Faculty Introduction: Lance Lian

Lance Lian joined the department as an assistant professor in August 2015.

Lance Lian has joined the Biomedical engineering department as an assistant professor.

Lian will teach BME 413 Mass Transport in Biological Systems, as well as a new course he has developed titled, BIOE 597L Stem Cell Engineering and Therapy. The new course aims to raise awareness and understanding of stem cells and promote their vast potential at University Park.
In addition to his teaching contributions, Lian also serves as the principal investigator of the Pluripotent Stem Cell Engineering Laboratory.

Lian received a Bachelor of Science degree in bioengineering from Zhejiang University, China, and a Doctor of Philosophy in chemical engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Most recently, he completed postdoctoral studies as a fellow at Harvard University where he specialized in stem cell and regenerative medicine.

Lian’s research accomplishments provide the first demonstration of producing essentially pure populations of human heart muscle cells from pluripotent stem cells. His work has been awarded the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Cozzarelli Prize.

His current research interests include: directed differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells, genome editing, cardiovascular therapy, tissue engineering, and regenerative medicine.