workshop (sponsors: NSF, Princeton, Texas A&M, Delaware, UC Irvine), 2023
Graduate Student Silver Award, Materials Research Society, 2022
Killam Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, The Killam Trusts, 2022
Alan Gent Distinguished Student Paper Award, The Adhesion Society, 2022
Peebles Award, The Adhesion Society, 2021
Relève étoile (Rising star) Louis-Berlinguet Award, Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies (FRQNT), 2021
(Mimetik Solutions; Team Lead and Founder), McGill Engine, 2021
Baxter Young Investigator Award, Baxter Healthcare Corporation, 2021
Oral Presentation Award (3rd place), Canadian Biomaterials Society (CBS), 2021
CBS Abstract Merit & Travel Award, 2021
Mitacs Globalink Research Award, 2021 (Host PI: Prof. David Mooney)
Lucie Besner Travel Award, McGill Regenerative Medicine Network, 2020
Graduate Research Enhancement and Travel (GREAT) Award, McGill University, 2019
FRQNT B2X Doctoral Research Scholarship, 2019
F.F. Osborne Fellowship in Engineering, McGill University, 2018
McGill Engineering Doctoral Award (MEDA), McGill University, 2018
Graduate Excellence Fellowship, McGill University, 2016, 2017
Second Class Scholarship of Charioteer Pharmaceutical, Sichuan University, 2015
First Class Scholarship, Sichuan University, 2014
Excellent Volunteer Award, Sichuan University, 2014
Professional Service
Co-chair, Biomedical Adhesives Session, The Adhesion Society (2022-)
Student Board Member, Board Of Directors, Canadian Biomaterials Society (2020-2021)
Innovation Commissioner , Post-Graduate Students' Society, McGill University (2020-2022)
Entrepreneurship
Mimetik Solutions, Founder and Team Lead
