Dr. Song Li earned his B.S. and M.S. in Peking University, and had his Ph.D. and postdoctoral training in Bioengineering at UC San Diego. He was a professor of bioengineering at UC Berkeley between 2001 and 2015. In 2016, Dr. Li joined the Bioengineering faculty at UC Los Angeles. He is currently a Chancellor’s Professor and the Chair of the Bioengineering Department with a joint appointment in the Department of Medicine.  Dr. Li’s research is focused on mechanotransduction, cell engineering, and regenerative medicine. His lab takes an interdisciplinary approach to investigate mechanotransduction and biophysical regulation from single cell to system level and to develop therapeutics by engineering stem cells, immune cells and micro/nanomaterials. Dr. Li has been elected as a Fellow of American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, a Fellow of Biomedical Engineering Society, and a Fellow of the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering.