Research Topics
Enabling Technologies of Biofabrication
Novel approaches to the printing and assembling of living building blocks (e.g., cellular biomaterials).
Keywords: Bottom-up (additive) manufacturing, 3D bioprinting, microfabrication, hierarchical structure, gradient structure
Selected publications: Inter J Extreme Manufact 2023, Trends Biotechnol 2022, Adv Healthc Mater 2022, Adv Mater 2017, Adv Mater 2019, ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2018
Soft Biomaterials for Cell Niche Engineering
Novel biomaterials strategies to advance 3D cellular environment towards better cell-material interaction.
Keywords: Bioinks, hydrogels, bioactive materials, microgels
Selected publications: Mater Today 2022, Sci Adv 2020, ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2016, Biofabrication 2016
Applications of In Vitro Living Systems
Practical solutions to the engineering of functional in vitro living systems towards biological function.
Keywords: tissue engineering, organoids, organ-on-a-chip, drug testing