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Institute of Biomechanics and Medical Engineering

Department of Engineering Mechanics

School of Aerospace Engineering

Tsinghua University, Beijing, China 100084

Email: yshao@tsinghua.edu.cn

Web: http://www.livingmachines.cn/

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor                                         

Ph.D. Department of Mechanical Engineering. (Aug. 2011–Dec. 2016)

Thesis title: In vitro model of peri-implantation human embryogenesis

Thesis advisor: Jianping Fu

Tsinghua University                                                                                                 

M.E. Department of Engineering Mechanics. (Sept. 2008–June 2011)

Thesis title: Fracture mechanics of nacre

Thesis advisor: Xi-Qiao Feng

Tsinghua University                                                                                             

B.E. Department of Engineering Mechanics. (Sept. 2004–June 2008)

Thesis title: Molecular dynamics simulations of graphene nano-balances

     Thesis advisor: Xi-Qiao Feng

Tsinghua University                                                                            

Associate Professor (tenured), Engineering Mechanics                                  Feb. 2025–present

Associate Professor (tenure-track), Engineering Mechanics                          Sept. 2019–Jan. 2025

Associate Director, Institute of Biomechanics and Medical Engineering     July 2020–present

Massachusetts Institute of Technology                                                                                    

Postdoctoral Associate, Bioengineering                                                         Aug. 2017–May 2019

Postdoctoral advisor: Robert Langer, Jeffrey Karp

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor                                                                                    

Postdoctoral Fellow, Mechanical Engineering                                               Jan. 2017–June 2017

     Postdoctoral advisor: Jianping Fu

1. Editorial Board Member (early career member), Stem Cell Reports (2022–present)

2. Editorial Board Member (early career member), Acta Mechanica Sinica (2020–present)

3. Editorial Board Member, QRB Discovery (2022–present)

4. Chief Secretary, Biophysical Society of China – Mechanobiology Branch (2025–present)

5. Chief Secretary, Education Committee, the Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (CSTAM) (2025–present)

6. Committee Member, Professional Committee on Biomechanics, the Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (CSTAM) (2023–present)

7. Committee Member, Professional Committee on Biomechanics, the Chinese Society of Biomedical Engineering (CSBE) (2023–present)

8. Committee Member, Youth Committee of the Chinese Society of Biomedical Engineering (CSBE) (2023–present)

       9. Guest Editor, Cell Regeneration (Special Issue: Engineering biointerface for organ regeneration) 2021 (co-editor: Yanan Du, Jianping Fu)

D.1. RESEARCH AWARDS

1. Chinese Association for Biomaterials (CAB) Mid-Career Investigator Award (2026)

2. 35 Innovators Under 35 China (TR35 China), MIT Technology Review (2020)

3. Young Scientist Award, Microsystems and Nanoengineering International Conference (2020)

4. Oversea High-Level Young Scholar, the Central Organization Committee of China (2019)

5. Post-doctoral Fellow Shooting Star Award, Biomedical Engineering Society, Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering Program (BMES-CMBE) (2018)

6. ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award, University of Michigan (2018)

7. Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad, Ministry of Education of China (2017)

8. Richard and Eleanor Towner Prize for Outstanding PhD Research, University of Michigan (2016)

9. Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Michigan (2016)

10. I.K. McIvor Award, University of Michigan (2015)

11. Alexander Azarkhin Scholarship, University of Michigan (2014)

12. Future of Science Fund Scholarship, Keystone Symposia (2014)

13. Outstanding Paper Award, 2013 ASME Global Congress on Nano Engineering for Medicine and Biology (NEMB) (2013)

       14.Outstanding Master Thesis Award, Tsinghua University (2011)

       D.2. TEACHING AWARDS

1. Young Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, Tsinghua University (2025) (only 10 awardees)

2. First-Class Award, 13^th Beijing Young Faculty Teaching Tournament (2023)

3. “Gong Yu-Zhi” Teaching Award, Tsinghua University (2022) (only 10 awardees per year)

4. First-Class Award, 10^th Tsinghua University Young Faculty Teaching Tournament (2022)

       5. Honorary General Education Course, “Mechano-X: How force shapes everything”, Tsinghua University (2021) (only 37 Honorary Courses elected among a total of ~550 general education courses in Tsinghua University; first honorary course on mechanics)

