Song Li
CHANCELLOR'S PROFESSOR
BIOENGINEERING
BE Department Chair
5121C Engineering V
Email: songli@ucla.eduPhone: (310) 794-6140
Fax: (310) 794-6140
Websites
RESEARCH AND INTERESTS
- Cell engineering and mechanobiology
- Cardiovascular bioengineering
- In situ tissue engineering (stem cells, drug delivery, biomimetic materials)
- Immunoengineering
- Theranostic tissue engineering
NOTABLE PUBLICATIONS
IN THE NEWS
- Transient Nuclear Deformation Primes Epigenetic State and Promotes Cell Reprogramming | Nature Materials, August 2022
- Can Nano Robots Help Treat Hard-to-Reach Cancers? | Los Angeles Business Journal, May 2022
- Anatomy of a Vaccine | UCLA Newsroom, November 2020
- UCLA professor receives grant to develop coronavirus vaccine booster | Daily Bruin, August 2020
EDUCATION
- B.S., Mechanics & Engineering Science, Peking (Beijing) University, 1988
- M.S., Biomechanics, Peking (Beijing) University, 1991
- Ph.D., Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, 1997 (Mentor: Shu Chien, M.D., Ph.D.)
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
- Shu Chien Lecture, UC Systemwide Bioengineering Symposium, 6/2018
- Biomedical Engineering Society National Conference Chair, 2016
- Chancellor Professorship, UC Los Angeles, 2015
- Fellow, International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering (IAMBE), 2014
- Fellow, Biomedical Engineering Society, 2014
- Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), 2014