Editorial Team

Editors-in-Chief

 

Name: Prof. Zhi-Yong Li

Biomedical Engineering at Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia

Interests: Biomechanics/Mechanobiology; Hemodynamics

Name: Dr. Konstantin Volokh

Affiliation: Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, ISRAEL 

Interests: mechanics of soft materials 

Hornor Editors-in-Chief

 

Name: Prof. Yuan-Cheng Fung

University of California, USA   

Interests: Solid mechanics, continuum mechanics, biomechanics

 

Associate Editors

 

Name: Dr. Ali C. Akyildiz 

Erasus Medical Center, Neverlands   

Interests: Cardiovascular biomechanics, soft tissue biomechanics

Name: Prof. Maria de Gador Canton

University of Washington, USA

Interests:  Hemodynamics, computational fluid dynamics, abdominal aortic aneurysm

Name: Prof. Linhong Deng

Beijing Insitute of Technology, China

Interests:  Biomechanics and mechanobiology, biomechanical behaviors of the airway smooth muscle cell

Name: Prof. Baohua Ji

Beijing Insitute of Technology, China

Interests:  Cell-matrix interaction, collective cell migration, receptor-ligand interaction

 

 

Prof. Shouqin Lv

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, CHINA

Interests: structure-function relationship of key molecules using molecular dynamics simulations and biomechanical assays

 

Prof. Guixue Wang 

Chongqing University, CHINA 

Interests: biomedical engineering

 

Prof. Ming Zhang

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, CHINA 

Interests: biomechanics of musculoskeletal system, computational biomechanics, prosthetic and orthotic bioengineering

 

Editorial Board Members

 

Prof. Monica Butnariu

University of Life Sciences "King Mihai I" from Timisoara, Romania

Interests:  Nutritional Biochemistry, Pharmacology & Toxicology, Medical Biochemistry, Chemical Ecology, Natural Compounds

Prof. Domenico Tafuri

Parthenope University of Naples, Italy

Interests:  Anatomy, physiology, health promotion, biomechanic

Dr. Francesco Tafuri

Niccolò Cusano University, Italy

Interests:  Physical activity, exercise physiology, health promotion, biomechanic

Prof. Tzu Hurng Cheng

China Medical University, Taiwan

Interests:  Biochemistry, Cardiovascular Pharmacology, Chronic Kidney Disease, Natural Products

Prof. Francesca Latino

Pegaso University, Italy

Interests:  Exercise, Health, Active lifestyle, Biomechanics, Anatomy, Physiology

Prof. J. Paulo Davim

Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Aveiro, Portugal

Interests:  Biotribology; Biomaterials; Manufacture of Medical Devices

Dr. Robert Karpiński

Lublin University of Technology, Lublin, Poland/Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland

Interests:  Biomedical and mechanical engineering, biomechanics, cartilage and cartilage mechanics

Dr. Henu Kumar Verma

Helmholtz Center Munich German Research Center for Environmental Health, Oberschleissheim, Germany

Interests:  Biomedical engineering, biosensors, drug delivery systems, nanotechnology

Dr. Antonios Gargalionis

School of Medicine, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, GREECE

Interests: cancer mechanotransduction, NSCLC mechanosignaling, TME-cancer cells interactions

Dr. Nuoxin Wang

Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, CHINA

Interests: stem cell, tissue engineering, vascular graft, nanomaterial

Prof. Dr. José A. Sanz-Herrera

University of Seville, SPAIN

Interests: mechanobioloy, numerical methods in engineering, computer simulation, continuum mechanics

Dr. Yubing Sun

University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA

Interests: echanobiology; morphogenesis; stem cell engineering; neural organoids; epithelial mechanics

Prof. Dr. Yang Shen

West China School of Basic Medical Science & Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, CHINA

Interests: Vascular Biomechanics; Stroke; Cerebral Vessels; Angiogenesis; Organs-on-chips

Prof. Dr. Ling Wang

Xi’an Jiaotong University, CHINA

Interest: biomechanics, biofabrication, additive manufacturing, othopaedic prostheses, computational modelling

Prof. Dr. Wenfei Li

Nanjing University, CHINA

Interest: computational biophysics, computational biomechanics, multiscale molecular simulations

Prof. Dr. Fatemeh Mollaamin

Kastamonu University, TURKEY

Interest: drug delivery, molecular modelling and simulation, quantum chemistry, computational biology and chemistry, adsorption, surface science, thermodynamics

