About Dr. Liliang Ouyang

Dr. Liliang Ouyang

Associate Professor
Tsinghua University
Bio

Dr. Ouyang is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Tsinghua University. He obtained a Ph.D. degree in Materials Science and Engineering at Tsinghua University (2017), postdoctoral training in Materials and Bioengineering at Imperial College London (2017-2020), and a visiting research training in Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania (2015-2016). His research interests include the design, fabrication, and application of complex biomaterial and cellular systems, with a central focus on the development of 3D bioprinting and advanced biofabrication technologies for engineering in vitro living systems. He has published a series of peer-reviewed articles in well-recognized journals, including Science Advances, Advanced Materials, Materials Today, Trends in Biotechnology, and Advanced Functional Materials, with four first-authored articles ranked as ESI Highly Cited Paper. He is currently an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Bioprinting and Early Career Researcher committee member of ISBF. He has been recognized with a series of awards, including the ISBF New Investigator Award (2021), IOP Top Cited Author Award (2018), Distinguished Doctorate of Tsinghua University (2017), and GE Foundation TECH Award First Place (2016).

Employment
  • 06/2023-present.  Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Tsinghua University
  • 12/2020-06/2023. Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Tsinghua University
  • 08/2017-12/2020. Postdoc with Prof. Molly. M. Stevens in Materials and Bioengineering at Imperial College London
Education
  • 09/2012-07/2017. PhD with Prof. Wei Sun in Materials Science and Engineering at Tsinghua University 
  • 10/2015-11/2016. Visiting PhD with Prof. Jason A. Burdick in Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania
  • 09/2008-07/2012. BEng in Mechanical Engineering at Tsinghua University
Awards/Honors
  • ISBF New Investigator Award 2021, ISBF
  • Outstanding Reviewers Award 2019, IOP
  • Outstanding Reviewers Award 2018, IOP
  • 3D printing solutions Poster Award, Biofabrication 2018
  • Travel Award, Biofabrication 2018
  • Top Cited Author Award 2018 (China), IOP
  • Best Poster Award, Biofabrication 2017
  • Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation, Tsinghua University, 2017. 
  • Distinguished Doctorate, Tsinghua University, 2017. 
  • Young Investigator Award in Mechanical Engineering, 2017. 
  • GE Foundation TECH Award 2016, First Place Award. 
  • National Scholarship, 2016. 
  • Best Poster Award, 252nd ACS National Meeting and Exposition, 2016
  • First honor BEng, Tsinghua University, 2012. 
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