【11月27日】创新教育系列讲座-第106期

发布时间:2017-11-20 浏览次数:289

 

报告题目Biodegradable Materials and Nanostructures for Medical Implants and Devices

人:Dr. Huinan Liu, University of California at Riverside, USA

报告时间20171127日(周一)下午 15:00

报告地点:材料楼210会议室

 

报告人介绍:

Dr. Huinan Liu currently is an Associate Professor in the Department of Bioengineering and participating faculty of the Materials Science and Engineering Program, the Stem Cell Center, the Microbiology Program, the Cellular, Molecular, and Developmental Biology Program, and the Biomedical Sciences Program of the School of Medicine, at the University of California at Riverside (UCR). Professor Liu received her Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Brown University in 2008 and her M.S. and B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from Purdue University and the University of Science and Technology in Beijing. Her research focuses on engineering novel biodegradable materials and nanostructured interfaces for controlling cellular functions toward improving tissue regeneration and reducing infections, with support from U.S. National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, American Heart Association, Hellman Foundation, etc. She has supervised 25 graduate students and 100+ undergraduate researchers since she established her laboratory at UCR. She has provided 66 refereed journal articles, 30 conference proceeding papers, 4 books, 12 invited book chapters, 4 patent applications, 57 invited talks, and 138 conference presentations and abstracts. She is the recipient of 2015 University of California Regents Faculty Development Award, 2013 Materials Science and Engineering C Young Researcher Award, 2012 American Heart Association National Scientist Development Award, 2012 Hellman Faculty Fellowship, 2008 ACerS GEMS award, 2008 Joukowsky Family Foundation Outstanding Dissertation Award, 2008 Sigma Xi Outstanding Graduate Research Award, etc. She has served as symposium organizer and session chair for Materials Research Society (MRS) annual Meetings, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) annual meetings, Society for Biomaterials (SFB) annual meetings, 2012 and 2016 World Biomaterials Congress (WBC), etc. She previously served as Chair of the Education & Professional Development Council for SFB and currently serve as the chair of Nanomaterials Special Interest Group for SFB.

Faculty website: http://www.engr.ucr.edu/people/huinanliu.html

Research website: www.liugroup.org