      D.3. STUDENT MENTORING AWARDS

1. First Prize, Distinguished Mentor, Beijing Undergraduate Robotics Competition (2022)

2. First Prize, Distinguished Mentor, Beijing Undergraduate Robotics Competition (2021)

       3. First Prize, Freshmen’s Faculty Mentor Award, Tsinghua University (2021)

Articles published after joining Tsinghua University in Sept. 2019:

2025

1. Xia Li#&, Feng Lin#*, Qiqi Cui#, Shiyu Sun, Shixin Li, Yue Wang, Yiting Wang, Jianbo Bai&, Shiyi Liu&, Jia Guo&, Yizhao Han&, Meiru Zhang&, Tie Chang&, Yifan Zheng&, Jianlin Liu, Longqi Liu, Leyun Wang, Jianping Fu, Xin Liu*, Bing Bai*, and Yue Shao*. Human gastroids to model regional patterning in early stomach development. Nature, vol. 646, 893-902, 2025 (Link)

2. Tie Chang&, Yifan Zheng&, Mingrui Jiang, Siqi Jia, Jianbo Bai&, Zhi Zheng&, Shixin Li, Jia Guo&, Yue Wang, Yiting Wang, Haixia Liu, Jianlin Liu, Liangyu Ni, Xingdi Cheng, Shuai Liu, Huijuan Zhang, Wei Pi, Feng Lin, Shiyi Liu&, Weijian Wang, Guannan Wang, Leyun Wang, Lei Miao, Xueguang Lu, Ziqing Deng, Bing Bai, Zhao Qin, Huajian Gao*, and Yue Shao*. Peptide codes for organ-selective mRNA delivery. Nature Materials, vol.25, 146-159, 2026 (Link)

3. Ziyue Bai&, Zaimeng Li, and Yue Shao*. Subcellular cavitation bubbles induce cellular mechanolysis and collective wound healing in ultrasound-inflicted cell ablation. Advanced Science, 2410760, 2025 (Link)

4. Chenyu Huang*, Yue Shao*, Jianbo Bai&, Yi Zhao, and Rei Ogawa. Fibroproliferative conditions: the 3R approach bridging fibrosis and tumors. Trends in Molecular Medicine, vol. 31, 925-935, 2025 (Link)

2024

5. Wei Pi#&, Huating Chen#, Yawei Liu#, Jiangbing Xiang, Hongliang Zhang, Xinling Yang, Meiru Zhang&, Jiawei Cao, Tie Chang&, Yifan Zheng&, Shiyi Liu&, Hongjie Zhang, Qin Han*, Kai Liu*, Xiaobing Fu*, Yue Shao*, and Xiaoyan Sun*. Flexible sono-piezo patch for functional sweat gland repair through endogenous microenvironmental remodeling. ACS Nano, vol. 18, 31, 20283-20295, 2024 (Link)

6. Jian-Qing Lv, Peng-Cheng Chen, Yun-Ping Chen, Hao-Yu Liu, Shi-Da Wang, Jianbo Bai&, Cheng-Lin Lv, Yue Li, Yue Shao, Xi-Qiao Feng, and Bo Li*. Active hole formation in epithelioid tissues. Nature Physics, vol. 20, 1313-1323, 2024 (Link)

7. Jia Guo& and Yue Shao*. Actin pushes open a leaky lumen. Cell Stem Cell, 31, 5, 587-588, 2024 (Link)

8. Tie Chang, Conghui Tian, Yifan Zheng, Yating Yang, Tao Liu, Zhongrong Chen, Yue Shao, Qinghua Shi, Huanzhong Liu, Yunxia Cao, and Gang Zhao*. Multi-scale ice inhibition platform enables full-cycle cryogenic protection for mouse oocyte. Advanced Functional Materials, 2402312, 2024 (Link)

9. Sajedeh Nasr Esfahani, Yi Zheng, Auriana Arabpour, Agnes M. Resto Irizarry, Norio Kobayashi, Xufeng Xue, Yue Shao, Cheng Zhao, Nicole L. Agranonik, Megan Sparrow, Timothy J. Hunt, Jared Faith, Mary Jasmine Lara, Qiu Ya Wu, Sherman Silber, Sophie Petropoulos, Ran Yang, Kenneth R. Chien, Amander T. Clark, and Jianping Fu*. Derivation of human primordial germ cell-like cells in an embryonic-like culture. Nature Communications, vol. 15, 167, 2024 (Link)

