Keywords：Biofabrication, 3D bioprinting, bioinks, tissue engineering, hydrogel biomaterials, regenerative medicine.
Dr. Ouyang is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Tsinghua University. He obtained a Ph.D. degree from Tsinghua University (2017), postdoctoral training at Imperial College London (2017-2020), and a visiting research training at the University of Pennsylvania (2015-2016). His 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 engineering in vitro living systems. He has published a series of peer-reviewed articles in well-recognized journals, including Nature, Science Advances, Advanced Materials, and Materials Today, with a total Google citation of 6400+ and H-index of 29. He is currently an Associate Editor of Biomaterials Advances and the International Journal of Bioprinting, an editorial board member of Biofabrication and Materials Today Bio. He has been recognized with a series of awards and honors, including Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists List (career-long 2025, single-year 2021-2025) and ISBF New Investigator Award (2021).
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
Full text download: https://llouyang.com/publications/
Books/Chapters：
1. D. Zhou, C. Wang, A. Hert, L. Yan, B. Dou, and L. Ouyang*, in Multicomponent HydrogelsSmart Materials for Biomedical Applications, ed. J. M. Dodda, K. Deshmukh, and D. Bezuidenhout, The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2023, ch. 8, pp. 231-287.
2. 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] D. Zhou#, B. Dou#, S. Fan&, H.S. Ooi&, K. Han, Y. He, X. Zhang, C. Wang, Y. Guo, L. Chen, H. Liu, J. Na, Q. He, H. Wu, Q. Gu, L. Ouyang*, In-situ Particle-to-Fiber Transformation of Hydrogels for 3D Printing, Nature (2026). https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10883-z
[2] C. Wang, Z. Wang, Y. Lin, L. Ouyang*, Off-the-shelf Granular Microtissue Bioinks: Long-term Preserved Cellularized Porous Microgels with Enhanced Cell Activity for Shelf-ready Biofabrication, Advanced Materials, 37, e06616 (2025).
[3] R. Xu, B. Dou, S. Yu, Z. Wang, Y. Zhang, L. Leng, L. Ouyang*, W. Sun, Enabling 3D printability and vascular morphogenesis with double network dynamic hydrogels. Materials Today, 84, 10-27 (2025).
[4] Y. Guo, Z. Wang, X. Zhang, J. Li, S. Gao, Y. Lv, L. Ouyang*, Microfiber-Templated Porogel Bioinks Enable Tubular Interfaces and Microvascularization Down to the Building Blocks for 3D Bioprinting. Small, 2501594 (2025).
[5] J. Ma, Y. Yang, B. Pei, S. Mi*, Z. Xiong*, L. Ouyang*, Primer-Disk-Enabled DNA Data Storage System with Index and Record-Many-Read-Many Features, Advanced Science, 12, e02367 (2025).
[6] D. Zhou, P. Li, S. Yu, Z. Cui, T. Xu, L. Ouyang*, Optimizing extrusion-based 3D bioprinting of plant cells with enhanced resolution and cell viability. Biofabrication, 17, 025008 (2025).
[7] 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, 11, 2200027 (2022).
[8] 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).
[9] 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).
[10] 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).
Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists, Career Long list 2025, Single Year list 2021-2025
Associate Editor, Biomaterials Advances, 2024-present
Associate Editor, International Journal of Bioprinting, 2021-present
Editorial Board, Biofabrication, 2023-present
Editorial Board, Materials Today Bio, 2025-present
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.
