2012-2014 Joint Ph.D. (CSC Program), McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Departments of Bioengineering and Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, USA

Supervisor: Prof. William R. Wagner (McGowan Institute Director, Editor-in-Chief of Acta Biomaterialia, TERMIS Chairman, Fellows of AIMBE, BES, IUSBSE, AHA

and NAI).

2009-2015  Ph.D.,  Biomimetic Materials, State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai, China

Supervisor: Prof. Xiumei Mo (Director of Shanghai Engineering Technology Center Nano-biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine)

2005-2009 B.S., Biological Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Environment, North University of China, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China

2019-2021 Assistant Project Scientist, Department of Bioengineering and Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA

Supervisor: Prof. Song Li (Chancellor Professor, Department Chair, BMES chairman,
Fellows of AIMBE, BES and AIMBE).

2016-2019 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Bioengineering and Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Supervisor: Prof. Song Li

Developing New Functional Biomaterials

Stem Cell and Cell Reprogramming

Immunoengineering and Immunotherapeutics

Tissue Engineering and Regeneration Medicine

1.     Zhaowei Chen#, Hongjun Li#, Yijie Bian, Zejun Wang, Guojun Chen, Xudong Zhang, Yimin Miao, Di Wen, Jinqiang Wang, Gang Wan, Yi Zeng, Peter Abdou, Jun Fang, Song Li, Cheng-Jun Sun, and Zhen Gu*.  Bioorthogonal catalytic patch. Nature Nanotechnology. 2021:1-9.

2.     Jun Fang#, Junren Sia#, Jennifer Soto, Pingping Wang, LeeAnn K. Li, Yuan-Yu Hsueh, Raymond Sun, Kym Francis Faull, James G. Tidball, Song Li*. Skeletal muscle regeneration via the chemical induction and expansion of myogenic stem cells in situ or in vitro. Nature Biomedical Engineering. 2021, 5(3): 1-16.

3.   Yeon Sik Choi#, Yuan-Yu Hsueh#, Jahyun Koo#, Quansan Yang#, Buwei Hu, Zhaoqian Xie, Raudel Avila, Geumbee Lee, Zheng Ning, Claire Liu, Yameng Xu, Young Joong Lee, Jun Fang, Yujun Deng, Song Li*, John A. Rogers*. Stretchable, Dynamic Covalent Polymers for Soft, Long-Lived Bioresorbable Electronic Stimulators Designed to Facilitate Neuromuscular Regeneration. Nature communications. 2020;11(1):1-14. 

4.   Jun Fang#, Jaekyung Koh#, Qizhi Fang#, Huiliang Qiu, Maani M. Archang, Mohammad Mahdi Hasani-Sadrabadi, Hiromi Miwa, Xintong Zhong, Richard Sievers, Dong-Wei Gao, Dino Di Carlo*, Randall Lee*, Song Li*. Injectable Drug-releasing Microporous Annealed Particle Scaffolds for Treating Myocardial Infarction. Advanced Functional Materials. 2020; 30(43): 202004307.  Cover feature

5.   Jun Fang#, Yuan-Yu Hsueh, Jennifer Soto, Wujin Sun, Jinqiang Wang, Zhen Gu, Ali Khademhosseini, Song Li*. Engineering Biomaterials with Micro/Nano Technologies for Cell Reprogramming. ACS Nano. 2020;14(2): 1296-1318. 

6.   Jeffrey J. D. Henry#, Lawrence Delrosario#, Jun Fang#, Sze Yue Wong, Qizhi Fang, Richard Sievers, Surya Kotha, Aijun Wang, Diana Farmer, Praneeth Janaswamy, Randall J. Lee, Song Li. Development of Injectable Amniotic Membrane Matrix for Post-Myocardial Infarction Tissue Repair. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 2019; 9(2):19005441.

7.   Jinqiang Wang#, Jicheng Yu, Yuqi Zhang, Anna R. Kahkoska, Zejun Wang, Jun Fang, Julian P. Whitelegge, Song Li, John B. Buse, Zhen Gu*. Glucose Transporter Inhibitor-conjugated Insulin Mitigates Hypoglycemia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2019; 116(22):10744-10748. 

8.  Zhimin Luo#,  Wujin Sun*, Jun Fang, KangJu Lee, Song Li, Zhen Gu, Mehmet R. Dokmeci, Ali Khademhosseini*. Biodegradable Gelatin Methacryloyl Microneedles for Transdermal Drug Delivery. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 2019;8(3):1801054. 

9.   Jeffrey J D Henry#, Jian Yu, Aijun Wang, Randall Lee, Jun Fang, Song Li*. Engineering the Mechanical and Biological Properties of Nanofibrous Vascular Grafts for In Situ Vascular Tissue Engineering. Biofabrication. 2017;9(3):035007. 

10.  Jun Fang#, Song Li*. Advances in Vascular Tissue Engineering. Journal of Medical Biomechanics. 2016;31(4):333-339. Invited review. 

11.  Jun Fang#, Jialing Zhang#, Jun Du, Yanjun Pan, Jing Shi, Yongxuan Peng, Weiming Chen, Liu Yuan, Sang-Ho Ye, William R. Wagner, Meng Yin*, Xiumei Mo*. Orthogonally Functionalizable Polyurethane with Subsequent Modification with Heparin and Endothelium-Inducing Peptide Aiming for Vascular Reconstruction. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2016;8 (23):14442-14452. 

12.  Jun Fang#, Jing Wang, Tong Wu, An’lin Yin, Xiumei Mo*. Electrospun Macroporous Fibrous Scaffolds. Journal of Controlled Release. 2015; 213: E60-E61. 

13.  Jun Fang#, Sang-Ho Ye, Jing Wang, Ting Zhao, Xiumei Mo*, Wagner R. Wagner*. Thiol-click Modification of Cyclic Disulfide Containing Biodegradable Polyurethane Urea Elastomers. Biomacromolecules. 2015;16(5):1622-33. 

14.  Jun Fang#, Sang-Ho Ye, Venkat Shankarraman, Yixian Huang, Xiumei Mo, and William R. Wagner*. Biodegradable Poly(ester urethane)urea Elastomers with Variable Amino Content for Subsequent Functionalization with Phosphorylcholine. Acta Biomaterialia. 2014;10:4639-4649. 

15.  Jun Fang#, An’lin Yin, Chunchen Wu, Dawei Li, Tong Wu, Xiumei Mo*. Synthesis and Characterization of Biodegradable poly(ester-urethane)urea for Nerve Tissue Engineering. Journal of Controlled Release. 2013;172:E130.