Yufei Ma, PhD  

Associate Professor of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University

Yufei Ma achieved a B.S. degree in Bio-functional Materials from Beijing University of Chemical Technology (China) in 2009. Afterward, she earned a Ph.D. in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Tsinghua University (China) in 2014, where she specialized in biomineralization and biomimetic materials. After completing her Ph.D. degree, she joined the faculty of the Bioinspired Engineering and Biomechanics Center (BEBC) in School of Life Science and Technology at Xi’an Jiaotong University and was subsequently promoted to associate professor. During 2016−2017, she worked as a research fellow at Harvard Medical School and VA Boston Healthcare System. Dr. Yufei Ma has published more than 20 peer-reviewed articles in journals such as Chemical Reviews, Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Trends in Biotechnology, Small Methods, Acta Biomaterialia, Biofabrication, etc. Among these articles, 6 articles have been highlighted as cover/back cover in high-profile internal journals, and 2 articles have been selected as ESI Highly Cited Paper. Dr. Yufei Ma has been invited to serve as a reviewer for several international journals, including Biofabrication, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, Biomedical Materials, and Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology, and she has been the recipient of IOP Outstanding Reviewer Awards in 2017 and 2018.

SPECIFIC RESEARCH AREAS

Cell microenvironment engineering and its biomedical application

Cell response to the physicochemical cues in the microenvironment and its mechanobiological mechanism

Advanced hydrogel biomaterials and their application in tissue engineering

HONORS AND AWARDS

2019 Chinese Biomaterials Congress & International Symposium on Advanced Biomaterials Excellent Oral Presentation Award

2019 The First Prize of Science and Technology in the Universities of Shaanxi Province

2019 International Conference on Regenerative Biomedical Materials (ICRBM 2019) Young Scientist Best Presentation Award

2018 Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by China Association for Science and Technology

2018 IOP Outstanding Reviewer Awards (Outstanding Reviewer for Biofabrication)

2017 IOP Outstanding Reviewer Awards (Outstanding Reviewer for Biomedical Materials)

2017 International Society for Biofabrication (BIOFABRICATION 2017) Travel Award

2017 TERMIS-AP 2017 Student & Young Investigator Section Oral Award

2014 Society for Biomaterials Annual Meeting and Exposition (USA) Student Travel Award

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (# First author(s), *Corresponding author(s))

[1] Shi N#, Li Y#, Chang L, Zhao G, Jin G, Lyu Y, Genin G, Ma Y*, Xu F*. A 3D, Magnetically Actuated, Aligned Collagen Fiber Hydrogel Platform Recapitulates Physical Microenvironment of Myoblasts for Enhancing Myogenesis, Small Methods 2021, 2100276.

[2] Ma Y, Han T, Yang Q, Wang J, Feng B, Jia Y, Wei Z, Xu F*. Viscoelastic Cell Microenvironment: Hydrogel-Based Strategy for Recapitulating Dynamic ECM Mechanics, Advanced Functional Materials 2021, 2100848.

[3] Ma Y, Yao J, Liu Q, Han T, Zhao J, Ma X, Tong Y, Jin G, Qu K, Li B, Xu F*. Liquid Bandage Harvests Robust Adhesive, Hemostatic and Antibacterial Performances as a First-Aid Tissue Adhesive, Advanced Functional Materials 2020, 2001820.

[4] Ma Y#, Lin M#, Huang G, Li Y, Wang S, Bai G, Lu T J, Xu F*. 3D Spatiotemporal Mechanical Microenvironment: A Hydrogel-Based Platform for Guiding Stem Cell Fate, Advanced Materials 2018, 1705911.

[5] Ma Y, Ji Y, Huang G, Ling K, Zhang X, Xu F*. Bioprinting 3D cell-laden hydrogel microarray for screening human periodontal ligament stem cell response to extracellular matrix. Biofabrication 2015, 7: 044105.

[6] Ma Y, Ji Y, You M, Wang S, Dong Y, Jin G, Lin M, Wang Q, Li A, Zhang X*, Xu F*. Labeling and long-term tracking of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells in vitro using NaYF4:Yb3+,Er3+ upconversion nanoparticles. Acta Biomaterialia 2016, 42:199-208.

[7] Zhu H#, Yang H#, Ma Y, Lu T J, Xu F, Genin G*, Lin M*. Spatiotemporally Controlled Photoresponsive Hydrogels: Design and Predictive Modeling from Processing through Application, Advanced Functional Materials 2020, 2000639.

[8] Wan W, Cheng B, Zhang C, Ma Y, Li A, Xu F, Lin M*. Synergistic Effect of Matrix Stiffness and Inflammatory Factors on Osteogenic Differentiation of MSC, Biophysical Journal 2019, 117: 129-142.

[9] Huang G#, Li F#, Zhao X, Ma Y, Li Y, Lin M, Jin G, Lu T J, Genin G M, Xu F*. Functional and Biomimetic Materials for Engineering of the Three-Dimensional Cell Microenvironment. Chemical Reviews 2017, 117: 12764-850.

[10] Gao B, Yang Q*, Zhao X, Jin G, Ma Y, Xu F*. 4D bioprinting for biomedical applications. Trends in Biotechnology 2016, 34: 746-56.

CONTACT

School of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China

E-mail: mayufei@mail.xjtu.edu.cn