2023

10. Feng Lin#&, Xia Li#&, Shiyu Sun#, Zhongyi Li#, Chenglin Lv, Jianbo Bai&, Lin Song&, Yizhao Han&, Bo Li*, Jianping Fu, and Yue Shao*. Mechanically enhanced biogenesis of gut spheroids with instability-driven morphomechanics. Nature Communications, vol. 14, 6016, 2023 (Link)

11. Shunze Cao, Yu Wei, Renheng Bo, Xing Yun, Shiwei Xu, Yanjun Guan, Jianzhong Zhao, Yu Lan, Bin Zhang, Yingjie Xiong, Tianqi Jin, Yuchen Lai, Jiahui Chang, Qing Zhao, Min Wei, Yue Shao, Qi Quan*, Yihui Zhang*. Inversely engineered biomimetic flexible network scaffolds for soft tissue regeneration. Science Advances, vol. 9, eadi8606, 2023 (Link)

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12. Yi Yan, Yue Shao, Hong-Ping Zhao, Xi-Qiao Feng*, and Zi-Chen Deng*. A nanofibril network model of biological silks. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, vol. 181, 105448, 2023 (Link)

13. Yunping Chen^#, Yue Shao^#, Pengcheng Chen, Kun Li, Jing-Yi Li, Jie Meng, Chenglin Lv, Haoyu Liu, Cunjing Lv, Xi-Qiao Feng*, and Bo Li*. Substrate nesting guides cyst morphogenesis of human pluripotent stem cells without 3D extracellular matrix overlay. Acta Biomaterialia, vol. 170, 519-531, 2023 (Link)

14. Yifan Zheng&, Renpeng Yang, Xiaogang Yu, Wei Zhang, and Yue Shao*. Effect of manganese ion doping on magnetic properties and magnetic induction heating of Zn-Al ferrite nanoparticles. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, vol. 966, 171597, 2023 (Link)

15. Wei Pi&, Feng Rao, Jiawei Cao, Meiru Zhang&, Tie Chang&, Yizhao Han&, Yifan Zheng&, Shiyi Liu&, Qunyang Li, Xiaoyan Sun*, and Yue Shao*. Sono-electro-mechanical therapy for peripheral nerve regeneration through piezoelectric nanotracts. Nano Today, vol. 50, 101860, 2023 (Link)

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16. Feiyu Yang, Pengcheng Chen, Han Jiang, Tianfa Xie, Yue Shao, Deok-Ho Kim, Bo Li, Yubing Sun*. Directional cell migration guided by a strain gradient. Small, vol. 20, 2302404, 2023 (Link)

2022

17. Huanxin Zhang, Kaixuan Zhang, Min Li, Yue Shao*, and Xi-Qiao Feng*. Force-regulated state transitions of growing axons. Physical Review Letters, vol. 129, 128101, 2022 (Link)

18. Yue Shao*, Jianping Fu. Engineering multiscale structural orders for high-fidelity embryoids and organoids. Cell Stem Cell, vol. 29, 722-743, 2022 (Link)

19. Yunping Chen, Yue Shao*. Stem cell-based embryo models: En route to a programmable future. Journal of Molecular Biology, vol. 434, 167353, 2022 (Link)

2021

20. Zida Li*, Feng Lin, Chu-Han Zhong, Shue Wang, Xufeng Xue, and Yue Shao*. Single-cell sequencing to unveil the mystery of embryonic development. Advanced Biology, vol. 6, e2101151, 2021 (Link)

21. Sajedeh Nasr Esfahani, Agnes M Resto Irizarry, Xufeng Xue, Samuel Byung-Deuk Lee, Yue Shao, Jianping Fu*. Micro/nanoengineered technologies for human pluripotent stem cells maintenance and differentiation. Nano Today, vol. 41, 101310, 2021 (Link)

