About the LI Lab

We combine bioengineered materials with advanced manufacturing to develop bio-integrated technologies that allow us to precisely record, understand, and modulate biology. We are particularly interested in applying these technologies to interrogate the complex nervous circuits and microbial activities.

We hope these technologies and findings will eventually contribute to both human and planetary health through the creation of new diagnostics, therapeutics, and sustainable materials.

Work in our lab can be broadly divided into the following interconnected domains:

1. Neural interfaces and bioelectronics.

2. Micro/nanorobotics.

3. Engineered living materials for planetary sustainability.

Learn more by reading our Research.

Lab Openings

We always welcome talented postdoctoral scholars and Ph.D. students.

Graduate students can apply for admission through the Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, Neuroscience, and BioMolecular Gateway programs.

We also welcome undergraduate students to join the lab.

Particularly, we welcome people from different educational and cultural backgrounds, and encourage participation of scientists from diverse underrepresented groups.

Contact: jl@msu.edu

Sponsors

National Science Foundation (NSF)
Department of Enegry’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E)
Henry Ford Health+Michigan State University Health Sciences (HFH+MSU HS)
Spartan Innovations
MSU Office of Research and Innovation’s Global Impact Initiative

Media Highlights

Lab News

Jinxing Li receives NSF CAREER Award from the Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems program to develop bioelectronics to study gut physiology. Mar. 2024.

Congratulations to Vittorio Mottini for being selected by the MSU BME department as an Honorable Mention for the Outstanding Graduate Student Award of 2023! March 2023