Group
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 Biomaterials and Musculoskeletal Health, CIHR, Tier 2
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).
Postdoctoral Associates
Dr. Michelle Lan
Postdoctoral fellow 2023.10-present), co-supervised with Prof. Lisbet Haglund, with NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship.
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. Zhen Yang
Postdoctoral associate (2024.01-present)
Email: zhen.yang3(at)mail.mcgill.ca
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, McGill University (2019-2023)
M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta (2017-2019)
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta (2012-2017)
Dr. Xin Zhou
Postdoctoral associate (2024.12-present)
Email: xin.zhou(at)mcgill.ca
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Polytechnique Montreal (2019.01-2023.08)
M.E. in Material Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (2014.09-2017.07)
B.E. in Wood Science and Engineering, Beijing Forestry University (2009.09-2013.07)
Graduate and Undergraduate Students
Tianqin Ning
Fast-track Ph.D. student (2023.09-present) with FRQNT scholarship
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)
Yin Liu
Ph.D. student co-supervised with Prof. David Juncker (2020.01-present)
Email: yin.liu(at)mail.mcgill.ca
M.Sc. in Genes, Drugs and Stem Cells-Novel Therapies, Imperial College London (2017-2018)
M.Sc. in Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2014-2017)
B.Sc. in Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2010-2014)
Evan Johnston
Fast-track Ph.D. student (2023.06-present) with MEDA scholarship
Email: evan.johnston(at)mail.mcgill.ca
B.S. in Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego (2018-2022)
M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, McGill University (2022.09-2023.05)
Yihang Xiao
Ph.D. student (2024.09-present)
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 (2025.01-present)
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)
Dr. Oliver Ying Zhan
M.Sc. student (2025.01-present)
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)
Portia Rayner
M.Sc. student co-supervised with Prof. Audrey Sedal (2022.09-present) with MacBain Scholarship
Email: portia.rayner(at)mail.mcgill.ca
B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta (2018-2022)
Dixiang Gong
M.Sc. student (2024.09-present)
Email: dixiang.gong(at)mail.mcgill.ca
B.Eng. in Material Engineering, Jilin University (2020-2024)
Shou Ohmura
Visiting Ph.D. student from Hokkaido University, Japan
Email: shouohmura(at)sci.hokudai.ac.jp
Shaogang Ling
M.Sc. student (2025.01-present)
Email: shaogang.ling(at)mail.mcgill.ca
B.S. in Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior, University of California, Davis (2018-2021)
Megan Farrow
Undergraduate student in Bioengineering
Email: megan.farrow(at)mail.mcgill.ca
B.Eng. student in Bioengineering (2022.09-present)
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 step: Postdoctoral Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Dr. Zhenwei Ma: Ph.D. student (2018-2022). Thesis: Multifaceted engineering and functionalization of tough adhesive hydrogels and devices. Next step: Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of British Columbia and then at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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. 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. Aram Bahmani: Ph.D. student co-supervised with Prof. Francois Barthelat (2019-2024.12). Thesis: Engineering of grain-based materials with mechanical agitation.
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: Postdoctoral associate at McGill University.
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.