Associate Professor
Departments of Bioengineering and Orthopaedic Surgery
Director of Stem Cell and Biomaterials Engineering Laboratory
Stanford University School of Medicine
240 Pasteur Dr.,
Biomedical Innovation Building 1200
Palo Alto CA, 94304
Office: 650-725-7128
Email: fanyang@stanford.edu
Professor Fan Yang
Fan Yang, Ph.D
Associate Professor
Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Bioengineering
Director of Stem Cell and Biomaterials Engineering Laboratory
Co-Director Stanford NIH Biotechnology Training Program
Stanford University School of Medicine
240 Pasteur Dr., Biomedical Innovation Building 1200
Palo Alto CA, 94304
Office: 650-725-2215
Email: fanyang@stanford.edu
Education
1997-2001
2001-2006
2006-2009
Shanghai Jiaotong University, P.R. China.
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
Ph. D. in Biomedical Engineering, Advisor: Prof. Jennifer Elisseeff
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoroal Fellow, Advisor: Prof. Robert Langer
Positions
2017-Present
2009-2017
Associate Professor with Tenure, Stanford University
Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Bioengineering
Associated Faculty Member of Bio-X Program, Chem-H Institute
and Stanford Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
Assistant Professor, Stanford University
Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Bioengineering
Honors and Awards
2015-2018
2014-2019
2013-2016
2013-2018
2013
2013
2012-2014
2013 -2018
2012-2015
2011
2011
2010-2016
2010
2009-2013
2008-2009
1999
1998
1997-2000
Inducted as a Fellow into American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
Biomaterials Science Lectureship Award (one winner/year). This award is selected by the Biomaterials Science Editorial Board to honors an early-stage career researcher for their significant contribution to the biomaterials field.
SFB Young Investigator Award from the Society for Biomaterials (one winner per year). This award recognizes an individual who has demonstrated outstanding achievements in the field of biomaterials research. SFB is the world's leading society in the field of Biomaterials.
CIRM Tools and Technologies Award, California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award, National Science Foundation
Rising Star Award, Biomedical Engineering Society-Cellular and Molecular Engineering
Young Investigator Award, Alliance for Cancer and Gene Therapy
Mission for Learning Faculty Scholar Award in Pediatric Translational Medicine, Stanford
Stanford-Coulter Translational Grant Award, Stanford University
Mission for Learning Faculty Scholar Award in Pediatric Translational Medicine, Stanford
Stanford Asian American Faculty Award, Stanford University
Basil O'Connor Starter Scholar Research Award, March of Dimes Foundation
3M Nontenured Faculty Grant Award, 3M
Named to the 2011 Technology Review TR35 Global list. TR35 recognizes the world’s 35 most outstanding innovators who are younger than 35, whose superb technical work promises to shape the coming decades
Wanbang Scholarship, Shanghai Jiaotong University
Outstanding Student Scholarship, Shanghai Jiaotong University
Professional Memberships
Biomedical Engineering Society
Orthopaedic Research Society
Society for Biomaterials
Tissue Engineering International & Regenerative Medicine Society
The American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy
International Society for Stem Cell Research