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Yi Hong, Ph.D., FAHA

Yi Hong, Ph.D. FAHA, FAIMBE, FRSC, FBMES

Professor

Distinguished University Professor

Department of Bioengineering
The University of Texas at Arlington
Phone: 817-272-0562
Fax: 817-272-2251
Email: yihong@uta.edu
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BRIEF BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Yi Hong is a Professor and a Distinguished University Professor in the Bioengineering Department at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA). He achieved his PhD in Material Science and Engineering in 2005 at Zhejiang University, and then worked as a postdoc and later as a Research Assistant Professor in the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine in the University of Pittsburgh (PITT) from 2006 to 2012. He joined UTA in 2012, and his research focuses on developing functional and bioactive biodegradable soft materials and translational research for tissue repair and regeneration, drug delivery and bio-imaging applications with emphasis on cardiovascular disease treatment as well as women and children healthcare. He has published over 100 peer-review papers in the field of biomaterials, and 12 patents as well as over 140 conference abstracts. He received many awards, including NSF CAREER award (2016), UTA COE Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award (2018), Junior Investigator Award from BMES ABioM (2018), CAB Mid-CAREER award (2020), UTA COE Excellence in Research Award (2020), University Outstanding Research Award (2021), Senior Member of National Academy of Inventors (2022), Distinguished University Professor (2022), and AHA Established Investigator Award (2022). He was elected as Fellow of American Heart Association (FAHA, 2017), Fellow of American Institute for Medical & Biological Engineering (FAIMBE, 2023), Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC, 2023), and Fellow of Biomedical Engineering Society (FBMES, 2023). His research has been funded from AHA, NSF, NIH, ONR and CPRIT.

MEMBERSHIP

  • Fellow member, American Heart Association (AHA)
  • Member, Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
  • Member, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS)
  • Member, Society for Biomaterials (SFB)
  • Life member, Chinese Association for Biomaterials (CAB)
  • Member, American Chemistry Society (ACS)
  • Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Member, Academy of Cardiovascular Research Excellence (ACRE)

HONOR AND AWARD

  • 2023 Fellow of Biomedical Engineering Society (FBMES)
  • 2023 Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)
  • 2023 Fellow of American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
  • 2022 AHA Established Investigator Award
  • 2022    Distinguished University Professor
  • 2022    NAI Senior Member
  • 2021    Outstanding Research Achievement or Creative Accomplishment Award (UTA)
  • 2020 UTA COE Excellence in Research Award
  • 2020 CAB Mid-CAREER Award
  • 2020 Track Chair, BMES 2020 meeting
  • 2019 Editorial Board: Bioactive Materials
  • 2018 Editorial Board: Material Science & Engineering C
  • 2018 Junior Investigator Award, BMES ABioM-SIG
  • 2018 Emerging Investigator, Journal of Materials Chemistry B
  • 2018 Best Reviewer Award, Bioactive Materials
  • 2018 ACRE-APS Outstanding Research Award (First Prize)
  • 2018 UTA COE Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award
  • 2017 Fellow of American Heart Association (AHA)
  • 2017 CAB-AMT Young Investigator Speaker
  • 2016 NSF CAREER award
  • 2014 Beginning Grant-in-Aid Award, American Heart Association
  • 2013 UTA Research Enhancement Program Award
  • 2010 PITT Innovator Award (for a licensed patent)
  • 2009 PITT Innovator Award (for a licensed patent)

CURRENT GROUP MEMBERS

Alan Mark Taylor, PhD candidate (NIH T32 Fellow)

Alan Mark Taylor, PhD candidate (NIH T32 Fellow)
M.S. University of Texas at Arlington
Email: alan.taylor@mavs.uta.edu
Project: Implant advanced manufacturing for cardiovascular engineering

Huikang Fu, PhD candidate
B.S. University of Minnesota
M.S. University of Minnesota
Email: huikang.fu@mavs.uta.edu
Project: Biodegradable materials development

Jiazhu Xu, PhD Student

Jiazhu Xu, PhD Student
MS: East China University of Science and Technology
Email: jiazhu.xu@mavs.uta.edu
Project: Decellularized biology materials

Molina Cortez, Lia MS student

Project: Bioactive composite materials

Previous lab member

  1. Jun Zhou (2021, Postdoc)
  2. Irsalan Cockerill (2021, postdoc)
  3. Karla Perez, (2021, PhD, co-advised with Jun Liao)
  4. Anika Jannat Rimu (2019~2020, Master student)
  5. Yihui Huang (2020, Postdoc)
  6. Yuanyuan Luo (2019~2020, Postdoc)
  7. Alvin Long (2018~2019, Master Student)
  8. Cancan Xu (2014~2018, PhD, )
  9. Roshni Iyer (2014-2018, PhD,co-advised with Kytai Nguyen)
  10. Nikhil Pandey (2014~2018, PhD, co-advised with Kytai Nguyen)
  11. Joseph Wolf (2017~2018, PhD student, co-advised with Kytai Nguyen)
  12. Shu Kang (2017~2018, Master student)
  13. Nicholas Daniel Samaniego (2017~2017, Master student)
  14. Victoria Messerschmidt (2016~2017, rotating PhD student)
  15. Jinglei Wu (2013~2017, PhD )
  16. Primana Punnakitikashem (2013~2016, PhD )
  17. Kubra Cetina (2016~2017, Master student)
  18. Zengxing Pan (2017, Master student)
  19. Sean Stroll (2015~2016, Master student)
  20. Amiyo Paul (2015, Master student)
  21. Yuwen You (2014~2015, PhD Student, transfer to Master student)
  22. Yezhou Wang (2014~2015, PhD student, transfer to Master student. Soldiers in US military)
  23. Tamara Hill (2013, PhD student, co-advised with Kytai Nguyen)
  24. Michael Palmer (2012-2013, PhD student, co-advised with Liping Tang)
  25. Xingjian Gu (2015-2016, Master student)
  26. Dutta Ahana (2014~2015, Master student)
  27. Qing Ding (2013~2015, Master student)
  28. Danh Truong (2012-2014, 5 yr undergraduate/master student)
  29. Paul Bui (2012-2014, 5 yr undergraduate/master student)
  30. Vinh Quach (2012-2013, 5 yr undergraduate/master student)