Principal Investigator:
Qiaobing Xu, Ph.D.
Professor,
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Tufts University
Education:
Sept. 2007 – Aug. 2010, Chem. Eng. Postdoctoral Fellow, MIT (Prof. Robert Langer/Prof. Dan Anderson)
Aug. 2002 – Aug. 2007, Ph.D. Chemistry, Harvard University (Prof. George Whitesides)
Sept. 1999 – Jun. 2002, M.S. Chemistry, Jilin University, China (Prof. Xi Zhang)
Sept. 1995 – Jun. 1999, B.S. Chemistry, Jilin University, China
WORKING EXPERIENCE
Sept. 2021: Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University
Sept. 2016-Aug. 2021: Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University
Sept. 2010 – Aug. 2016: Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University
Jan. 2011– present: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Tufts University
Jan. 2012-present: Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Tufts University
Jun. 2012 – present: member of Program in Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology, Sackler School of graduate biomedical science, Tufts University.
Jan. 2013-Jun. 2013: Visiting scholar, Prof. Jianzhu Chen’s lab at Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, MIT.
HONORS/AWARDS
Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) 2020
Chinese Association for Biomaterials, Mid-Career Award 2019
Recognized by journal Biomaterials Science Emerging Investigators 2019
BMES/Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering Program, Rising Star Award 2017
NSF Career Award, 2015
The Pew Scholars Program for Biomedical Sciences, The Pew Charitable Trusts, 2013
Tufts Summer Fellowships, Tufts University, 2013
Tufts School of Medicine, Charlton Award, 2012
Tufts Collaboration grant, 2011, 2012, 2013
Tufts Faculty Research Award, 2010
MIT-Harvard Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence (CCNE) postdoctoral fellowship
Mary Fieser Graduate Research Grant, Harvard University
Courses taught at Tufts University:
- BME-0250, Principal of Biomedical Engineering: required course for graduate students enrolled in the Biomedical Engineering graduate programs. 2010 – present, fall semester.
- ES-0085: Prof Prep for Co-op Education: required course for students in Co-Op track. 2018-present, fall semester.
- BME-0154, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, 2016, and 2020 spring semester.
- BME-0194, Microtechnology for Tissue Engineering: elective course for graduate students with tissue engineering/biomaterial focus (discontinued)
- ES-0093-10, Introduction of Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology: Engineering Science course for 1st year engineering undergraduate students (discontinued)