Assistant ProfessorN571 Life Science Laboratories University of Massachusetts 160 Governors Drive Amherst, MA 01003-2210 ybsun@umass.edu(413) 545-4543(413) 545-1027Laboratory for Multiscale Bioengineering and MechanobiologyHorizontal TabsEducation B.S., University of Science and Technology of China, 2010 Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2015 Research Our research applies and integrates fundamental engineering principles, such as manufacturing, biomechanics, materials science, and micro/nanoengineering, to understand and harness the mechanobiology of stem cells for modeling currently incurable human diseases and for applications in regenerative medicine. Current research interests include: Stem cell bioengineering System mechanobiology Microengineering Active biomaterials Lab-on-chip Tissue biomechanics Program Area: Mechanical EngineeringResearch Area: Biomedical & Healthcare EngineeringMaterials Science Publications Peiran Zhu, Ning-Hsuan Tseng, Tianfa Xie, Ningwei Li, Isaac Fitts-Sprague, Shelly R. Peyton, and Yubing Sun. Biomechanical microenvironment regulates fusogenicity of breast cancer cells. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, in press, 2019. Nariman Banaei, Javad Moshfegh, Arman Mohseni-Kabir, JeanMarie Houghton, Yubing Sun, and Byung Kim. Machine learning algorithms enhancing the specificity of cancer biomarkers detection based on SERS immunoassays in microfluidic chips. RSC Advances, vol. 9, 1859-1868, 2019. Ningwei Li, Tianfa Xie, and Yubing Sun, Towards Organogenesis and Morphogenesis In Vitro: Harnessing Engineered Microenvironment and Autonomous Behaviors of Pluripotent Stem Cells. Integrative Biology, vol. 10, 574, 2018. Xufeng Xue, Yubing Sun, Agnes M. Resto-Irizarry, Ye Yuan, Koh Meng Aw Yong, Yi Zheng, Shinuo Weng, Yue Shao, Yimin Chai, Lorenz Studer & Jianping Fu, Mechanics-guided embryonic patterning of neuroectoderm tissue from human pluripotent stem cells, Nature Materials, vol. 17, 633, 2018. Bin Zhao, Casey O’Brien, Aruni P. K. K. Karunanayake Mudiyanselage, Ningwei Li, Yousef Bagheri, Rigumula Wu, Yubing Sun, and Mingxu You. Visualizing Intercellular Tensile Forces by DNA-Based Membrane Molecular Probes. JACS, vol. 139, 18182, 2017. Nariman Banaei, Anne Foley, JeanMarie Houghton, Yubing Sun, and Byung Kim. Multiplex detection of pancreatic cancer biomarkers using a SERS-based immunoassay. Nanotechnology, vol. 28, 455101, 2017. Honors NSF CAREER Award, 2019 ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Awards, Honorable Mention, UMich, 2015 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad, CSC, 2014 Robert M. Caddell Memorial Award for Research, UMich, 2014 Rackham Conference Travel Grant, UMich, 2012, 2013, 2014 Rackham International Students Fellowship, UMich, 2011 Department Fellowship, Department of Mechanical Engineering, UMich, 2010 Lixun Scholarship, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2009 Ya Yang Scholarship, USTC Alumni Foundation, 2008 Outstanding Student Scholarship (Grade1), USTC, 2007, 2008 National Lizhi Scholarship, Ministry of Education of the P. R. China, 2007 813 Award, USTC Alumni Foundation, 2007 LinksCV: YubingSun-CV.pdf
