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 Researchers
Dr. Michelle Lan
Postdoctoral associate (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)
Ph.D. Students
Aram Bahmani
Ph.D. student co-supervised with Prof. Francois Barthelat (2019-present) with MEDA and FRQNT scholarships
Email: aram.bahmani(at)mail.mcgill.ca
M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo (2016-2018)
B.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology (2010-2015)
Shuaibing Jiang
Ph.D. student (2020.01-present) with FRQNT scholarship
Email: shuaibing.jiang(at)mail.mcgill.ca
M.Sc. in Chemistry, Soochow University (2016-2019)
B.Sc. in Applied Chemistry, Northeastern University (2012-2016)
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)
Tianqin Ning
Fast-track Ph.D. student (2023.09-present) with MEDA 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)
Master Students
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)
Justin Puma
M.Sc. student co-supervised with Prof. Changhong Cao (2022.09-present)
Email: justin.puma(at)mail.mcgill.ca
B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, McGill (2018-2022)
Christopher Chung
M.Sc. student (2021.09-present)
Email: christopher.chung13(at)mail.mcgill.ca
B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering, McGill University (2017-2021)
Yixun Cheng
M.Sc. student (2022.09-present)
Email: yinxun.cheng(at)mail.mcgill.ca
B.Sc. in Chemistry, Nanjing University (2018-2022)
Alumni
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 with NSERC Postdoctoral Scholarship 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 with Killam Postdoctoral Research Fellowship 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.
Dr. Shiyu Liu: Ph.D. student (2019.09-2024.04). Thesis: Fracture mechanics of blood clots.
Dr. Ran Huo: Ph.D. student (2020.01-2024.04). Thesis: Design and fabrication of hydrogel ionotronics.
Dr. Xuan Li: Ph.D. student (2019.09-2024.04). Thesis: Regenerative bioadhesives for intervertebral disc repair.
Dr. Farshid Ghezelbash: Visiting 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.
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 with CSC scholarship 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.
Ting Wang: Visiting MD student from West China Medical School, Sichuan University.
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.
Chaoxuan Gu: Visiting undergraduate student from Sichuan University with Mitacs Globalink Fellowship for Summer Research Internship in 2018. Next step: Ph.D. student at Brown University in the United States.