Faculty Profile

Yonggang Lv

Center Director · Professor · Doctoral Supervisor. His interdisciplinary research focuses on mechanobiology, regenerative medicine, tissue-engineering materials and the tumor microenvironment, connecting mechanics, materials design and biomedical applications.

Profile

Faculty Information

Yonggang Lv
Center Director · Professor · Doctoral Supervisor

Yonggang Lv

Conducts interdisciplinary research in mechanobiology, regenerative medicine, tissue-engineering materials and the tumor microenvironment, integrating mechanics, materials design and medical applications.

Academic Service

  • Vice Chair and Secretary-General, Hemorheology Professional Committee, Chinese Society of Microcirculation; Vice Chair and Secretary-General, Biomechanics and Biorheology Professional Committee, Biophysical Society of China; Member, Chinese Biomechanics Professional Committee, Chinese Society of Biomedical Engineering.
  • Vice Chair, Youth Working Committee of the 8th Chinese Biomechanics Professional Committee; Standing Committee Member, Biophysics and Regenerative Medicine Branch, China International Exchange and Promotive Association for Medical and Health Care.
  • Executive Vice President, Chongqing Overseas Chinese Youth Federation; Executive Council Member, Chongqing Society of Biomedical Engineering; Council Member, Chongqing Society for Cell Biology; Senior Member, Chinese Society of Biomedical Engineering; Member of the Chinese Society for Biomaterials, Chinese Society for Cell Biology and Biophysical Society of China.
  • Member of the Chongqing Senior Professional Qualification Review Committee for University Teachers (Natural Sciences); expert reviewer for senior engineering positions in pharmaceutical and food engineering in Chongqing; Expert Committee Member, Regional Patent Information Service (Chongqing) Center of the China National Intellectual Property Administration.
  • Panel reviewer for the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC).
  • External reviewer for NSFC (Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Life Sciences and Medical Sciences), the Ministry of Science and Technology’s Innovative Talent Promotion Program and International Science and Technology Cooperation Program, the China Scholarship Council, the Fok Ying Tung Education Foundation, the natural science foundations of Chongqing, Jiangsu, Guangdong and Guangxi, and the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education. Science and technology award reviewer for Hubei, Hebei and Guizhou. Panel reviewer for NSFC Joint Funds, Key Programs, talent programs and other schemes, and the National Key R&D Program.
  • Panel reviewer for Chongqing international science and technology cooperation projects; reviewer for reassessment of Chongqing high-tech enterprise accreditation and medical devices for the Chongqing Food and Drug Administration; panel reviewer for Beijing major scientific-achievement commercialization and industrial project funding.
  • Editorial Board Member, Biotechnology Letters (SCI, 2014.08–present); Associate Editor, Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing (SCI, 2017.12–present); Editorial Board Member, Molecular & Cellular Biomechanics (EI, 2020.08–present); Member of the 6th and 7th Editorial Boards of Journal of Medical Biomechanics; Editorial Board Member, Journal of Basic Science and Engineering (EI core journal, 2009.09–present); Editorial Board Member, Engineering (2011.01–2013.12); Executive Editorial Board Member, Journal of Clinical Rehabilitative Tissue Engineering Research (2010.01–2012.12); Executive Guest Editor for Current Stem Cell Research & Therapy (SCI) and Current Pharmaceutical Design (SCI), among others.
  • Reviewer for more than 60 Chinese and international journals, including Nature Communications, Materials Science and Engineering R, Materials Today, ACS Nano, Biomaterials, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces and Theranostics.

Awards and Honors

  • Second Prize, Chongqing Natural Science Award.
  • Outstanding Achievement Award at the inaugural Chongqing Graduate Education and Teaching Reform Research Awards.
  • 2018 · Supervised graduate students who received the Outstanding Paper Award at the 12th National Conference on Biomechanics and the 14th National Conference on Biorheology.
  • 2015 · Supervised graduate students who received the Outstanding Paper Award at the 11th National Conference on Biomechanics and the 13th National Conference on Biorheology.
  • A research paper in Journal of Medical Biomechanics received the journal’s 2011 Most Cited Paper Award.
  • 2014 · Supervised graduate students who received an Excellence Award at the 6th Chongqing Kehui Cup Graduate Innovation and Practice Competition.
  • 2013 · Supervised undergraduates who won the Chongqing Grand Prize and National Second Prize at the 13th Challenge Cup Competition.
  • 2013 · Outstanding Individual, Chongqing division of the 13th Challenge Cup Competition.
  • 2012–2013 · Student Science and Technology Activities Mentor Award, Chongqing University.
  • 2011 · Outstanding Young Teacher, Chongqing University.
  • 2010 · Selected for the Ministry of Education’s Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University.
  • 2009 · Student Science and Technology Activities Mentor Award, Chongqing University.
  • 2009 · Co-supervised undergraduates who won National First Prize at the 11th Challenge Cup Competition.
  • 2008 · Nomination Award, National Top 100 Excellent Doctoral Dissertations.
  • 2007 · Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
  • 2004 · President’s Scholarship, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Courses Taught

Undergraduate courses: Principles and Equipment of Bioengineering; Advances in Modern Bioengineering; Introduction to Building Environment and Energy Application Engineering.

Graduate courses: Biological Transport Processes; Experimental Techniques for Mechanical Loading of Cells; Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering (taught in English); Integrated Lectures on Research Methods in Biomedical Engineering (taught in English); Materials Chemistry.

Contact

yglvbme@163.com