Peking University, November 16, 2021: Three PKUers, Ju Lining, Han Mengdi and Chen Ji have been recognized in
MIT Technology Review’s list of Innovators under 35: Asia Pacific at
the Meet 35 Summit held in Hangzhou Future Sci-Tech City on Oct. 28.
Ju
Lining is a lecturer at the University of Sydney. He graduated from the
College of Engineering at Peking University in 2008 and obtained his
doctorate degree in Biomedical Engineering from Georgia Institute of
Technology and Emory University. He is committed to solving
cardiovascular biomechanical problems at the single-molecule level by
using mechanical knowledge and engineering technology. His team
developed a Double-edge Smart Feedback control system as an ultra-stable
platform to characterize ultra-long bond lifetimes of receptor-ligand
binding on living cells. This ultra-stable BFP potentially provides a
compelling kinetic platform to direct the screening, optimization, and
clinical selection of therapeutic antibodies in the future.
Han Mengdi is a researcher and assistant professor from the department
of Biomedical Engineering, College of Future Technology, Peking
University. He obtained his doctorate from the PKU School of Electronics
Engineering and Computer Science in 2017. He then engaged in
postdoctoral research at the Querrey Simpson Institute for
Bioelectronics, Northwestern from 2017 to 2020. His work addresses the
mismatching problem between electronic devices and biological tissue
interfaces. He and his team invented a series of 3D soft electronic
devices for long-time, real time and continuous health monitor,
promoting the digitization of biomedicine and forming a theoretical
integration between Information Technology and Biotechnology.
Chen Ji is a researcher and assistant professor from the Institute of
Condensed Matter and Material Physics, School of Physics, Peking
University. He obtained his doctorate from the PKU School of Physics in
2014 and did his postdoctoral research at University College London and
Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research. Chen is committed to
developing cutting-edge full quantum computing simulation methods,
providing theoretical perspectives for basic and interdisciplinary
problems in physics, chemistry, biology, energy and environmental
sciences. His team and research partners have revealed the hydration
structure and kinetics of ammonium ions in water based on quantum
principles, providing significant theoretical guidance for the design
and creation of NH4+ filtering nanofilms and paves the way for water purification and global water supply.
Written by: Chen Chuyun
Edited by: June Tan Rui Min
Source: PKU Alumni (Chinese)
