Introduction
Bo Li
Professor, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University
Address: Mong Man-Wei Sci. & Technol. Bldg, Room N321, Tsinghua University
Beijing 100084, China
Email: libome@tsinghua.edu.cn
Education background
Ph.D. in Solid Mechanics, Tsinghua University, China (6/2011)
M.S. in Solid Mechanics, Hunan University, China (6/2007)
B.S. in Engineering Mechanics, Hunan University, China (6/2004)
Experience
6/2024–Present, Professor, Tsinghua University, China
5/2015–5/2024, Associate Professor, Tsinghua University, China
9/2014–4/2015, Research assistant, Tsinghua University, China
9/2011–8/2014, Postdoctoral Fellow in Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Areas of Research
Solid mechanics, Biomechanics
Areas of Research Interests/ Research Projects
Instabilities and pattern formation of soft materials
Growth and development of biological tissues
Collective cell migration
Honors And Awards
The National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, China, 2023
Youth Science and Technology Award of Chinese Society of Mechanics, China, 2021
The State Natural Science Award, China, 2019
National Natural Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholar, China, 2019
Natural Science Award of the Ministry of Education of China, China, 2017
National Excellent Doctoral Thesis Award, Ministry of Education of China, 2013
Outstanding Thesis Award, for the best PhD thesis (first class), Tsinghua University, 2011
Academic Achievement
He has published more than 130 peer-reviewed journal papers, including Nature Physics, Physical Review Letters, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Nature Communications, Science Advances, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Biophysical Journal, Advanced Intelligent Systems and so on. Publications include (* denotes corresponding author):
1. Lv J. Q., Chen P. C., Chen Y. P., Liu H. Y., Wang S. D., Bai J., Lv C. L., Li Y., Shao Y., Feng X. Q., Li B.*, 2024. Active hole formation in epithelioid tissues. Nature Physics, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-024-02504-1.
2. Li Z. Y., Chen Y. P., Liu H. Y., Li B.*, 2024. Three-dimensional chiral morphogenesis of active fluids. Physical Review Letters, 132, 138401.
3. Yu P., Li Y., Fang W., Feng X. Q., Li B.*, 2024. Mechanochemical dynamics of collective cells and hierarchical topological defects in multicellular lumens. Science Advances, 10, eadn0172.
4. Lin F., Li X., Sun S., Li Z. Y., Lv C. L., Bai J., Song L., Han Y., Li B.*, Fu J., Shao Y.*, 2023. Mechanically enhanced biogenesis of gut spheroids with instability-driven morphomechanics. Nature Communications, 14, 6016.
5. Zhang D. Q., Chen P. C., Li Z. Y., Zhang R., Li B.*, 2022. Topological defect-mediated morphodynamics of active–active interfaces. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119: e2122494119.
6. Shi P., Ren X., Meng J., Kang C., Wu Y., Rong Y., Zhao S., Jiang Z., Liang L., He W., Yin Y., Li X., Liu Y.*, Huang X.*, Sun Y.*, Li B.*, Wu C.*, 2022. Mechanical instability generated by Myosin 19 contributes to mitochondria cristae architecture and OXPHOS. Nature Communications, 13: 2673.
7. Xu K., Yang Y. G., Li B.*, 2021. Brownian cargo capture in mazes via intelligent colloidal microrobot swarms. Advanced Intelligent Systems, 3, 2100115.
8. Li B., Sun S. X.*, 2014. Coherent motions in confluent cell monolayer sheets. Biophysical Journal, 107: 1532–1541.
9. Li B., Jia F, Cao Y. P, Feng X. Q.*, Gao H., 2011. Surface wrinkling patterns on a core–shell soft sphere. Physical Review Letters, 106: 234301. (Cover Story)
10. Li B., Cao Y. P, Feng X. Q.*, Gao H., 2011. Surface wrinkling of mucosa induced by volumetric growth: theory, simulation and experiment. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 59: 758–774.
