Zida Li

Short Bio

Education

University of Michigan (UM) Ann Arbor, MI
Ph.D., Mechanical, Biomedical Engineering Aug. 2013 – Apr. 2018
Advisor: Prof. Jianping Fu

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I have worked on research projects in coagulation device design, microfluidics, neural differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells, and cancer metastasis. For details, please see Research page.
I invested most of my graduate tuition credits on learning biology, including molecular and cellular biology, human physiology, cellular engineering, and cancer biology. I also learnt a lot of other biology by reading.
University of Hong Kong (HKU)                                                                          Hong Kong
Research Assistant, mechanical engineering                              July 2012 – June 2013
Advisor: Prof. Anderson Ho Cheung Shum

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This employment was in my gap year before Ph.D. study. My main project was to study the interface of aqueous two phase system (ATPS). I developed a platform to visualize the fluctuation in flow rate that syringe pumps supply. My colleague, Sibyl Mak, further developed a method to visualize music based on this platform, dubbed musical microfluidics. Details are on Research page.
Tsinghua University (THU) Beijing, China
Exchange Student, Aerospace Engineering Sept. 2010 – Jan. 2011
University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) Hefei, Anhui, China
B.Eng., Mechanical Engineering, GPA: 3.84/4.3 Aug. 2008 – June 2012

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My study was focused on thermal science and energy engineering.
My senior project was to develop a chemical pump based on membrane distillation.

Publications

Carbon nanotube strain sensor based hemoretractometer for blood coagulation testing.
Li, Z., Wang Y., Xue, X., McCracken B., Ward K., & Fu, J.
ACS Sensors , Accepted
Capillary assisted deposition of carbon nanotube film for strain sensing.
Li, Z., Xue, X., Lin, F., Wang, Y., Ward, K., & Fu, J.
Applied Physics Letters , 111(17), 173105, 2017
Analysis of tumor invasion front using long-term fluidic tumoroid culture.
Aw Yong, K., Li, Z., Merajver S., & Fu, J.
Scientific Reports , 7, 2017
Acoustic tweezing cytometry enhances osteogenesis of human mesenchymal stem cells through cytoskeletal contractility and YAP activation.
Xue, X., Hong, X., Li, Z., Deng, C. X., & Fu, J.
Biomaterials , 134, 22-30, 2017
Controlled tubular unit formation from collagen film for modular tissue engineering.
Sang, J., Li, X., Shao, Y., Li, Z., &Fu, J.
ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering , 2016
A miniaturized hemoretractometer (mHRM) for blood clot retraction testing.
Li, Z., McCracken, B., Li, X., Shao, Y., Ward, K., & Fu, J.
Small , 12, 3926–3934, 2016
Syringe-pump-induced fluctuation in all-aqueous microfluidic system implications for flow rate accuracy.
Li, Z., Mak, S. Y., Sauret, A., & Shum, H. C.
Lab on a Chip , 14(4), 744-749, 2014
Musical interfaces: visualization and reconstruction of music with a microfluidic two-phase flow.
Mak, S. Y., Li, Z., Frere, A., Chan, T. C., & Shum, H. C.
Scientific Reports , 4, 6675, 2014
Emerging microengineered tools for functional analysis and phenotyping of blood cells.
Li, X., Chen, W., Li, Z., Li, L., Gu, H., & Fu, J.
Trends in biotechnology , 32(11), 586-594, 2014

Patents

A microscale device for blood coagulation assay.
Fu, J., Ward, K., Li, Z., Li, X.
U.S. Provisional Patent Application , 62/304,385, 2015
System and method for generation of emulsions with low interfacial tension and measuring frequency vibrations in the system.
Shum, H. C., Sauret, A., Li, Z., & Song, Y.
U.S. Patent Application , 13/839,072, 2013

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