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Photo by Joseph Lee
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Hi, my name is Meng Li; in Chinese my name "Meng 朦" means soft moonlight. I'm current a USDA NIFA Postdoc Fellow in Prof. Benedetto Marelli's group at MIT. My current research focuses on developing biopolymeric devices to boost animal health in aquaculture and plant health in agriculture.
- Starting Sep 2024, USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Postdoc Fellow. This 2-year $225,000 funding will support me to develop biopolymeric microneedle devices for disease prevention in aquaculture. Up to half of the funding is transferrable towards my independent career.
- 2022-2024, Postdoc Associate, Marelli's lab, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
- 2020-2022, Humboldt Postdoc Research Fellow, hosted by Prof. Metin Sitti at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart, Germany
- 2020, Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Silklab under the supervision of Prof. Fiorenzo Omenetto, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA
- 2015, M. Sc. Advanced Materials, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
- 2013, B. Eng., Biomedical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
Fellowships & Awards
- 2024 Sep | National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Postdoctoral Fellowship
- 2023 Oct | Rising Stars in Soft and Biological Matter Symposium, University of Chicago, University of California, San Diego
- 2023 Oct | Future Faculty Symposium, travel award, Society of Engineering Science (SES) Annual Technical Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- 2022 Jun | 71st Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, selected participation
- 2020 Sep | Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
- 2018 Dec | Silver Graduate Student Award, Materials Research Society
- 2012 Sep | China Scholarship Council Exchange Student Scholarship