Spotlight on new faculty – Jingwei Xie, Ph.D.

Jingwei Xie, Ph.D.

Jingwei Xie, Ph.D., is a new faculty member in the College of Pharmacy. Here’s a brief rundown of his background and the expertise he brings to UNMC.

• Name: Jingwei Xie, Ph.D.
• Hometown: Anhui Province, China.
• New title and department at UNMC: Assistant professor, UNMC Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and regenerative medicine program

Research Interests:
Biomaterials, cell-materials interaction, tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, drug delivery

How I fell in love with tissue engineering:
A broken car can be fixed by replacement of parts. A similar idea also is used for human beings. When I first realized that tissue engineering is about to replace, repair and regenerate functional tissues or even organs, I thought it was amazing and fell in love with it. Now I am exploring the use of
nanostructured scaffolds, stem cells and signaling molecules to create functional tissues for various applications.

Degrees:

• B.S. and M.S. in chemical engineering, Nanjing University of Technology, China
• Ph.D. in chemical and biomolecular engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Previous Positions:

• Senior scientist, Marshall Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, Marshall University, Huntington, W.V.
• Post-doctoral fellow, department of biomedical engineering, Washington University in St. Louis

Memberships:

• American Institute for Chemical Engineers, 2012

Three things people may not know about me:

• I enjoyed playing basketball when I was in college.
• I love hiking with family.
• I like to know different people and learn from them.