Dr. Liangfei Tian is an assistant professor in department of biomedical engineering at Zhejiang University, working on the ultrasound-based 3D bioprinting technology. Prior to his stay in Hangzhou, Dr. Tian did his Bachelor's degree at Lanzhou University, Master's degree at Nanjing University, and Ph.D. at ETH Zürich, and worked at the University of Konstanz and the University of Bristol as a postdoctoral researcher.

In the past, Dr. Tian has worked on the development of novel biomaterials to control the nano/micro-scale structures. For instance, inspired by the complex hierarchical structure of bone, Dr. Tian developed a novel approach to engineer the bio-interface between the surface of biomaterials and the surrounding living tissues by fabricating a covalently bonded 3D continuous biomimetic coating. Also, Dr. Tian developed new ultrasound based micro-fabrication technology, and different micro-arrays, such as droplets, lipid vesicles, cell, bacteria, were obtained by engineering the acoustic pressure field.

To date, Dr. Tian has disseminated the results by generating a total of 80 papers, including some highly reputed journals such as Nat. Chem., Nat. Commun., ACS Cent. Sci., and Adv. Mater. Among them, some of the unprecedented results are highlighted in more than 30 media, and the paper on ultrasound technology was the most read paper on the Nature Communications website. Furthermore, Dr. Tian is devoted to transferring the cutting-edge research activities into intellectual properties and conducts collaborative research programs with industry partner. Dr. Tian has generated 3 patents together with industry partners, and based on these patents, a start-up company stimOS GmbH has been established, which was nominated as the 2017 most innovative medical technology start-up in Europe.