Professor Bian received his B.Eng and M.Sc degree from the National University of Singapore in 2002 and 2004, respectively. Bian earned his Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Engineering under the advisory of Dr. Clark T. Hung and Dr. Gerard A. Ateshian at Columbia University in 2009. After three years of postdoctoral research with Dr. Jason A. Burdick in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania, Bian joined CUHK as an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical & Automation Engineering starting in August, 2012. His research is focused on stem cell tissue engineering for repairing soft musculoskeletal tissues. Bian is also interested in the development of biomaterial-based model systems to investigate the role of cell microenvironment factors including mechanical, chemical and cell-matrix interactions in stem cell differentiation.