Editorial Team

Editors-in-Chief

Professor Zhiyong Li is Professor in Biomedical Engineering at Queensland University of Technology (QUT). He has a BEng (1998) in Civil Engineering from Tongji University and a PhD (2004) in Biomedical Engineering from Queen Mary University of London. He was a research fellow and senior research fellow at University of Cambridge 2004-2010. He was elected Fellow of Wolfson College and conferred a MA (2009) from University of Cambridge. Zhiyong’s main research field is biomechanics and mechanobiology, with a long-term research interest in cardiovascular diseases (atherosclerosis, aneurysm, atrial affiliation). The main focus of his work has been the development of novel technologies for detection of high-risk rupture-prone plaques in patients with carotid and coronary atherosclerosis. The work involves MRI/IVUS/OCT imaging, stress analysis, material characterisation, mathematical/computational modelling and numerical methods. He has made significant contributions to understanding the biomechanics of plaque rupture, publishing over 100 papers collectively on vulnerable atheroma in leading journals, e.g. Circulation, JACC, Nat Rev Cardiol, Nat. Commun, NEJM, Stroke, ATVB, J Biomech, Ann Biomed Eng, Biomech Model Mechanobio. He was awarded an ARC Future Fellowship in 2014, and was the recipient of the 2015 Australia Vascular Biology Society Achievement and Career Development Award.

 

Main research areas:

Biomechanics/Mechanobiology
Hemodynamics
Mathematical Modelling and Computational Simulation
Medical Imaging
Atherosclerosis/Aneurysm/Thrombosis/Atrial Fibrillation
Model of Tissue Growth and Microcirculation
Bone Growth and Scaffold Degradation
Theoretical Biology/Mathematical Biology

 

Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, ISRAEL 

Interests: mechanics of soft materials

 

Hornor Editors-in-Chief

Prof. Yuan-Cheng Fung 

University of California, USA   

Interests: solid mechanics, continuum mechanics, biomechanics

 

Founding and Honorary Editor 

Late Prof. Satya N. Atluri

Texas Tech University, Lubbock, USA   

Interests: computational mechanics, meshless method, meshless local petrov galerkin (mlpg) method

 

Associate Editors

Dr. Ali C. Akyildiz 

Erasus Medical Center, NETHERLANDS

Interests: cardiovascular biomechanics, soft tissue biomechanics

 

Prof. Maria de Gador Canton 

University of Washington, USA

Interests: hemodynamics, computational fluid dynamics, abdominal aortic aneurysm

 

Prof. Linhong Deng 

Changzhou University, CHINA 

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

 

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

Dr. Hossein Hosseinkhani

Innovation Center for Advanced Technology, Matrix HT, Inc., New York, USA

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

Interest: 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 

Loughborough University, UK   

Interests: biomechanics, tissue-implant interaction for cardiovascular system

 
 
 
Beijing Institute of Technology, CHINA
Interests: mechanics of biological materials, bioinspired design of animal locomotion
 
 
 
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
 
 
 
Xi'an Jiaotong University, CHINA
Interests: Bio-heat transfer, Bio-fluid mechanics
 
 
 
Department of Textile Engineering/Apparel/Fashion Mod, Qaem Shahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Iran
Interests: Textile engineering Nanotechnology fluid mechanic clothing Brand equity
 
 
 
School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China
Interests: cardiovascular biomechanics, mass transport, tissue engineering, microfluidics, organs on a chip
 
 
 
K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Iran
Interests: Thermal science and AI
 
 
 
Department of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Interests: Biomechanics; Adipose Biology; Pharmacology; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
 
 
 
Eye Hospital, WenZhou Medical University, China
Interests: Biomechanics, Ocular, Intraocular Pressure, Topography, Keratoconus, Corneal Cross-linking, Refractive Surgery, Orthokeratology Lens
 
 
 
Materials Synthesis Deptartment, Jožef Stefan Institute, SLOVENIA
Interests: mechanical behaviour of materials, biomaterials, materials science, interface science, micro/nano biomedicine and targeted drug delivery
 
 
 
EastChina University of Science and Technology (ECUST), China
Interests: Biomedical Materials; Tissue Engineering; Drug Delivery
 
 
 
University of Virginia, USA
Interests: Biological and Bio-inspired Materials and Devices, Biomechanics, Surface Engineering, Tribology, Additive Manufacturing
 
 
 
School of Mechanical Engineering, Guangxi University, China
Interests: Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials, Biomedicine, Biomechanics, Tissue Engineering, Additive Manufacturing
 

 
Dalian University of Technology, China
Interests: biofluid mechanics; cellular mechanics; microfluidics
 

 
Transilvania University of Brasov,Romania
Interests: physical activity; fitness; quality of life; sport; public health; sleep; obesity; well-being

 
Beijing University of Technology, China
Interests: cardiovascular biomechanics; implantation/intervention devices; numerical simulation
 

 
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
Interests: sports biomechanics; footwear biomechanics; musculoskeletal bioengineering; general public health
 

 
Ecole Polytechnique, France
Interests: vascular mechanics; vascular mechanobiology; endovascular devices; cytoskeleton; nuclear mechanics; computational modeling
 

 
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
 
 
 
Laboratory of Genetic, Biodiversity and Valorization of Bio-resources, Higher Institute of Biotechnology Monastir 5000, Tunisia
Interests: fertility, mental health, molecular biology, genetic