2023.6 – Present，Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University

2020.12 – 2023.6，Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University

2017.08 – 2020.12，Postdoc, Materials, Imperial College London

Keywords：Biofabrication, 3D bioprinting, bioinks, tissue engineering, hydrogel biomaterials, regenerative medicine.

My research interests include the design, fabrication, and application of complex biomaterial and cellular systems, with a central focus on the development of 3D bioprinting and advanced biofabrication technologies for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. The research topics of the Ouyang Research Group include:

· Enabling Technologies of Biofabrication;

· Soft Biomaterials for Cell Niche Engineering;

· Applications of In Vitro Living Systems

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=06FvzqQAAAAJ&hl=en

Books

1. L. Ouyang, Study on Microextrusion-based 3D Bioprinting and Bioink Crosslinking Mechanisms (Springer, Singapore, 2019). ISBN 978-981-13-9455-3.

Selected Peer-reviewed Articles (+ equal contribution, *correspondence)

1. L. Ouyang*, Pushing the Rheological and Mechanical Boundaries of Extrusion-based 3D Bioprinting. Trends in Biotechnology, 10.1016/j.tibtech.2022.01.001 (2022).

2. L. Ouyang*, J.P. Wojciechowski, J. Tang, Y. Guo, M.M. Stevens*, Tunable Microgel-Templated Porogel (MTP) Bioink for 3D Bioprinting Applications, Advanced Healthcare Materials, 10.1002/adhm.202200027 (2022).

3. Z. Fu, L. Ouyang*, R. Xu, Y. Yang, W. Sun*, Responsive Biomaterials for 3D Bioprinting: A Review. Materials Today, 10.1016/j.mattod.2022.01.001 (2022).

4. C. Li+, L. Ouyang+, J.P.K. Armstrong*, M.M. Stevens*, Advances in the Fabrication of Biomaterials for Gradient Tissue Engineering. Trends in Biotechnology, 39, 150-164 (2021).

5. L. Ouyang, J.P.K. Armstrong, Y. Lin, J.P. Wojciechowski, C. Lee-Reeves, D. Hachin, K. Zhou, J.A. Burdick, M.M. Stevens*, Expanding and Optimizing 3D Bioprinting Capabilities using Complementary Network Bioinks. Science Advances, 6, eabc5529 (2020).

6. L. Ouyang, J.P.K. Armstrong, M. Salmeron‐Sanchez, M.M. Stevens*, Assembling Living Building Blocks to Engineer Complex Tissues. Advanced Functional Materials 30, 1909009 (2020).

7. L. Ouyang, J.P.K. Armstrong, Q. Chen, Y. Lin, M.M. Stevens*, Void‐Free 3D Bioprinting for In Situ Endothelialization and Microfluidic Perfusion. Advanced Functional Materials 30, 1908349 (2020).

8. L. Ouyang, J.A. Burdick, W. Sun*, Facile Biofabrication of Heterogeneous Multilayer Tubular Hydrogels by Fast Diffusion-induced Gelation. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 10, 12424-12430 (2018).

9. L. Ouyang, C.B. Highley, W. Sun, J.A. Burdick*, A Generalizable Strategy for The 3D Bioprinting of Hydrogels From Nonviscous Photo‐Crosslinkable Inks. Advanced Materials 29, 1604983 (2017).

10. L. Ouyang+, C.B. Highley+, C.B. Rodell, W. Sun, J.A. Burdick*, 3D Printing of Shear-thinning Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogels with Secondary Cross-linking. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering 2, 1743-1751 (2016).

11. L. Ouyang, R. Yao*, Y. Zhao, W. Sun, Effect of Bioink Properties on Printability and Cell Viability for 3D Bioplotting of Embryonic Stem Cells. Biofabrication 8, 035020 (2016).

12. L. Ouyang+, R. Yao+, S. Mao, X. Chen, J. Na, W. Sun*, Three-dimensional bioprinting of embryonic stem cells directs highly uniform embryoid body formation. Biofabrication 7, 044101 (2015).

13. L. Ouyang+, R. Yao+, X. Chen+, J. Na*, W. Sun*, 3D printing of HEK 293FT cell-laden hydrogel into macroporous constructs with high cell viability and normal biological functions. Biofabrication 7, 015010 (2015).

· Associate Editor, International Journal of Bioprinting, 2022-2024

· Editorial Board Member, Biofabrication, 2023

· ISBF New Investigator Award 2021, ISBF

· Outstanding Reviewers Award 2019, IOP

· Outstanding Reviewers Award 2018, IOP

· 3D printing solutions Poster Award, Biofabrication 2018

· Travel Award, Biofabrication 2018

· Top Cited Author Award 2018 (China), IOP

· Best Poster Award, Biofabrication 2017

· Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation, Tsinghua University, 2017.

· Distinguished Doctorate, Tsinghua University, 2017.

· Young Investigator Award in Mechanical Engineering, 2017.

· GE Foundation TECH Award 2016, First Place Award.

· National Scholarship, 2016.

· Best Poster Award, 252nd ACS National Meeting and Exposition, 2016

· First honor BEng, Tsinghua University, 2012.