Ning Zhang

Dr. Ning Zhang graduated in 2018 from Southeast University with a PhD in Biomedical Engineering under the supervision of Prof. Ning-Ping Huang. Within the frame of his PhD project, Ning aimed to establish biomimetic microenvironments for the regulation of cell behavior towards tissue engineering applications. Moreover, Dr. Zhang defined and ran his PhD projects in a team environment, collaborating with Prof. Voros Janos (Laboratory of Biosensors and Bioelectronics, ETH Zurich, CH) and Prof. Dr. Martin Ehrbar (Laboratory for Cell and Tissue Engineering, University Hospital Zurich, CH) in Switzerland. He accumulated knowledge in hydrogel fabrication and characterization, thus harvesting expertise in 3D cell culture. Dr. Zhang joined the µOrganoLab group (headed by Prof. Dr. Peter Loskill) at EKUT as a postdoctoral researcher in January 2021 focusing on Immune-response-on-Chip and Brain-on-Chip. In 2022, Ning was awarded MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship and currently he is working on establishing a new generation of Brain-on-chip to study neocortical development and test pharmaceutical interventions.