Principal Investigator
xiongzhuo@tsinghua.edu.cn
Full Professor
Professor Xiong Zhuo currently serves as vice president of the Beijing Mechanical Engineering Society and as deputy director of the Beijing Key Laboratory for Biomanufacturing and Rapid Prototyping. He is one of the pioneers to enter the emerging interdisciplinary research field of biofabricationand extend 3D bioprinting technology to the field of biomedicine. As early as 1999, he began to engage in the research of 3D bioprinting. In 2004, he presided over the first funded project of the National Foundation of China in the field of 3D bioprinting. He invented the low-temperature deposition manufacturing process and a variety of bioprinting techniques. There have been two appraisals of the related achievements as being of international leading level by the Ministry of Education, and one Beijing Science and Technology Award has been awarded. In recent years, he has published more than 100 articles in Nature Communications、Advanced Materials、Materials Today、Biomaterials and other journals as the corresponding author, which have been cited 3800 times in SCOPUS with an H factor of 35. In addition, more than 30 Chinese invention patents have been granted. He has undertaken key projects of the Joint Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation (NSF), general NSF projects, and ministry projects. He was a visiting professor at the Fourth Military Medical University, a visiting researcher at the Institute of Basic Medicine of the Academy of Military Medical Sciences, and an adjunct professor at Shenzhen Graduate School of Tsinghua University. He has served as a member of the board of directors of the Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society, a standing member/Director General of the Biomanufacturing Branch of the Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society, and a member of the Professional Committee of Aerospace Medical Engineering and Space Biology of the Chinese Society of Astronautics.
Principal Investigator
Dr. Ting Zhang
t-zhang@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn
Associate Professor
Professor Zhang has received support from the National Youth Talent Program. She is currently the Director General of the Bio-manufacturing Engineering Branch of the Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society as well as the Secretary General of the Biomaterials Advanced Manufacturing Branch of the Chinese Biomaterials Society. In recent years, she has been actively involved in the research of bioprinting and advanced biofabrication technologies development, myocardial tissue engineering and vascularization, in vitro microenvironment and bioreactor, organ on a chip and other biomanufacturing related cross-fields. She presided over key research and development projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology, general projects and Youth Foundation of the National Natural Science Foundation, China-South Korea International Exchange Fund and other projects. In recent years, she has published more than 50 articles in Biofabrication, Biomaterials, Advance Healthcare Materials, and other journals as the corresponding author, which have been cited 1450 times in SCOPUS with an H factor of 19. In addition, more than 20 Chinese invention patents have been granted.
Dr. Yongcong Fang
fangyc@tsinghua.edu.cn
Assistant Professor
Dr. Fang Yongcong specializes in biofabrication, bioelectronics, and cardiac regeneration. He developed granular composite bioinks and the SPIRIT 3D bioprinting technique, addressing key challenges in complex organ vascularization. His pioneering work supported the first satellite-based, in-orbit printing of 3D tumor model, which garnered media attention from outlets such as MIT Technology Review and CCTV News. Dr. Fang completed both his undergraduate and doctoral degrees at Tsinghua University, with joint training at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg in Germany. Recently, as a project leader, he has spearheaded several significant research initiatives, including projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China’s Young Scientists Fund, the Beijing Natural Science Foundation, and the National Key R&D Program. As first/corresponding author, Dr. Fang has published 17 papers in top-tier journals, including Adv Mater (2 papers), Adv Sci, Adv Funct Mater, and Mater Today, accumulating over 870 citations and an H-index of 18. He was selected for the 2023-2025 Beijing Youth Talent Program and received the 2024 International Society for Biofabrication Young Scientist Award (one of only three worldwide) as well as the second prize in the Mechanical Industry Science and Technology Award for Invention.