22. Kiranj K. Chaudagar, Natalie Landon-Brace, Aniruddh Solanki, Hanna M. Hieromnimon, Emma Hegermiller, Wen Li, Yue Shao, John Joseph, Devan J. Wilkins, Kaela M. Bynoe, Xiang-Ling Li, John G. Clohessy, Soumya Ullas, Jeffrey M. Karp*, and Akash Patnaik*. Cabozantinib unlocks efficient in vivo targeted delivery of neutrophil-loaded nanoparticles into murine prostate tumors. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, vol. 20, 438-449, 2021 (Link)

23. Yi Zheng, Yue Shao, and Jianping Fu*. A microfluidics-based stem cell model of early post-implantation human development. Nature Protocols, vol. 16, 309-326, 2021 (Link)

2020:

24. Ryan F. Townshend^#, Yue Shao^#, Sicong Wang, Chari L. Cortez, Sajedeh Nasr Esfahani, Jason R. Spence, K. Sue O’Shea, Jianping Fu, Deborah L. Gumucio, and Kenichiro Taniguchi*. Effect of cell spreading on rosette formation by human pluripotent stem cell-derived neural progenitor cells. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, vol. 8, 588941, 2020 (Link)

25. Shengsheng Xiao, Yue Shao, Bo Li, and Xi-Qiao Feng*. A micromechanical model of tendon and ligament with crimped fibers. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, vol. 112, 104086, 2020 (Link)

26. Yue Shao^*, Jianping Fu. Synthetic human embryology: Towards a quantitative future. Current Opinion in Genetics and Development, vol. 63, 30-35, 2020 (Link)

27. Huanxin Zhang, Bo Li, Yue Shao, Xi-Qiao Feng*. Morphomechanics of tumors. Current Opinion in Biomedical Engineering, vol. 15, 51-58, 2020 (Link)

28. Shao-Zhen Lin, Peng-Cheng Chen, Liu-Yuan Guan, Yue Shao, Yu-Kun Hao, Qunyang Li, Bo Li, David Weitz, and Xi-Qiao Feng*. Universal statistical laws for the velocities of collective migrating cells. Advanced Biosystems, vol. 4, 2000065, 2020 (Link)

Articles published before joining Tsinghua University in 2019:

29. Yuanyuan Zheng, Xufeng Xue, Agnes M. Resto Irizarry, Zida Li, Yue Shao, Yi Zheng, Gang Zhao, and Jianping Fu*. Dorsal-ventral patterned neural cyst from human pluripotent stem cells in a biomimetic neurogenic niche. Science Advances, vol. 5, eaax5933, 2019 (Link)

30. Yi Zheng, Xufeng Xue, Yue Shao, Sicong Wang, Sajedeh Nasr Esfahani, Zida Li, Jonathon M. Muncie, Johnathon N. Lakins, Valerie M. Weaver, Deborah L. Gumucio, and Jianping Fu*. Controlled modelling of human epiblast and amnion development using stem cells. Nature, vol. 573, 421-425, 2019 (Link)

31. Sajedeh Nasr Esfahani#, Yue Shao#, Agnes M. Resto Irizarry, Zida Li, Xufeng Xue, Deborah L. Gumucio, and Jianping Fu*. Microengineered human amniotic ectoderm tissue array for high-content developmental phenotyping. Biomaterials, vol. 216, 119244, 2019. (Link)  

32. Feng Lin, Yue Shao, Xufeng Xue, Yi Zheng, Zida Li, Chunyang Xiong*, and Jianping Fu*. Biophysical phenotypes and determinants of anterior vs. posterior primitive streak cells derived from human pluripotent stem cells. Acta Biomaterialia, vol. 86, 125-134, 2019. (Link)

33. Xufeng Xue, Yubing Sun, Agnes Resto-Irizarry, Ye Yuan, Koh Meng Aw Yong, Yi Zheng, Shinuo Weng, Yue Shao, Yimin Chai, Lorenz Studer, and Jianping Fu*. Mechanics-guided embryonic patterning of neuroectoderm tissue from human pluripotent stem cells. Nature Materials, vol. 17, 633-641, 2018. (Link)

34. Kenichiro Taniguchi#, Yue Shao#, Ryan F. Townshend, Chari Cortez, Clair Harris, Sasha Meshinchi, Sundeep Kalantry, Jianping Fu, K. Sue O'Shea, and Deborah L. Gumucio*. An apicosome initiates self-organizing morphogenesis of human pluripotent stem cells. The Journal of Cell Biology, vol. 216, 3981-3990, 2017. (Link)

