B-REAL
Biomaterials and Regenerative Engineering
Alliance Laboratory
B-REAL
Biomaterials and Regenerative Engineering
Alliance Laboratory
Chair professor of Westlake University
Associate Vice President
Chair of Biomedical Engineering Program
Co-Editor-in-Chief of Bioactive Materials
Associate Editor of Science Advances
Fellow of AAAS, AIMBE, BMES, IAMBE,NAI
Tel: (+86571) 88110656 (Office)
Email: yangjian07@westlake.edu.cn
Dr. Yang is a Chair Professor in Biomaterials and Regenerative Engineering, Chair of the Biomedical Engineering Program, and Associate Vice President at the Westlake University. Dr. Yang’s research contributes to the innovation of citrate-based biomaterials and their applications in tissue engineering, drug delivery, biosensing, and bioimaging. Dr. Yang is also serving as a Co-Editor-in-Chief for "Bioactive Materials" (2022 IF 18.9), an Associate Editor for an AAAS journal, "Science Advances" (2022 IF 13.6), an Associate Editor for "Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Biomaterials section" (2021 IF 6.064), and an Editorial Board Member for ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering, and Applied Materials Today.
2023 Outstanding Editor-in-Chief Award, KeAi Publisher
2023 BMES Wallace H. Coulter Award for Healthcare Innovation Award
2023 Chinese Association for Biomaterials (CAB) Distinguished Leadership and Service Award
2023 Fellow of the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering (IAMBE)
2022 Full Member, Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Honor Society
2021 Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2020 Fellow of US Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
2019 Lloyd & Dorothy Foehr Huck Chair in Regenerative Engineering
2018 Fellow of US National Academy of Inventors (NAI)
2018 PSEAS Outstanding Research Award, Penn State University
2016 Fellow of American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
2011 Outstanding Young Engineering Faculty Award, University of Texas, Arlington
2010 National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award
Ruiquan Li, postdoc (2019-2021)
Xinyu Tan, Visiting Scholar (2019-2021); Southern Medical Universit, Guangzhou, China
Jian Zhang, postdoc (2016-2017) (now at University of Chicago, postdoc)
Kaitian Xu, Research Associate (2015-1017)
Li Li, Visiting Scholar (2016-2017) (Sichuan University)
Min Lin, Visiting Scholar (2016-2017)(Nanchang University)
Qing Cai, Visiting scholar (2013-2014)( Professor at Beijing University of Chemical Technology)
Steve (Denghui) Xie, Visiting PhD student (2013-2014);Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
Dianna Nguyen, Lab Technician (2013-2014)
Richard Tran, Postdoc/Research Associate (2011-2014); Acuitive Technologies, NJ
Jianqing Hu, Visiting Scholar/Postdoctoral Fellow (2013-2015); now Associate Professor at South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
Zhiwei Xie, Postdoc (2011-2015), Sherwin Williams
Jinshan Guo Postdoc (2011-2016); Aleo BME, Inc.
Xili Lu, Visiting Scholar (2015-2016); Harbin Engineering University
Yuqi Wang (MS, Biomedical Engineering, 2020-2021)
Qiyao Li (PhD, Bioengineering 2015-2020)
Chuying Ma (PhD, Bioengineering 2014-2019)
Dingying Shan (PhD, Bioengineering 2013-2018)
Jimin Peter Kim (PhD, Bioengineering, 2014-2018; FDA)
Gerald Kirk (MS. Bioengineering, 2015-2017)
Gloria Bora Kim (PhD, Bioengineering, -2017; U Penn Postdoc)
Surge Kalaba (MS. Bioengineering, 2014-2016; General Electric)
Yixue Su (MS. Bioengineering, 2013-2016; Cleveland Clinics, OH)
Jeena Mathew(MS, Bioengineering, 2007, UTA. Research Associate, Georgetown University)
Jaya Ram Banjara (MS, Bioengineering, 2008, UTA)
Purak Khadka (MS, Bioengineering, 2008, UTA)
Binod Basnet (MS, Bioengineering, 2008, UTA)
Santosh Gautam (MS, Bioengineering, 2008, UTA)
Jagannath Dey (MS, Bioengineering, 2008, UTA. BIND Bioscience)
Preethi Suriamoorthy (MS, Bioengineering, 2009, UTA)
Dipendra Gyawali (MS, Bioengineering, 2009. Genzyme, Boston)
Shengyuan Zhou (MS, MSE, 2010, UTA)
Parvathi Nair (MS, BE 2010, UTA)
Elhum Naseri (MS,BE 2010, now UTSW Research Assistant)
Santosh Kumar Kumar Beeram (MS, BE 2010)
Richard T. Tran (PhD, 2011. Acuitive Technologies, Inc)
Elaheh Naseri (MS, BE, 2011)
Yi Zhang (PhD, BE 2012, zhangyi19850520@gmail.com, postdoc at MIT)
Michael Palmer (PhD student at UTA, michael.palmer@mavs.uta.edu)
Aniket Wadajkar (PhD, BE, 2012, co-supervised with Dr. Kytai Nguyen, aniketwadajkar@yahoo.com, Applied DNA Sciences, Stony Brook, NY)
Aleksey V. Kolasnikov (MS, BE 2012, now Dow Chemicals, Houston, TX)
Aram Naseri (MS, BE, UTA 2012)
Pouriska Kivanany (MS, BE, 2012, UTA, pouriska.kivanany@mavs.uta.edu)
Mohammadreza Mehdi Zadeh (PhD, MSE, 2012, UTA, mohammadreza.mehdizadeh@mavs.uta.edu, now at Invista)
Mandy Su (MS, BE, 2012, UTA, mandy.4020@gmail.com, now at UTSW)
Chang Zhang (MS, BE, 2013, UTA, downtown_zc@hotmail.com, Boston University, lab manager)