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Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator
Dr. Jianyu Li (李剑宇；McGill website; Google Scholar; Academic Tree; CV)
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Canada Research Chair in Tissue Repair and Regeneration, CIHR
Associate Member of the Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Department of Surgery
Postdoctoral research in Bioengineering (Advisor: David Mooney), Wyss Institute (2015-2017).
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (Advisors: Joost Vlassak, Zhigang Suo), Harvard University (2010-2015).
B.Eng. (Hons) in Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University (2006-2010).
Exchange student in Mechanical Engineering, University of Hong Kong (2007-2008).
Postdoctoral Associates
Postdoctoral Associates
Dr. Michelle Lan
Postdoctoral fellow 2023.10-present), co-supervised with Prof. Lisbet Haglund, with NSERC & FRQS Postdoctoral Fellowship.
Research area: Musculoskeletal engineering and therapy
Email: xiaoyi.lan(at)mcgill.ca
B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, University of Alberta (2013.09-2017.06)
Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cross-disciplinary Program, University of Alberta (2018.01-2023.01)
Postdoctoral Fellow in Department of Surgery , University of Alberta (2023.04-2023.10)
Dr. Heng Zhu
Postdoctoral associate (2025.01-present)
Research area: Mechanics and fabrication of soft materials
Email: heng.zhu(at)mcgill.ca
Ph.D. in Solid Mechanics, Zhejiang University (2019.09-2024.06)
B.S. in Engineering Mechanics, China University of Mining and Technology (2015.09-2019.06)
Graduate and Undergraduate Students
Graduate and Undergraduate Students
Tianqin Ning
Fast-track Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering (2023.09-present) with FRQNT scholarship, co-supervised with Prof. Guojun Chen
Research area: Bioadhesive technologies
Email: tianqin.ning(at)mail.mcgill.ca
B.Eng. in Biomedical Engineering, Beihang University (2017-2021)
M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, McGill University (2022.09-2023.05)
Yihang Xiao
Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering (2024.09-present)
Research area: Mechanics of soft materials
Email: yihang.xiao(at)mail.mcgill.ca
B.S. in Solid Mechanics, Southern University of Science and Technology (2017-2021)
M.Sc. in Solid Mechanics, Southern University of Science and Technology (2021.09-2024.06)
Jing Wu
Ph.D. student in Biomedical Engineering (2025.01-present)
Research area: Blood engineering
Email: jing.wu8(at)mail.mcgill.ca
Resident Doctor in Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital Affiliated Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine (2021-2024)
M.S. in Clinical Stomatology Shanghai Jiaotong University (2018-2020)
B.S. in Stomatology Wuhan University (2012-2017)
Dixiang Gong
Fast-track Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering (2024.09-present) with FRQNT Master Scholarship.
Research area: Bioadhesives and wearables
Email: dixiang.gong(at)mail.mcgill.ca
B.Eng. in Material Engineering, Jilin University (2020-2024)
Dr. Oliver Ying Zhan
M.Sc. student in Mechanical Engineering (2025.01-present) with Canada Graduate Scholarship from NSERC.
Research area: Embolization technologies
Email: ying.zhan(at)mail.mcgill.ca
M.D. Université de Montréal (2018 – 2023)
B.Eng. in Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics, McGill University (2014 – 2018)
Shaogang Ling
M.Sc. student in Biomedical Engineering (2025.01-present), co-supervised with Prof. Noemie-Manuelle Dorval Courchesne.
Research area: Engineered living materials
Email: shaogang.ling(at)mail.mcgill.ca
B.S. in Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior, University of California, Davis (2018-2021)
Wendy Zhang
M.Sc. student in Mechanical Engineering (2025.09–present)
Research area: Stretchable Electronics
Email: pengyun.zhang(at)mail.mcgill.ca
B.A.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering with distinction, University of British Columbia (2021–2025)
Ashish Giri
M.Sc. student in Mechanical Engineering (2025.09–present)
Research area: Biomaterials and Wearables
Email: ashish.giri(at)mail.mcgill.ca
BASc. in Mechanical Engineering with Biomedical Concentration, University of British Columbia (2020–2025)
Kahlan Parker
M.Sc. student in Mechanical Engineering (2025.09-present)
Research Area: Musculoskeletal engineering
Email: kahlan.parker(at)mail.mcgill.ca
B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (Biomedical Option), University of Alberta (2020-2025)
Tianxiao Xie
M.Sc. student in Mechanical Engineering, cosupervised with Rosaire Mongrain (2025.09-present)
Research Area: Vascular engineering
Email: tianxiao.xie(at)mail.mcgill.ca
B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering, McGill University (2020-2025)
Megan Farrow
Undergraduate student in Bioengineering
Research area: Engineered living materials
Email: megan.farrow(at)mail.mcgill.ca
B.Eng. student in Bioengineering (2022.09-present)
Former Group members
Former Group members
Dr. Binbin Ying: Ph.D. student (2016-2020), co-supervised with Prof. Xinyu Liu of the University of Toronto. Thesis: Hydrogel artificial ionic skins for wearable electronics and soft robotics. Next steps: Postdoctoral Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and then Assistant Professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Cente.
