Summary
Feng Ling is a professor and mechanobiologist with 11 years of research experience studying biology-inspired physics, specializing in the multi-scale mechanics and collective coordination of cilia, epithelial tissues, and other active matter. Trained with a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from USC and a background in pure mathematics and aeronautical engineering, he combines theoretical rigor with experimental and computational approaches to self-organization in living systems. His work spans from modeling ciliopathies and airway disease during a Helmholtz PioneerCampus postdoc to investigations of oscillatory and collective dynamics across species (octopus arms, fish schooling, seastar tube feet) during graduate research. Based in Tianjin and leading research at Nankai University, he brings a cross-disciplinary perspective that links fundamental physics to biomedical problems, with an uncommon depth in slender-body mechanics applied across scales.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Mechanical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Mechanical Engineering at University of Southern California
Bachelor's Degree Pure Mathematics Aeronautical Engineering, Bachelor's Degree Pure Mathematics Aeronautical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin
High School General, High School General at Bellaire High School
German, Chinese, English, French