- Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
- BMEN Excellence Fellow
- Phone: 979-458-9197
- Email: ltian@tamu.edu
- Office: HTB 114
- Research Website
Educational Background
- Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis – 2014
Research Interests
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- Organic and inorganic hybrid materials for physical, chemical and biological sensors and multifunctional surfaces and interfaces
- Programmable or reconfigurable materials and systems with tunable properties and functionalities
- Flexible and stretchable wearable photonics and electronics
- Unconventional approaches for micro/nanofabrication
(as they relate to the areas of biomaterials, biosensors, medical devices, and micro/nanotechnology)
Awards & Honors
- Young Faculty Fellow Award, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) – 2023
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences R35 Maximizing Investigators' Research Award, National Institutes of Health – 2022
- National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering Trailblazer Award, National Institutes of Health – 2020
- Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – 2015
- Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad Award, People's Republic of China – 2014