Principal Investigator

Zida Li, Ph.D. (Google Scholar | CV-Chinese | CV-English)

Associate Professor
Biomedical Engineeering
Shenzhen University

Address:
Rm 425, Bldg A2, Xili Campus, 1066 Xueyuan St., Shenzhen, China
Contact:

Academic Experience

Shenzhen University
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering (2024-present)
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering (2018-2023)

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Ph.D., Department of Mechanical Engineering (2013-2018)
Advisor: Dr. Jianping Fu

University of Hong Kong
Research Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineeering (2012-2013)
Advisor: Dr. Anderson Ho Cheung Shum

Tsinghua University
Exchange Student, Department of Aerospace Engineering (2010-2011)

University of Science and Technology of China
B.E., Department of Thermal Science and Energy Engineering (2008-2012)
Advisors: Dr. Liqun He, Dr. Haifeng Zhang

Selected Awards

Best Oral Presentation Award, CCS Conference on Analytical Chemistry (2023)
Best Paper Award, Shenzhen Association for Science and Technology (2023)
Baxter Young Investigator Award First-Tier, Baxter Healthcare Inc. (2016)
Departmental Fellowship, Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan (2013-2014)
Provincial Honored Graduate, Department of Education, Anhui Province, China (2012)
National Scholarship, Ministry of Education, China (2011)

Graduate Students

Meichi Jin
Master's student

Address: Bldg A2, Xili Campus
Email: 2017222079 AT email.szu.edu.cn

Academic Training
B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Shenzhen University (2017-2021)

Jingyi Ding
Master's student

Address: Bldg A2, Xili Campus
Email: dingjy99 AT 163.com

Academic Training
B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Shenzhen University (2017-2021)
University of California, Berkeley, Exchange program (Jan. 2020-June 2020)

Zhantao Zhao
Master's student

Address: Bldg A2, Xili Campus
Email: 840801648 AT qq.com

Academic Training
B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Guangdong Medical University (2017-2021)

Qi Fang
Master's student

Address: Bldg A2, Xili Campus
Email: 779574160 AT qq.com

Academic Training
B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Anhui Medical University (2018-2022))

Heng Zhai
Master's student

Address: Bldg A2, Xili Campus
Email: zhaiheng1998 AT outlook.com

Academic Training
B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Guangdong Medical University (2017-2021)

Wanjun Yao
Master's student

Address: Bldg A2, Xili Campus
Email: yaowanjun2000 AT 163.com

Academic Training
B.S., Electrical and Information Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University (2018-2022)

Jiazhao Chen
Master's student

Address: Bldg A2, Xili Campus
Email: cjz524611714 AT gmail.com

Academic Training
B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Shenzhen University (2019-2023)

Wenkai Fan
Master's student

Address: Bldg A2, Xili Campus
Email: 936418429 AT qq.com

Academic Training
B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Shenzhen University (2019-2023)

Undergraduate Students

Rui Deng
Undergrad student

Address: Bldg A2, Xili Campus
Email: XX

Academic Training
B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Shenzhen University (2021-present)

Alumni (Core members)

Donghao Li
Master's Student (2020-2023)
Thesis: Point-of-care blood coagulation assay based on digital microfluidics

Current posisition: Microfluidic engineer, Hangzhou TinkerBio

Email: 1459028206 AT qq.com

Kai Wu
Master's Student (2020-2023)
Thesis: Multiplex digital nucleic acid detection based on droplet pairing and color coding

Current posisition: Microfluidic engineer, Shenzhen YHLO Biotech

Email: wk13034005180 AT 163.com

Run Xie
Master's Student (2020-2023)
Thesis: High-throughput drug perturbation analysis based on droplet microfluidics and single-cell RNA sequencing

Current posisition: System engineer, Shenzhen YHLO Biotech

Email: run97999 AT 163.com

Linzhe Chen
Master's Student (2019-2022)
Thesis: Point-of-care testing based on droplet microfluidics

Current posisition: System engineer, Shenzhen Mai Ke Tian

Email: 18206692357 AT 163.com

Lanzhu Huang
Master's Student (2018-2021)
Thesis: Flexible Micropost Rings for High Throughput Testing of Clot Retraction Force

Current position: Research engineer, Shenzhen Pu Men

Email: huanglanzhu2018 AT email.szu.edu.cn

Tao Wang
Master's Student, co-advised by Prof. Qiaoliang Li (2020-2021)
Thesis: Single Cell Isolation Using Droplet-based Microfluidics

Current position: System engineer, Shenzhen Mai Ke Tian

Nicolò (Nick) Simone Villa
PhD Candidate, co-advised by Prof. Tianfu Wang (2019-2020)

Current position: independent artist

Email: nicolos.villa AT gmail.com

Alumni (Undergrad researchers)

Yihan Xie
Final Year Project student, 2022-2023
Current position: System Engineer in a med-tech company

Yunzhu Wan
Final Year Project student, 2021-2022
Current position: Master's student at Sun Yat-sen University

Jieying Shan
Final Year Project student, 2021-2022
Current position: Master's student at SZU

Jinying Cai
Undergrad Research Assistant & Final Year Project student, 2019-2021
Current position: Master's student at SZU

Meichi Jin
Final Year Project student, 2020-2021
Current position: Master's student at ZidaLab at SZU