Prof. Dr. Wei Zhang

Dalian University of Technology, CHINA

Interest: cell mechanics, hydrogel for drug delivery, magnetic induction of hyperthermia

Dr. Ye Zeng

Sichuan University, CHINA

Interest: cell biomechanics, microcirculation, endothelial cells

Prof. Dr. Xuejin Li

Zhejiang University, CHINA

Interests:  cell mechanics, molecular hemorheology

Prof. Taiji Adachi 

Kyoto University, JAPAN   

Interests: cytoskeletal proteins, bone biology, bone metabolism

Prof. Ellen Arruda 

University of Michigan, USA 

Interests: mechanical behavior of materials, tissue engineering of tendon and muscle constructs

Dr. Hilary Barrett 

Erasmus Medical Center, NETHERLANDS

Interests: synthesis of complementary advances in nuclear medicine, molecular imaging and biomechanical engineering

Dr. Pierre Bongrand 

INSERM, CNRS of France, FRANCE

Interests: biophysics of cell adhesion

Prof. P. Bryant Chase 

Florida State University, USA 

Interests: nanotechnology, muscle physiology, biomechanics

Prof. Christopher S Chen 

University of Pennsylvania, USA 

Interests: regulation of angiogenesis, cancer growth, stem cell differentiation by adhesive and medical cues, mechanochemical signal transduction

Dr. Yunfeng Chen 

The Scripps Research Institute, USA

Interests: mechanobiology and haemotology

Prof. Natacha Depaola 

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA

Interests: mechanical engineering, cellular behavior

Dr. Vikram Deshpande 

Cambridge University, UK 

Interests: bone and soft tissue pathology, gastrointestinal (gi) pathology

Prof. Cheng Dong 

Penn State University, USA   

Interests: biomechanics, cellular mechanics, cell signaling related to tumor and immuno-microenvironment, immunotherapy and drug delivery

 

Prof. Jing Fang 

Peking University CHINA

Interests: cell mechanics, biomedical signal and image processing, plasma medicine

Prof. Xiqiao Feng 

Tsinghua University, CHINA 

Interests: biomechanics and biomimetics of biomaterials, cell mechanics, micromechanics and nanomechanics, damage and fracture mechanics

Prof. Jeffrey Fredberg 

Harvard University, USA   

Interests: mechanical engineering

Prof. Huajian Gao 

Brown University, USA 

Interests: solid mechanics, nanomechanics, biomechanics, fracture mechanics, thin film mechanics

Prof. Donald P III Gaver

Tulane University, USA   

Interests: computational biomechanics, educational administration, biomedical engineering

Dr. Yaodong Gu 

Faculty of Sports Science, Ningbo University, CHINA   

Interests: biomechanics gait kinematics motion analysis

Dr. William H Guilford 

University of Virginia, USA 

Interests: cellular and molecular engineering, cell and molecular biomechanics, infectious disease

Prof. Ying He 

Dalian University of Technology, CHINA 

Interests: understand microcirculatiuon through modeling and in-vitro experimetnal methods, especially the microcirculation in diabetic mellitus

Dr. Walter Herzog 

University of Calgary, CANADA   

Interests: biomedical engineering

Prof. Alan Hunt 

University of Michigan, USA

Interests: biomedical engineering, cellular and molecular bioengineering

Dr. Lining Arnold Ju 

The University of Sydney, AUSTRALIA 

Interests: mechanobiology, biomechanics, single-molecule biophysics, microfluidics, thrombosis

Prof. Roger D. Kamm 

M.I.T., USA 

Interests: biological machines/microfluidics angiogenesis/vasculogenesis neurological disease cancer simulation and modeling

Dr. David Lam 

Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong, CHINA 

Interests: ocular medical devices endoluminal medical devices big data medical diagnostic biosensing electric vehicles

Prof. Philip R LeDuc 

Carnegie Mellon University, USA 

Interests: biological mechanical systems; mechanotransduction; biological microfluidics and mems; molecular micropatterning

Prof. Deborah Leckband 

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA 

Interests: nanomechanics of biomolecules, cell adhesion, biomaterials, tissue engineering

Prof. Sukho Lee 

Texas A&M University-San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA

Interests: mechanisms of skeletal muscle plasticity, exercise physiology

Prof. Bin Li 

Soochow University, CHINA 

Interests: biomaterials

Prof. Hongbin Li 

University of British Columbia, CANADA 

Interests: single molecule biophysical chemistry, biomaterials, polymer chemistry, biological chemistry

