Research Experience
- Research Scientist at Columbia University, 2021-2023
- Research Fellow at University of Central Florida, 2020
- Research Assistant at University of Saskatchewan, Canada, 2012-2019
- Research Assistant at University of Regina, Canada, 2009-2012
Research Skills
- Cell/Tissue Culture: 2D/3D primary/stem cell culture and isolation
- 3D Printing: Polymer/hydrogel printing with extrusion/ DLP technique
- Microscopy and Spectroscopy: Confocal and Fluorescence microscopy, X-ray, MRI, Bioluminescence, FTIR, SEM, TEM, EDS, XPS, and DLS
- In-Vivo Study: Patellar tendon/TMJ disc/Sciatic nerve regeneration in rat/mice/mini pig model
- Biomechanical Property: Mechanical strength testing with biodynamic/nanoindenter machine
- Drug Delivery: Small molecule loading via microsphere, micro-gel, micro-coating, and nano-coating
- Tissue Stimulation/Tumor Ablation: In vitro/in vivo test with low intensity and focused ultrasound
- In Vitro/Molecular Technique: Western blot, ELISA, cytokine profiling, and RT-PCR
- Tissue Analysis/Histology: Immunocytochemistry (ICC) and immunohistochemistry (IHC)
- Novel Biopolymer Synthesis/Characterization: Peptide-hydro gel crosslinking and functional group conjugation between polymers
- Nano-Particle Synthesis: Diopside nano-particle/ nano-droplets
- Metallic Alloy synthesis: Casting, molding and heat treatment of magnesium alloys
- Gene Manipulation: Gene knockdown with siRNA
- Extracellular Vesicles Isolation: Exosome separation and characterization
- Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq)
