Chuyi Chen
Work Experience
Postdoctoral Associate, MIT, Manalis Lab
Jun 2021- Dec 2023
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Developing organ-on-a-chip system to maintain patient derived colonic organoids and human gut microbiota in vitro with physiologically relevant condition (i.e., extracellular matrix, bio-chemical and bio-physical gradients, flow, and temperature).
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Ludwig Center Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2023: "Creating a stable cross-kingdom colonic interface to study obligated anaerobes in colorectal cancer"
Research Assistant, Duke University, Acoustofluidics Lab
Sep 2016 - May 2021
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Developed an integrated acoustic rotational tweezing system for 3D quantitative phenotypic analysis of zebrafish larvae.
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Contributed to the development of digital and contactless droplet control systems.
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Co-developed the acoustofluidic holography system for the arbitrary pattern of cells.
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Co-developed an acoustofluidic centrifuge for the enrichment and separation of particles/biosamples in the nano-scale.
Research Assistant, Nanjing University, Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics,
Sep 2013 - Jun 2016
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Developed theoretical and numerical models to study the interactions between oscillating microbubbles, viscous fluids, and microvessels.
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Developed numerical models to study nonlinear ultrasonic bubble dynamics.
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Fabricated hybrid ultrasound contrast agent microbubbles.
Education
Duke University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
2016 - 2021
DISSERTATION: Acoustics-induced Fluid Motions
Nanjing University
MS in Physics (Acoustics)
2013 - 2016
THESIS: Finite element modeling of microbubble-blood-vessel interactions
Nanjing University
BS in Electronic Science and Engineering (Acoustics)
2009 - 2013
THESIS: B-mode image processing of ultrasound cavitation effect in phantom