35. Yue Shao#, Kenichiro Taniguchi#, Ryan F. Townshend, Toshio Miki, Deborah L. Gumucio*, and Jianping Fu*. A pluripotent stem cell-based model for post-implantation human amniotic sac development. Nature Communications, vol. 8, 208, 2017. (Link)

36. Yue Shao#, Kenichiro Taniguchi#, Katherine Gurdziel, Ryan F. Townshend, Xufeng Xue, Koh Meng Aw Yong, Jianming Sang, Jason R. Spence, Deborah L. Gumucio*, and Jianping Fu*. Self-organized amniogenesis by human pluripotent stem cells in a biomimetic implantation-like niche. Nature Materials, vol. 16, 419-425, 2017. (Link)

37. Jianming Sang, Xiang Li, Yue Shao, Zida Li, and Jianping Fu*. Controlled tubular unit formation from collagen film for modular tissue engineering. ACS Biomaterials Sciences & Engineering, vol. 3, 2860-2868, 2017 (Link)

38. Andrew M. Freddo, Suzanne K. Shoffner, Yue Shao, Kenichiro Taniguchi, Ann S. Grosse, Margaux N. Guysinger, Sha Wang, Shiva Rudraraju, Benjamin Margolis, Krishna Garikipati, Santiago Schnell, and Deborah L. Gumucio*. Coordination of signaling and tissue mechanics during morphogenesis of murine intestinal villi: A role for mitotic cell rounding. Integrative Biology, vol. 8, 918-928, 2016. (Link)

39. Zida Li, Xiang Li, Brendan McCracken, Yue Shao, Kevin Ward, and Jianping Fu*. A miniaturized hemoretractometer for blood clot retraction testing. Small, vol. 12, 3926-3934, 2016. (Link)

40. Shinuo Weng#, Yue Shao#, Weiqiang Chen, and Jianping Fu*. Mechanosensitive subcellular rheostasis drives emergent single-cell mechanical homeostasis. Nature Materials, vol. 15, 961-967, 2016. (Link)

41. Nhung Nguyen, Yue Shao, Alan Wineman, Jianping Fu, and Anthony Waas*. Atomic force microscopy indentation and inverse analysis for non-linear viscoelastic identification of breast cancer cells. Mathematical Biosciences, vol. 277, 77-88, 2016. (Link)

42. Yi Zheng, Yubing Sun, Xinwei Yu, Yue Shao, Ping Zhang, Guohao Dai, and Jianping Fu*. Angiogenesis in liquid tumors: An in-vitro assay for leukemic cell induced bone marrow angiogenesis. Advanced Healthcare Materials, vol. 5, 1014-1024, 2016. (Link)

43. Kenichiro Taniguchi, Yue Shao, Ryan F. Townshend, Yu-Hwai Tsai, Cynthia J. DeLong, Shawn A. Lopez, Srimonta Gayen, Andrew M. Freddo, Deming J. Chue, Dennis J. Thomas, Jason R. Spence, Benjamin Margolis, Sundeep Kalantry, Jianping Fu, K. Sue O’Shea, and Deborah L. Gumucio*. Lumen formation is an intrinsic property of isolated human pluripotent stem cells. Stem Cell Reports, vol. 5, 954-962, 2015. (Link)

44. Christopher Moraez, Joseph M. Labuz, Yue Shao, Jianping Fu, and Shuichi Takayama*. Supersoft lithography: Candy-based fabrication of soft silicone microstructures. Lab on a Chip, vol. 25, 3760-3765, 2015. (Link)

45. Yue Shao#, Jianming Sang#, and Jianping Fu*. On human pluripotent stem cell control: The rise of 3D bioengineering and mechanobiology. Biomaterials, vol. 52, 26-43, 2015. (Link)

46. Weiqiang Chen#, Yue Shao#, Xiang Li, Gang Zhao, and Jianping Fu*. Nanotopographical surfaces for stem cell fate control: Engineering mechanobiology from the bottom. Nano Today, vol. 9, 759-784, 2014. (Link)

47. Yue Shao, Hong-Ping Zhao, and Xi-Qiao Feng*. Optimal characteristic nanosizes of mineral bridges in mollusk nacre. RSC Advances, vol. 4, 32451-32456, 2014. (Link)

