Senior Lecturer
University of Sydney
Dr Ju is a senior lecturer at the School of Biomedical Engineering, University of Sydney (USYD). He is also an ARC DECRA Fellow and National Heart Foundation Future Leader-2 Fellow. He has established the innovative 4M approaches in Australia: Mechanics, Microscopy, Microfabrication & Molecular modelling to understand the emerging cardiovascular mechanobiology and its translation to diagnose, monitor and treat deadly blood clotting.
Dr Ju has pioneered multiple biomechanical nanotools, including blood clot-on-chip microfluidic devices (Nature Materials 2019), single-platelet biomembrane force probes (Nature Communications 2018), and 4D haemodynamic modelling (Nature 2021). His cutting-edge engineering technologies have enabled researchers to study transient interactions between blood cells in real-time in rapidly circulating blood flow. Since his independence, he has been developing engineering solutions capable of intervening and preventing disease-forming clots early and efficiently, which is important for thousands of patients with diabetes, obesity and cardiometabolic syndromes in Australia who are vulnerable to clots but are unable to use conventional blood thinners.
Dr Ju’s contribution and impact are recognised with the 2019 NSW Ministerial Award for Rising Stars in Cardiovascular Research, 2020 Australian Museum Eureka Prize, 2021 MIT Technology Review Innovators Under Age 35 (Asia Pacific), and 2022 Royal Society NSW Edgeworth David Medal.
Saturday, July 9, 2022
4:00 PM – 4:25 PM