WU, Jingjing (吳晶晶)

Prof. Wu got her PhD training in Biopharmaceutical Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2019 and Biomaterials from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, where she worked on the soft biological materials and their translational applications. She then did her postdoc training at Department of Mechanical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, working on the bioinspired materials. She joined City University of Hong Kong as an assistant professor in 2026. Prof. Wu’s research interest lies at anti-fibrosis biointerface for human-machine interaction and smart soft materials for biomedical application.

Awards & Honours

• MRS Postdoc Award, Materials Research Society of United State, 2025
• Kaufman Teaching Certificate Program, MIT Teaching & Learning Center, 2025
• Rising Stars in Soft and Biological Matter Symposium 2022, University of Chicago and University of California San Diego, 2022
• Baxter Young Investigator Award, First Tier winner, Baxter International, Inc., 2021
• Acta Student Award, Acta Biomaterialia, 2020

Previous Experience

2024.9–2026.4

Research Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2019.9–2024.8

Postdoctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Patent

“Adhesive nonfibrotic interfaces and methods” (US Patent 18/606, 479), J. Wu, H. Yuk and X. Zhao.

Professional Activities

• Guest editor of special issue of Bioengineering “Bio-applications of soft materials)”
• Young Editoral Board of Military Medical Research
• Guest editor of Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
• Review editor in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

Selected Publications

1. J. Wu, J. Deng, G. Theocharidis, T. L. Sarrafian, L. G. Griffiths, R. T. Bronson, A. Veves, J. Chen, H. Yuk*, X. Zhao*, Adhesive anti-fibrotic interfaces on diverse organs, Nature 630, 360–367 (2024), DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07426-9.
   [covered in MIT News, MIT Front page, Science News, Science Daily, EurekAlert!]
2. H. Moon, B.F.G. Aymon, J. Deng, T. Zhou, V. Prevosto, F. Wang, J. Wu*, X. Zhao*, Adhesive nonfibrotic bioelectronic interfaces on diverse peripheral nerves. Science Advances 11, eadz3668 (2025), DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adz3668.
3. J. Wu^#, H. Yuk^#, T. L. Sarrafian^#, L. G. Griffiths, C. S. Nabzdyk*, X. Zhao*, An off-the-shelf bioadhesive patch for sutureless repair of gastrointestinal defects, Science Translational Medicine 14, eabh2857 (2022) (selected as cover)
   [covered in MIT News, New Scientist, Nature Biomedical Engineering News & Views]
4. H. Yuk*^#, J. Wu^#, X. Mao, C. V. Verela, E. T. Roche, C. S. Nabzdyk*, X. Zhao*, Rapid and coagulation-independent haemostatic sealing by a paste inspired by barnacle glue, Nature Biomedical Engineering 5, 1131–1142 (2021)
   [covered in MIT News, MIT Front Page, Mayo Clinic News, The Times, US News, World Economic Forum, c&en, WIRED]
5. J. Wu, K. Zheng, X. Huang, J. Liu, H. Liu, A. R. Boccaccini*, Y. Wan*, X. Guo, Z. Shao, Thermally triggered injectable chitosan/silk fibroin/bioactive glass nanoparticle hydrogels for in-situ bone formation in rat calvarial bone defects, Acta Biomaterialia 91, 60-71 (2019)
6. J. Wu, J. Liu, Y. Wan*, Rheological, mechanical and degradable properties of injectable chitosan/silk fibroin/hydroxyapatite/glycerophosphate hydrogels, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials 64, 161-172 (2016)
7. J. Wu, Y. Wan*, Injectable chitosan/silk fibroin/nano hydroxyapatite/glycerophosphate hydrogels and their rheological properties, Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine 14, 1757 (2018)
8. J. Wu, T. Zhou, Y. Wan*. Injectable chitosan/dextran-polylactide/glycerophosphate hydrogels and their biodegradation. Polymer Degradation and Stability 120, 273-282 (2015)
9. K. Zheng^#, J. Wu^#, W. Li, D. Dippold, Y. Wan*, A. R. Boccaccini*. Incorporation of cu-containing bioactive glass nanoparticles in gelatin-coated scaffolds enhances bioactivity and osteogenic activity. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering 4, 1546-1557 (2018)

31 May 2026