About
Dr Ruoxiao Xie is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) of Bioengineering within the Department of Materials, Design and Manufacturing Engineering at the University of Liverpool.
She obtained her Ph.D. degree from Tsinghua University (2020) with one year research training at the University of Toronto (2017-2018). Before joining the University of Liverpool, she was a postdoctoral researcher (2020-2023) at Imperial College London and a visiting researcher at the University of Oxford (2023-2024).
Her research interests include biofabrication, tissue engineering, microfluidics and organ-on-a-chip engineering. She has innovated a range of engineering approaches and materials that can effectively control cell patterning and facilitate vascularization in engineered tissues and organoids. She has published papers in many high-impact journals, including Science Advances, Nature Protocols, Advanced Materials and ACS Central Science.
Her research group aims to develop functional engineered tissues and organ/organoid-on-a-chip platforms for applications in disease modeling, drug-screening and tissue regeneration. To achieve these goals, her group is also developing novel biomaterials and biofabrication strategies leveraging 3D printing and microfluidics to enhance vascularization and improve organized cell/tissue patterning, thereby improving the functionalities of engineered tissues and organoids.
Click here to find out more about her research. Feel free to reach out to her regarding collaboration, student positions, or other research opportunities.
Qualified applications for PhD, Postdoc and Visiting Scholar positions are welcome through the following channels:
• Liverpool-CSC scholarship (for Chinese students and scholars) (Please reach out before December regarding a PhD position for the following year. Scholars are welcome to apply at any time.)
• Commonwealth PhD scholarship (for students from Commonwealth countries) (Please reach out before October regarding a PhD position for the following year.)
• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships (Calls open in April and close in September.)
• The Royal Society Newton International Fellowships (Calls open in January and close in March.)
• UK EPSRC Postdoctoral FellowshipsUK EPSRC Postdoctoral Fellowships