Ruxing Fu
Ph. D. candidate
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Univiersity of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, U. S.
Email: ruxingfu18@ucla.edu
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I am a Ph. D student in UCLA, advised by Prof. Yang Yang in Materials Science and Engineering and Prof. Song Li in Bioengineering Deparment. Before entering UCLA, I received my bachelor degree of Materials Science and Engineering from Tsinghua University in July, 2018.
I am currently interested in exploring novel materials and implantable devices for drug delivery.
News
02/28/2020 Took and passed all five subject exams of Ph.D Preliminary Examination in Materials Science and Engineering.
08/27/2020 Passed Qualifying Exam and became a PhD candidate.
02/05/2021 A progress report about CAR T cell therapy was published in Advanced Functional Materials.
05/02/2023 Gave a poster presentation in UCLA onsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Annual Retreat.
Publications
1. R. Fu#, D. Meng#,*, X. Han#, L. Liu, C.-C. Chen, R. Zheng, Y. Zhao, X. Zhang, M. Hasani, Y. Song, T. Liang, D. Wen, H. Li, I. Yavuz, Z. Li*, S. Li*, Z. Gu*, Y. Yang*, Unveiling Noncovalent π-Stacked Organic Framework for Intrinsic Near-Infrared Photoactivated Drug Delivery, submitted.
2. R. Fu #, H. Li #, R. Li, K. McGrath, G. Dotti, and Z. Gu*, Delivery Techniques for Enhancing CAR T Cell Therapy against Solid Tumors, Advanced Functional Materials (2021). https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202009489.
3. Z. Wang, R. Fu, X. Han, D. Wen, Y. Wu, S. Li, and Z. Gu*, Shrinking Fabrication of a Glucose‐Responsive Glucagon Microneedle Patch, Advanced Science 9, 2203274 (2022).
4. D. Wen, T. Liang, G. Chen, H. Li, Z. Wang, J. Wang, R. Fu, X. Han, T. Ci, Y. Zhang, P. Abdou, R. Li, L. Bu, G. Dotti, Z. Gu*, Adipocytes Encapsulating Telratolimod Recruit and Polarize Tumor‐Associated Macrophages for Cancer Immunotherapy, Advanced Science 10, 2206001 (2023).
5. H.-Q. Wang #, R. Fu #, Q.-W. Man, G. Yang, B. Liu*, and L.-L. Bu*, Advances in CAR-T Cell Therapy in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Journal of Clinical Medicine 12, 2173 (2023).
6. W. Bai #, J. Shin #, R. Fu #, I. Kandela, D. Lu, X. Ni, Y. Park, Z. Liu, T. Hang, D. Wu, Y. Liu, C. Haney, I. Stepien, Q. Yang, J. Zhao, K. Nandoliya, H. Zhang, X. Sheng, L. Yin, K. MacRenaris, A. Brikha, F. Aird, M. Pezhouh, J. Hornick, W. Zhou, J. A. Rogers*, Bioresorbable Photonic Devices for the Spectroscopic Characterization of Physiological Status and Neural Activity, Nature Biomedical Engineering 3, 644–654 (2019).
Credit: W. Bai and J. Rogers, Northwestern University
7. R. Fu #, W. Luo #, R. Nazempour #, D. Tan, H. Ding, K. Zhang, L. Yin, J. Guan*, X. Sheng*, Implantable and Biodegradable Poly(L-lactic acid) Fibers for Optical Neural Interfaces, Advanced Optical Materials 6, 1700941 (2018).
8. Y. Jiang #, W. Qi #, Q. Zhang #, H. Liu, J. Zhang, N. Du, R. Nazempour, Y. Su, R. Fu, K. Zhang, P. Lyu, F. Dong, L. Yin, X. Sheng*, Y. Wang* Green Light‐Based Photobiomodulation with an Implantable and Biodegradable Fiber for Bone Regeneration, Small Methods (2020).
9. R. Nazempour #, Q. Zhang #, R. Fu, X. Sheng*, Biocompatible and Implantable Optical Fibers and Waveguides for Biomedicine, Materials 11, 1283 (2018).
10. Z. Shi, L. Li, Y. Zhao, R. Fu, X. Sheng*, Implantable Optoelectronic Devices and Systems for Biomedical Application, 中国激光 (Chinese Journal of Lasers) 45, 0207001 (2018) (In Chinese).
(# equal contribution * corresponding authors)
Experience
I have been working in research labs which have diverse backgrounds, including electronics, materials and bioengineering.
Sept. 2018 - present, Yang Yang Lab, UCLA
Research Assistant, advised by Prof. Yang Yang, co-advised by Prof. Zhen Gu and Prof. Song Li (Department of Bionengineering)
Mar. 2018 - June. 2018, June. 2017 - Sept. 2017, Rogers Research Group, Northwestern University
Visiting Undergraduate Students, advised by Prof. John A. Rogers.
June. 2016 - July. 2018, Xing Sheng Research Group, Tsinghua University
Undergraduate Research Assistant, advised by Prof. Xing Sheng
I also worked as Teaching Assistant of BE 188 (Fall 2019) in UCLA.
Personal
I grew up in Nanyang, a city in central China. It has brilliant history of more than 2200 yrs.
I like playing tennis in my free time. I also enjoy reading novels and biographies.