48. Yue Shao, Jennifer M. Mann, Weiqiang Chen, and Jianping Fu*. Global architecture of the F-actin cytoskeleton regulates cell shape-dependent endothelial mechanotransduction. Integrative Biology, vol. 6, 300-311, 2014. (Link)

49. Yue Shao, and Jianping Fu*. Integrated micro/nanoengineered functional biomaterials for cell mechanics and mechanobiology: a materials perspective. Advanced Materials, vol. 26, 1494-1533, 2014. (Link)

50. Yue Shao, Hong-Ping Zhao, and Xi-Qiao Feng*. On flaw tolerance of nacre: a theoretical study. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, vol. 11, 20131016, 2014. (Link)

51. Yue Shao#, Xinyu Tan#, Roman Novitski, Misha Muqaddam, Paul T. List, Laura Williamson, Jianping Fu, and Allen P. Liu*. Uniaxial cell stretching device for live-cell imaging of mechanosensitive cellular functions. Review of Scientific Instruments, vol. 84, 114304, 2013. (Link)

52. Yue Shao, Hong-Ping Zhao, Xi-Qiao Feng*, and Huajian Gao. Discontinuous crack-bridging model for fracture toughness analysis of nacre. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, vol. 60, 1400-1419, 2012. (Link)    

53. Yue Shao, and Cun-Jing Lu*. A direct proof of uniqueness of square-root of a positive semi-definite tensor. Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, vol. 30, 713-716, 2009. (Link)

54. Hong-Ping Zhao, Jin-Tang Zhu, Zhong-Yu Fu, Xi-Qiao Feng*, Yue Shao, and Ruo-Teng Ma. Plasma surface graft of acrylic acid and biodegradation of poly(butylenes succinate) films. Thin Solid Films, vol. 516, 5659-5663, 2009. (Link)

h.1. Patents (&: Mentee)

1. Yue Shao, Tie Chang&, Yifan Zheng&. A peptide-modified lipid nanoparticle for targeted drug delivery. ZL 2023 1 0977908.7

2. Yue Shao, Shiyi Liu&, Keh-Kooi Kee, Lingxi Song. A microfluidic system for building biomimetic organ microenvironment. ZL 2023 1 0727781.3

3. Yue Shao, Ziyue Bai&. A cell culture device for non-invasive ultrasound stimulation and long-term live imaging. ZL 2022 1 1592716.6

4. Yue Shao, Yifan Zheng&. Self-regulated temperature control device integrating magnetocaloric and liquid cooling function. ZL 2022 1 0842537.7 (PCT/CN2022/109482)

5. Yue Shao, Yifan Zheng&. Thermal field generation apparatus with self-regulated temperature control. ZL 2022 1 0843870.X (PCT/CN2022/109479)

6. Jianping Fu, Deborah Gumucio, Yue Shao, Kenichiro Taniguchi, Yi Zheng, Sajedeh Nasr Esfahani. Development of amnion-like tissue from human pluripotent stem cells. PCT/US2017/065261

I.1. Conference Organization

1. Award Committee, 2024 Annual Meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR), Mar. 2024

2. Scientific Program Committee, The 12^th Annual Meeting of Chinese Society for Stem Cell Research, Nov. 2022

3. Session chair and abstract reviewer, The 12^th Annual Meeting of Chinese Society for Stem Cell Research, Nov. 2022

4. Session chair, The 16^th IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered & Molecular Systems, Apr. 2021

5. Organization Committee, Symposium on Cell and Tissue Morphodynamics, Sept. 2019

I.2. Panelists and Proposal Reviewers

1. Ad hoc grant proposal reviewer, Netherlands Organization for Health research and Development (ZonMw), Jan 2025

2. Ad hoc reviewer, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Award, July 2024

3. Ad hoc grant proposal reviewer, Austrian Science Fund (FWF), Feb. 2024

4. Ad hoc reviewer panelist, General Program, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), May 2024

5. Ad hoc reviewer panelist, Youth Program, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), May 2024

6. Ad hoc reviewer panelist, The Changjiang Young Scholar Program (Ministry of Education), Dec. 2023

7. Ad hoc reviewer panelist, The Changjiang Young Scholar Program (Ministry of Education), Dec. 2020