Prof. Jun Li 

Kansas State University, USA   

Interests: bioanalytical, catalysis, environmental, materails, spectroscopy

Dr. Tong Li 

Dalian University of Technology, CHINA

Interests: finite element analysis, mechanical engineering

Prof. Chwee-Teck Lim 

National University of Singapore, SINGAPORE 

Interests: human disease mechanobiology, microfluidic biomedical technologies, 2d materials for biomedical applications, soft wearable technologies

 

Prof. Dr. Mian Long 

Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. CHINA

Interests: biomechanics, biophysics

Prof. Yonggang Lv 

State Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing Technologies, Wuhan Textile University, China 

Interests: mechanobiology and regenerative medicine, biomaterials, tumor biology, micro/nano biomedicine and targeted drug delivery

Dr. Mohammad R. K. Mofrad 

University of California, Berkeley, USA   

Interests: multiscale biomechanics of cardiovascular disease and brain injury; molecular and cellular mechanobiology

Dr. Daniel Muller 

Technische Universität Dresden, GERMANY 

Interests: molecular interactions drive all processes

Dr. Oluwafemi Adeleke OJO 

Bowen University, NIGERIA

Interests: anti-diabetic drug discovery, computational biochemistry, molecular toxicology, and neurodegenerative diseases

Dr. Prashant Purohit 

University of Pennsylvania, USA   

Interests: mechanical engineering and applied mechanics

Prof. Andy Putnam 

University of California, Irvine, USA

Interests: cell and tissue engineering; extracellular matrix; integrins; signal transduction; cell adhesion and migration; stem cells; bone; smooth muscle; polymeric biomaterials

Prof. Hong Qian 

University of Washington, USA   

Interests: mathematical approach to and physical understanding of biological systems, terms of stochastic mathematics and nonequilibrium statistical physics

Prof. Masaaki Sato 

Tohoku University, JAPAN 

Interests: actin mechanical properties elasticity cytoskeletal proteins mechanical testing tensile testing

Prof. Geert Schmid-Schonbein 

University of California, San Diego, USA   

Interests: biomechanics and transport in living tissues and in the microcirculation

 

Prof. Michael P. Sheetz 

Columbia Univ, USA   

Interests: cell & molecular biology chemical biology computational biology developmental biology evolutionary biology genetics & genomics microbiology

Prof. Yuhua Song 

The University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA 

Interests: molecular mechanisms and structural basis of biomolecular

Prof. Joachim P. Spatz 

University of Heidelberg, GERMANY   

Interests: cellular biophysics, materials science, cell biology, interface science, physics of soft matter

Prof. Subra Suresh 

MIT, USA   

Interests: nanomechanics of biological cells and molecules, and human disease states structure-mechanical property-disease connections in the context of p. falciparum malaria, hereditary blood cell disorders and cancer computational simulations of cellular and molecular deformation and shape thermodynamics

Dr. Megan T. Valentine 

University of California, Santa Barbara, USA 

Interests: understanding how forces are generated and transmitted in living materials, how these forces control cellular outcomes, and how the features of living systems can be captured in manmade materials

Dr. Ashkan Vaziri 

Northeastern University, USA   

Interests: solid mechanics, materials, computational methods, biomechanics, nanotechnology

Prof. Viola Vogel 

Swiss Federal Institute of Tech. (ETH), SWITZERLAND   

Interests: bottom-​up molecular self-​assembly, single molecule mechanics, bacterial adhesion, biominerals, biomaterials and tissue engineering

Prof. George M. Whitesides 

Harvard University, USA   

Interests: analytical energy related inorganic materials origins of life physical/chemical physics

Dr. Savio L-Y. Woo 

University of Pittsburgh, USA   

Interests: knee anterior cruciate ligament knee joint bone knee injuries knee surgery sports injuries

Prof. Masasuke Yoshida 

Tokyo Institute of Technology, JAPAN

Interests: atpase, biochemistry, protein subunit, atp synthase and biophysics

Prof. Muhammad Hamid Zaman 

UT Austin, UNITED STATES

Interests: systems biology of cancer, cell adhesion and migration in 3d environments, cellular mechanics, applications of bme in the developing world

Prof. Zhu Zeng 

Guizhou Medical University, CHINA

Interests: dendritic cells from biophysics, biomechanics, mechanobiology and cancer immunology

