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Asst Prof Liang Kun
Assistant Professor of Cutaneous Drug Delivery, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine
Assistant Professor, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine
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Asst Prof Liang is a bioengineer by training with a focus on biomaterials, polymer science and drug delivery. He received his Ph.D. degree from the NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering. developing polymeric nanoparticles for drug delivery. He then undertook postdoctoral training at ETH Zürich, focusing on 3D printing of personalized biomaterials for oral delivery. Subsequently he joined A*STAR as a research scientist working on skin regeneration, bioprinting and skin-interfacing devices.
He has made significant contributions in the design of biomaterials for drug delivery modalities as well as tissue engineering. To demonstrate the translation potential of these innovations, he has spearheaded two in-human studies involving medical devices. Some of his notable works have been published in top journals including PNAS, Advanced Materials and Science Advances. He is also the recipient of multiple competitive grants to date.
He has made significant contributions in the design of biomaterials for drug delivery modalities as well as tissue engineering. To demonstrate the translation potential of these innovations, he has spearheaded two in-human studies involving medical devices. Some of his notable works have been published in top journals including PNAS, Advanced Materials and Science Advances. He is also the recipient of multiple competitive grants to date.
In LKC school of medicine, Asst Prof Liang's research interests are designing biomaterials for skin-interfacing healthcare applications such as cutaneous delivery, diagnostics, regeneration and repair, with the goal of clinical translation. As part of the process of design fabrication, we leverage on advanced manufacturing techniques such as 3D printing and bioprinting to achieve complexity and personalization.
Some of the key focus areas are
1) Modalities for cutaneous drug delivery, including hydrogels, microneedles to achieve effective delivery of therapeutics for intended skin applications e.g. skin rejuvenation, target specific diseases or wound healing
2) Minimally-invasive skin-based diagnostics, including devices for the sampling of microbes and biomarkers in skin
3) Skin tissue engineering, including the design of bioactive biomaterials for in vitro human skin reconstruction as well as in vivo skin regeneration and repair
Some of the key focus areas are
1) Modalities for cutaneous drug delivery, including hydrogels, microneedles to achieve effective delivery of therapeutics for intended skin applications e.g. skin rejuvenation, target specific diseases or wound healing
2) Minimally-invasive skin-based diagnostics, including devices for the sampling of microbes and biomarkers in skin
3) Skin tissue engineering, including the design of bioactive biomaterials for in vitro human skin reconstruction as well as in vivo skin regeneration and repair