Dongyu XU
Research Fellow, Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore
dy.xu@nus.edu.sg
National University of Singapore
Dongyu Xu
Research Fellow
Principal Investigator
Research Areas
Self-powered biomaterials, organoid sensing
Qualifications
- PhD, Biology, Southeast University, China
- BEng, Biomedical Engineering, Southeast University, China
Biography
Dongyu Xu earned her Ph.D. in Biology (2022-2025) from Southeast University under the supervision of Prof. Renjie Chai. Her doctoral research focused on the application of piezoelectric biomaterials in neural tissue engineering and drug delivery. She has developed expertise in bridging materials science with biomedical engineering through multidisciplinary approaches, including colloidal crystal self-assembly, electrospinning, and hydrogel synthesis. She then joins Prof. Hanry Yu’s team at the MBI as a Research Fellow to explore the establishment and monitoring of in vitro biomimetic systems.
Selected Publications
- Xu DY, Fu SQ, Zhang H, Lu WC, Xie JD, Li JL, Wang H, Zhao YJ, Chai RJ. (2024). Ultrasound-responsive aligned piezoelectric nanofibers derived hydrogel conduits for peripheral nerve regeneration. Advanced Materials, 36(28), 2307896.
- Xu DY, Wang Y, Sun LY, Luo ZQ, Luo Y, Wang YA, Zhao Y. (2023). Living anisotropic structural color hydrogels for cardiotoxicity screening. ACS nano, 17(15), 15180-15188.
- Pang XY#, Zhang X#, Xu DY#, Bu C#, Qiu Y, Feng P, Zhang B, Cheng H, Zhu Q, Tian L, Hu YN, Chai RJ. (2026). Bioactive hydrogels for the reconstruction of sensorineural hearing loss. Bioactive Materials, 56, 160-180. #Co-first author
