Laboratory of Biological and
Bio-inspired Materials
Materials Science and Engineering
@ University of Pennsylvania
Principal Investigator
Dr. Ling Li
Associate Professor
Mary V. Jones Faculty Fellow
Department Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
Email: lzli@seas.upenn.edu, Phone: (540)-231-9594
Education
Ph.D. - Material Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014
B.S., Material Science and Engineering, National Universit of Singapore, 2008
Academic experience
2016-Present, Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech
2014-2016, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University
Selected Honors & Awards
2022 Faculty Fellow, College of Engineering
2022 Mary V. Jones Faculty Fellow
2020 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award
2020 ICTAS Junior Faculty Award
2020 NSF CAREER Award
2019 MIT TR35 China Award
2019 Outstanding Assistant Professor Award, Virginia Tech
2018 AFOSR YIP Award
2017 Assistant Professor Mentoring Grant Award, Virginia Tech
2016 First place, Poster Contest in Center for Nanoscale Systems, Harvard
2016 Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award
2008 Lijen Industrial Development Medal, NUS
2008 Materials Research Society (Singapore) Gold Medal, NUS
Current members
Shahbaz Mahmood Khan
PhD student
B.S.: UET, Lahore, Pakistan
M.S.: GIK Institute, Pakistan
Research: Multifunctional Composites
Email: shahbaz@vt.edu
Liuni Chen
PhD student
B.S.: Virginia Tech, 2019
Research: Morphogenesis of boimineralized structures
Email: liunic@seas.upenn.edu
Chenhao Hu
Masters student
Major: Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech
Research: natural porous materials
Email: chenhaoh@seas.upenn.edu
Yang Geng
PhD student
B.S.: Chongqing University, 2018
M.S.: Chongqing University, 2021
Research: Bio-inspired material synthesis
Email: yanggeng@seas.upenn.edu
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Yiming Tan
Masters student
Major: Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech
Research: Biological ceramics
Email: yiming16@vt.edu
Nick Roth
Masters student
Major: Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech
Research: dynamic-testing of biological and bio-inspired materials
Email:
Edward Lee
Masters student
Major: Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech
Research: mechanics of cuttlebone
Email: edwlee108@vt.edu
Ben Fielder
Undergraduate student
Major: -, Virginia Tech
Research: Eggshell mechanics
Email:
Sam Harkness
Undergraduate student
Major: Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech
Research: Eggshell mechanics
Email:
Leigh Kadlec
Undergraduate student
Major: Materials Science and Engineering, Virginia Tech
Research: Biological ceramics
Email: leighk@vt.edu