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Dr. Fu received his B.E. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2000 and his M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Los Angeles in 2002. He earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2007, where he completed his thesis under the guidance of Dr. Jongyoon Han. Dr. Fu was an American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellow from 2007 to 2009 in Dr. Christopher S. Chen’s group at the University of Pennsylvania, and he has been an integral part of the University of Michigan in the Department of Mechanical Engineering since 2009. He became a Professor of Mechanical Engineering in 2020. His research focuses on mechanobiology, stem cell bioengineering, developmental bioengineering, and microfluidics BioMEMS. He has significantly contributed to the emerging field of artificial embryos, recognized by MIT Technology Review as one of the '10 Breakthrough Technologies' in 2018. Dr. Fu’s current work includes understanding early human development and modeling human disease through innovative stem cell applications.
University of Michigan • Ann Arbor, MI
Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering with courtesy appointments in the Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Cell and Developmental Biology.
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science