Xiaoyi (Michelle) Lan Email & Phone Number

Montreal, Qc, Ca

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Supervisors: Dr. Jianyu Li (Mechanical Engineering Department), Dr. Lisbet Haglund (Surgery Department)Development of bioactive, mechano-instructive injectable adhesives for intervertebral disc repair to treat lower back pain. Collaboration project between Mechanical Engineering Department and Surgery DepartmentNSERC Postdoc Fellowship (2024-2026) RecipientRSBO Postdoc Fellowship (2023-2024) RecipientFRQS Postdoc Fellowship (2024-2026) Recipient (As a partial concurrent fellowship due to the recipient of NSERC postdoctoral fellowship)

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Development of bioactive, mechano-instructive injectable adhesives for intervertebral disc repair. Collaboration project between Mechanical Engineering Department and Surgery Department

Journals including Biofabrication, Bioprinting, Frontiers in Materials, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Journal of Polymers and the Environment, etc.

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Developing the pathway to engineering clinically implantable grafts in GMP services. Accelerate the suturability of bioprinted nasal cartilage grafts

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

- Developed a mathematical fluid mechanics model to determine the optimal 3D bioprinting parameters for any given bioinks with specific rheological properties.- Designed novel bioinks that have desirable rheological, mechanical, and biological properties suitable in 3D bioprinting, including cellulose nanofiber-collagen composite, thiolate hyaluronic acid-methacrylate collagen bioink, etc.- Collaborated with the Food Science department to develop whey-protein microgel for 3D printing of stretchable, soft robotics and for 3D bioprinting of cartilage tissue engineering- Utilized Freedom Reversible Embedding of Suspended Hydrogel (FRESH), as a strategy to generate engineered nasal cartilages with customizable and homogenously distributed functional cartilage matrix.- In vivo stability study in nude mice models further confirmed the effectiveness of our strategy, which provided a path forward for clinical application.- Analyzed the engineered cartilage with various crosslinking densities through RNA-Seq. The goal is to determine the cartilage related genes and pathways that can be altered by biomaterial stiffness.

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Shanghai, China

- Prepare investment committee meeting materials for prospective investments that include market research, competitor research, market analysis, and due diligence findings. Projects include in vivo gene therapy, RNAi therapy, T cell receptor-based therapy, etc.

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

- Independently delivered course seminars and lab sessions for a second-year civil engineering course (Mechanics of Deformable Bodies) to ~60 students- Received excellent ratings in University Student Rating of Instruction (constantly above 4.5 out of 5.0)

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

- Rheology investigation of Worm-like Micelle, Cellulose nanocrystal, and Cellulose nanofiber suspensions- Awarded Dean’s Research Award

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Department Of Civil And Environmental Engineering, Cross Disciplinary Program, 3.9/4.0

My research is focused on 3D bioprinting of mechanical robust cell-based cartilage grafts for rhinoplastic surgeries. This.

Bachelor Of Applied Science - Basc, Chemical Engineering