Wendy Liu

ProfessorBiomedical EngineeringProfessor (Joint Appointment)Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Location Office: 2412 Engineering Hall Lab: 2131 Engineering Hall Email wendy.liu@uci.edu Phone (949) 824-1682 Fax (949) 824-9968 Address

Samueli School of Engineering
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697

ZOT Code 2730 Education

B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Materials Science and Engineering
Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University, Biomedical Engineering

Research

Liu’s research is focused on understanding how microenvironmental cues regulate cell behavior in order to better understand and treat diseases of the cardiovasculature.  The goals of her laboratory are to (1) develop tools using materials and microfabrication to manipulate the multicellular microenvironment, (2) utilize these technologies to understand how the physical and adhesive microenvironment regulate cell behavior, particularly those involved in atherosclerosis and the foreign body response to vascular implants, and (3) to design novel biomaterial systems for cardiovascular devices and tissue engineering with improved biocompatibility and integrated tissue function. 

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