Nanomedica Group
Biomaterials, Bioengineering & Nanotechnology Laboratory
Bingyun Li, PhD
Associate Professor of Orthopaedics (2011-Present; Assistant Professor, 2005-2011)
Director, Biomaterials, Bioengineering & Nanotechnology Laboratory
School of Medicine, West Virginia University
Faculty, Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center
Fellow, IAES
Participant, WVNano Initiative
Participant, Drug Discovery and Therapeutics Group
Guest Researcher, NIOSH, CDC, Morgantown, WV
Graduate Faculty, West Virginia University
Research Interests:
- Open fracture-associated infection prevention, rapid fracture/wound healing
- Cellular immune response, cellular interaction
- Nanomedicine, controlled/targeted drug delivery for orthopaedic, dental and cancer treatments
- Bioengineering and advanced biomedical devices
- Nanotechnology sorbents, coatings, and capsules
Sources of Support:
- DoE/NETL
- NSF
- NIH
- AO Foundation
- Osteosynthesis & Trauma Care Foundation
- NASA WV
- WVU Research Corporation
- Nanoconduction, Inc.
Grant Proposal Reviewer: NSF, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation, Louisiana Board of Regents, Jeffress Memorial Trust, American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund.
Associate Editor: Journal of Biomedical and Bioengineering.
Editorial Board Member: TheScientificWorldJOURNAL, Journal of Bioengineering & Biomedical Science, Recent Patents on Nanotechnology, Orthopedics & Muscular system, and World Journal of Orthopaedics.
Archival Journal Reviewer (38 journals): Acta Biomaterialia; Advanced Biomaterials; Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews; Advanced Science Letters; Applied Physics Letter; Biologics: Targets & Therapy; Biomacromolecules; Biomaterials; Biomedical Engineering-Applications, Basis and Communications (BME); Biotechnology and Bioengineering; Biotechnology Research International; Carbohydrate Polymers; Clinical Medicine Insights: Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Disorders; Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research (CORR); Energy & Fuels; European Cells & Materials; European Polymer Journal; Fuel; International Journal of Biomedical Nanoscience and Nanotechnology; International Journal of Interferon, Cytokine and Mediator Research; Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy; Journal of Biomaterials Science: Polymer Edition; Journal of Biomedical Materials Research; Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology; Journal of Materials Chemistry; Journal of Microencapsulation; Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology; Journal of Orthopedic Research; Langmuir; Materials Science & Engineering - C; Materials Today; Microbial Pathogenesis; Nanomedicine; Nanoscale; Open Biomaterials Journal; Orthopedic Research and Reviews; Recent Patents on Nanotechnology; Sensors and Actuators B.
Honors (selected):
- Awarded the 2011 Berton Rahn Prize from the AO Foundation. This prize, which honors the best completed project funded by the AO Foundation, includes a monetary award and an invited presentation at the AO trustees meeting in Berlin. The AO foundational is a medically guided international nonprofit foundation funding work on trauma and musculoskeletal surgery.
- Invited participants, AOTrauma Clinical Priority Program on Bone Infection Meeting, Boston, MA, July 2010
- Session moderator, Biological, Biotechnical & Biomedical Sciences. WV STaR (Science, Technology and Research) Symposium, April 2009, Charleston, WV
- Invited NSF panel reviewer, 2009
- Invited speaker and panelist, Cool Tech Nanomedicine event (Northern Virginia Technology Council), McLean, Virginia, November 2008
- Participant, U.S. Bone and Joint Decade’s Young Investigator Initiative (YII) Program (2007-2008)
- NSF Fellowship, NSF Summer Institute on Nano Mechanics and Materials (2007)
- Organizer and co-chair, symposium “Biomimetics and nanoscience: advances in protein/peptide-based biomaterials,” Annual Meeting of the Society for Biomaterials, Chicago, IL, April 2007
- More than 16 national and international invited talks in Nanomedicine, Nanotechnology, Infection prevention, and Drug delivery: Department of Chemical Engineering and CHN/NCOE Nanomanufacturing Center, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA (July 2010); Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA (March 2010); Department of Microencapsulation, Nanomaterials, and Process Engineering, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX (April 09); West Virginia STaR Symposium, Charleston, WV (April 09); Cool Tech Nanomedicine Event, Northern Virginia Technology Council, McLean, Virginia (November 08); National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), CDC, Morgantown, WV (September 07); Zhejiang University, China (June 07); Dalian Jiaotong University, China (June 07); Jilin University, China (May 07); Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China (May 07); MBR Cancer Center, West Virginia University (August 06); Department of Chemical Engineering, West Virginia University (February 2006); Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, West Virginia University (January 2006).
- Top Director’s Award, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2000)
- Top Presidential Scholarship of Chinese Academy of Sciences (1999)
"Integrity, Innovation & Persistence"