Prof. Liguo Zhao 

Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China   

Interests: biomechanics, tissue-implant interaction for cardiovascular system

Dr. Chao Wan

Beijing Institute of Technology, CHINA

Interests: mechanics of biological materials, bioinspired design of animal locomotion

Dr. Rashid Jan

Institute of Energy Infrastructure (IEI), Department of Civil  Engineering, College of Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN), Putrajaya Campus, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia

Mathematics Research Center, Near East University TRNC, Mersin 10, Nicosia 99138, Turkey

Interests: Mathematical biology, Infectious diseases, Computational analysis, Fluid dynamics, Modeling and simulation

Prof. Bin Chen

Xi'an Jiaotong University, CHINA

Interests: Bio-heat transfer, Bio-fluid mechanics

Prof. Peiman Valipour

Department of Textile Engineering/Apparel/Fashion Mod, Qaem Shahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Iran

Interests: Textile engineering Nanotechnology fluid mechanic clothing Brand equity

Prof. Xiao Liu

School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China

Interests: cardiovascular biomechanics, mass transport, tissue engineering, microfluidics, organs on a chip

Prof. Majid Ghassemi

K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Iran

Interests: Thermal science and AI

Dr. Chen Li

Department of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Interests: Biomechanics; Adipose Biology; Pharmacology; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Dr. FangJun Bao

Eye Hospital, WenZhou Medical University, China

Interests: Biomechanics, Ocular, Intraocular Pressure, Topography, Keratoconus, Corneal Cross-linking, Refractive Surgery, Orthokeratology Lens

Prof. Slavko Kralj

Materials Synthesis Deptartment, Jožef Stefan Institute, SLOVENIA

Interests: mechanical behaviour of materials, biomaterials, materials science, interface science, micro/nano biomedicine and targeted drug delivery

Prof. Yulin Li

EastChina University of Science and Technology (ECUST), China

Interests: Biomedical Materials; Tissue Engineering; Drug Delivery

Prof. Xiaodong (Chris) Li

University of Virginia, USA

Interests: Biological and Bio-inspired Materials and Devices, Biomechanics, Surface Engineering, Tribology, Additive Manufacturing

Dr. Wang Guo

School of Mechanical Engineering, Guangxi University, China

Interests: Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials, Biomedicine, Biomechanics, Tissue Engineering, Additive Manufacturing

Assoc. Prof. Chun-Dong Xue

Dalian University of Technology, China

Interests: biofluid mechanics; cellular mechanics; microfluidics

Assoc. Prof. Bădicu Georgian

Transilvania University of Brasov,Romania

Interests: physical activity; fitness; quality of life; sport; public health; sleep; obesity; well-being

Prof. Aike Qiao

Beijing University of Technology, China

Interests: cardiovascular biomechanics; implantation/intervention devices; numerical simulation

Dr. Yang Song

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

Interests: sports biomechanics; footwear biomechanics; musculoskeletal bioengineering; general public health

 

Prof. Abdul I. Barakat

Ecole Polytechnique, France

Interests: vascular mechanics; vascular mechanobiology; endovascular devices; cytoskeleton; nuclear mechanics; computational modeling

Dr. Ali Mehboob

Khalifa University of Science and Technology, United Arab Emirates

Interests: biomechanics; implants design; additive manufacturing; finite element analysis

Early Career Editors-in-Chief

Pro. Xuhong Li

School of Physical Education, Hangzhou Normal University, CHINA

Interests: Computer Simulation of human movement

Assoc. Prof. Tigran Petrosyan

"Human Performance Lab" Armenian State Institute of Physical Culture and Sports

Interests: Rehabilitation Science

Emeritus Editors-in-Chief

Prof. Dalin Tang

Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA

Interests: bioinformatics & computational biology biomedical engineering

Prof. Pin Tong

University of California, San Diego, USA

Interests: computational mechanics biomechanics

Assoc. Prof. Shilun Feng

State Key Laboratory of Transducer Technology, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

Interests:  biomedical microfluidics; microfabrication; simulation and modelling; and Point-of-care (POC) sampling, manipulation and testing with the developments of biodevice and instrumentation systems

Dr.Lamia SAID

Laboratory of Genetic, Biodiversity and Valorization of Bio-resources, Higher Institute of Biotechnology Monastir 5000, Tunisia

Interests:  fertility, mental health, molecular biology, genetic