Dr. Zhenwei Ma: Ph.D. student (2018-2022). Thesis: Multifaceted engineering and functionalization of tough adhesive hydrogels and devices. Next steps: Postdoctoral Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and then Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia.
Dr. Guangyu Bao: Ph.D. student (2017-2022). Thesis: Fabrication, surface interactions, and implantation of multiphase hydrogels. Next step: Postdoctoral Fellow with FRQNT Postdoctoral Scholarship and NSERC Postdoctoral Scholarship.
Dr. Zhen Yang: Ph.D. student (2019.09-2023.12). Thesis: Controllable Hydrogel Adhesion through Mechanics of Contraction and Physics of Polymer Entanglement. Next step: Postdoctoral associate at McGill University, and then at the University of Montreal.
Dr. Shuaibing Jiang: Ph.D. student (2020.01-2024.12). Thesis: Engineered blood clots for tissue repair and regeneration. Next step: Postdoctoral associate at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Aram Bahmani: Ph.D. student co-supervised with Prof. Francois Barthelat (2019-2024.12). Thesis: Engineering of grain-based materials with mechanical agitation. Next step: He won the NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship and FRQNT Postdoctoral Scholarship and worked as postdoctoral associate at Yale University.
Dr. Ran Huo: Ph.D. student (2020.01-2024.04). Thesis: Design and fabrication of hydrogel ionotronics. Next step: Mechanical Engineer at R3 Robotics.
Dr. Shiyu Liu: Ph.D. student (2019.09-2024.04). Thesis: Fracture mechanics of blood clots.
Dr. Xuan Li: Ph.D. student (2019.09-2024.04). Thesis: Regenerative bioadhesives for intervertebral disc repair.
Dr. Yin Liu: Ph.D. student (2020.01-2025.01). Thesis: Engineering viscoelastic hydrogels with stem cells for nucleus pulposus regeneration. Next step: Dr. Liu continued as a postdoctoral associate at McGill University.
Dr. Farshid Ghezelbash: Postdoctoral fellow (2020-2022). Project: Biomechanics of intervertebral discs and blood clots. Next step: Biomechanical Scientist in Global Technologies Inc.
Dr. Shengyun Huang: Postdoctoral fellow (2021-2022). Project: Viscoplastic nanocomposite conductors. Next step: Associate Professor, Ganjiang Innovation Academy of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
Dr. Baolin Huang: Postdoctoral associate (2022.02-2022.12). Project: Engineering cell coating to attenuate inflammation.
Dr. Malvika Nagrath: Postdoctoral associate (2023.03-2023.12). Project: Engineered blood clots for regeneration. Next step: Faculty lecturer in the Department of Bioengineering at McGill University.
Dr. Xin Zhou: Postdoctoral associate (2024.12-2025.06). Project: Weabable devices for surface EMG.
Evan Johnston: M.Sc. student (2023.06-2025.12). Thesis: Bacteria-inspired bioadhesives for enhanced mucoadhesion and drug delivery.
Shou Ohmura: Visiting Ph.D. student from Hokkaido University, Japan. Project: In situ gelation via ultrasound.
Yixun Cheng: Master student (2022.09-2024.08). Project: Ultrasound-driven fabrication of high-performance hydrogels. Next step: Senior Engineering at Hong Kong Nano and Advanced Materials Institute.
Alex Nottegar: Master student (2021.09-2023.12). Project: Embolization technique based on engineered blood clots. Next step: PhD at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland.
Louis-Jacques Bourdages: Master student (2021.01-2023.12): Project: Modeling and Applications of Tridimensional Acoustic Standing Waves.
Xiang Ni: Master student (2018-2021). Thesis: Fracture behaviors of tough adhesive hydrogels. Next step: Ph.D. student at the University of Toronto.
David-Michael Phillips: Master student co-supervised with Prof. Pascal Hubert (2018-2021). Thesis: Effect of material and manufacturing parameters on compression resin transfer moulding of graphene-based multifunctional composite materials.
Christopher Chung: M.Sc. student (2021.09-). Next step: Technical patent advisor at Robic.
Justin Puma: M.Sc. student co-supervised with Prof. Changhong Cao (2022.09-present). Next step: Mechanical Engineer at Pratt & Whitney Canada.
Mary Wan: Undergraduate trainee (2022-2023) of Bioengineering who did summer research with us. Next step: M.Sc. student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Anne Kyung: Undergraduate trainee (2021-2022) of Bioengineering who did a capstone project with us. Next step: M.Sc. student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Stephanie Makhlouf: SURE student (2023.05-2023.08) from McGill Bioengineering. Next step: Master student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at McGill University.
Celia Zhu: Undergraduate trainee (2021-2022) of Bioengineering. Next step: Ph.D. student at the University of Toronto.
Sum Lau: Visiting undergraduate student from the University of Hong Kong with Mitacs Globalink Fellowship for Summer Research Internship in 2021.
Alex Nguyen: SURE student from the University of Ottawa in 2021. Next step: Master student at the University of Tokyo in Japan.
Kieran Guinan: Undergraduate in Bioengineering at McGill, 2020 SURE student.
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