YANG LI


CURRENT EMPLOYMENT

In-vitro expert at the Innovation Center for Advanced Therapies, Utrecht, Holland.

PAST POSITION

Post-doctoral researcher, Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Canada.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

    2008-2011 Master in Polymer Chemistry and Physics, Jilin University, China
    2004-2008 Bachelor in Polymer Material and Engineering, Jilin University, China

AWARDS AND HONOURS

  • Ontario Trillium Scholarship

RESEARCH PROJECT

    My work focuses on the properties of hydrogels confined to narrow confinement. The behavior of confined soft matter (polymeric microgels, blood cells, thrombus, etc.) is of great importance for biological, medicinal and biomedical systems (1-3). We have been working on establishing the underlying principles of such behavior of confined soft matter for a broad range of dimensions and mechanical properties of soft objects, entrance angles and diameters of the capillaries, and applied pressure differences, can shed light on the behavior of biological systems, e.g., embolization of blood capillaries, or cell flow in constrictions.

THESIS

    A microfluidic model for in vitro studies of thromboembolism and thrombolysis, Ph.D. thesis, University of Toronto (2017).

PUBLICATIONS

    1. Y. Li, O. S. Sariyer, A. Ramachandran, S. Panyukov, M. Rubinstein and E. Kumacheva, "Universal behavior of hydrogels confined to narrow capillaries", Scientific Reports 5, Article # 17017 (2015).

    2. Y. Li, E. Kumacheva and A. Ramachandran, “The motion of a microgel in an axisymmetric constriction with a tapered entrance”, Soft Matter 9, 10391-10403 (2013) [IF: 4.4].

OTHER INTERESTS

    Soccer, Video games

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