Jianping Fu Mechanical Engineering – University of Michigan

Professor, Mechanical EngineeringProfessor, Biomedical EngineeringProfessor, Cell and Developmental Biology

2664 GGB2350 Hayward, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007MS, University of California, Los Angeles, 2002BE, University of Science and Technology of China, 2000

Stem Cell Bioengineering, Developmental Bioengineering, Mechanobiology, and BioMEMS

Translational Award, UM Life Sciences - Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization (MTRAC) Program, 2021Fast Forward Medical Innovation (FFMI) fastPACE Award, Runner-up, 2020Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020Analytical Chemistry Young Innovator Award, American Chemical Society (ACS), 2020Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2020Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2020Robert M. Caddell Memorial Award for Research, University of Michigan, 2020Member, International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) Guidelines Working Group (2019-2021)Council Member, Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering Special Interest Group (CMBE-SIG) (2020-2022)Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), 2020George J. Huebner, Jr. Research Excellence Award, University of Michigan, 2018Kickstart Award, Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization (MTRAC) for Life Sciences Innovation Hub, 2016Coulter Translational Research Award, University of Michigan, 2016Rising Star Award, Biomedical Engineering Society - Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering, 2016Ted Kennedy Family Team Excellence Award, University of Michigan, 2015Mechanical Engineering Outstanding Faculty Achievement Award, 2014Robert M. Caddell Memorial Award for Research, University of Michigan, 2014National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2012American Heart Association Scientist Development Grant, 2012American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2008-2010Senturia Prize for Best Thesis in MEMS/NEMS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007Halen Carr Peake Research Prize for Bioengineering Research of Extraordinary Quality, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007PPST 20th Anniversary Research Excellence Award, First Runner-up, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006100K Entrepreneurship Competition, Semifinalist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006Massachusetts Technology Assessment Award, 2006

Tenured and Tenure-Track

Analytical Chemistry Young Innovator Awarded to Jianping Fu09/06/2020Professor Jianping Fu has been awarded the Analytical Chemistry Award from the American Chemical Society.

Jianping Fu Elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows11/06/2019AIMBE is a non-profit, honorific society of the most accomplished individuals in the fields of medical and biological engineering.

ME PhD Student Awarded NIH Predoctoral Fellowship07/26/2019Sajedeh Nasr Esfahani receives two years of support for research in organogenesis.

Fu co-authors a commentary on the subject of synthetic embryos in Nature12/12/2018Take a look at what has been achieved in this emerging field along with the ethics of where research may go in the future.

Fu's research on the development of human embryo-like structures featured in Nature07/09/2018New techniques are providing unprecedented views into human development and raising ethical questions.

Toward a stem cell model of human nervous system development05/22/2018The new study also reveals the important role of mechanical signals in the development of the human nervous system.

ME alumnus Yue Shao receives ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award02/20/2018This award recognizes highly accomplished graduate students who have produced exceptional dissertations of outstanding scholarly quality in any field of study.

Fu's research featured in MIT Technology Review09/19/2017Artificial human embryos are coming, and no one knows how to handle them

Tiny device offers insight into how cancer spreads09/07/2017Researchers have developed a fluidic device to track over time which cancer cells lead the diseases invasive march.

How stem cells grow into structures that could aid understanding of infertility08/09/2017Jianping Fu's research has shown that pluripotent stem cells can self-organize into a structure similar to the amniotic sac, an early stage of human development. The discovery could be used to study why pregnancies fail.

The beginning of the amniotic sac12/16/2016People have a fairly good understanding of what happens in embryos before and after implantation, said Jianping Fu, But what is happening during implantation, including the process of amnion development, is a black box.

Fu's paper published in Nature Materials11/11/2016The paper is titled "Mechanosensitive subcellular rheostasis drives emergent single-cell mechanical homeostasis"

Fu's research featured as cover story of two journals05/13/2016ME Associate Professor Jianping Fu's research has been selected for the cover story of the 2016 May 11 issue of Advanced Healthcare Materials and the 2016 May 4 issue of Small

Chance Encounter Leads to Use of Life-Saving Blood Analysis Device04/28/2015This device, developed by a multidisciplinary team including ME professors Fu and Kurabayashi, is a microfluidic device that uses a miniscule amount of blood a mere microliter to achieve test results in 20 minutes

ME Faculty Receive CoE Awards01/14/2015Four ME faculty members received College of Engineering Awards in 2015. These recipients include Jun Ni, Huei Peng, Katsuo Kurabayashi, and Jianping Fu

MCubed Grant Precedes Larger NIH Award of $3 Million10/06/2014A transformative diagnostic tool for rapid measurement of patient immune status, developed through a close collaboration between U-M researchers from the Medical School and the Department of Mechanical Engineering, received NIH funding this past July

How a Silly Putty ingredient could advance stem cell therapies04/21/2014Jianping Fu coaxed human embryonic stem cells to turn into working spinal cord cells more efficiently by growing the cells on a soft, utrafine carpet made of a key ingredient in Silly Putty

Weiqiang Chen Awarded the American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship and the Baxter Young Investigator Award08/22/2013Weiqiang Chen, PhD candidate, has won both the American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship and the Baxter Young Investigator Award. He is a member of Dr. Fus Integrated Biosystems and Biomechanics Lab.

Fu and Kurabayashi's research featured as cover story of Advanced Healthcare Materials07/11/2013Advanced Healthcare Materials is an international, interdisciplinary forum for peer-reviewed papers on materials science aimed at promoting human health

Fu's research featured as cover story of three journals03/20/2013His work is featured in Integrative Biology, ACS Nano, and Small

Capturing circulating cancer cells could provide insights into how disease spreads12/12/2012Research by Jianping Fu shows that a glass plate with a nanoscale roughness could be a simple way for scientists to capture and study the circulating tumor cells that carry cancer around the body through the bloodstream

Two important research papers accepted for publication in ACS Nano and PLoS ONE06/08/2012Both papers were authored by Ph.D candidates in Jianping Fu's lab and contain groundbreaking research on the use of synthetic micro/nanoscale materials to regulate human embryonic stem cell (hESC) functions

Fu receives 2012 NSF CAREER Award05/16/2012CAREER awards recognize junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research and education

University Stem Cell Research Highlighted in Popular Science02/17/2011Fu's work on Stem Cell microenvironment forces published in Popular Science.

Fu Published in Nature Methods06/18/2010Assistant Professor Jianping Fu studies how the mechanical properties of the stem cell environment can direct stem cell differentiation.

Welcome Assistant Professor Jianping Fu08/20/2009

Fu's research featured as cover story of two issues of Small07/11/2022ME Associate Professor Jianping Fu's research has been selected for the frontispiece story for the 2016 Aug. 12 issue of Small and the inside front cover story for the 2016 Sept. 7 issue of Small.

Fu's research featured as cover story of two Small issues07/11/2022ME Associate Professor Jianping Fu's research has been selected for the frontispiece story for the 2016 Aug. 12 issue of Small and the inside front cover story for the 2016 Sept. 7 issue of Small.

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