Assistant Professor
Wei Huang photo


Wei Huang       

  • Postdoctor, University of California San Diego, California, U.S.A., Bioengineering, 1998
  • PhD, University of Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.A., Biomedical Engineering, 1994
  • MS, Sun Yat-Sen University of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China, Medical Science, 1989
  • BS, Guangzhou Medical College, Guangzhou, China, Medicine, 1983
Brief Outline of Experience and Posts Held
2008 - Present Assistant Professor, Health Technology and Informatics, PolyU
2003-2008 Associate Project Scientist, Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego.
2001-2006 Assistant Project Scientist, Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego.
1989-1990 Biomedical Engineer, Guangzhou Pacific Biomedical Products, China
1983-1986 Surgeon, Second Municipal Hospital of Guangzhou, China.
Research Interests
  • Tissue Remodeling and Reversibility;
  • Tissue and Cell Mechanics;
  • Regenerative Medicine, Blood Substitutes, Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering, and Cardiovascular Engineering;
  • Morphometric and dynamic microvascular changes in diseases;
  • Hypoxia and pulmonary hypertension;
  • Vascular endothelial injury, leukocyte dysfunction, and prevention in infection diseases;
  • Vaccine Delivery and Evaluation;
  • Prevention of Thromboembolism;
  • Prevention of Bone Loss.
Service to Professional & Scientific Bodies, Consultancy, Membership of Professional & Learned Societies
1994-Present
 Member, The Biomedical Engineering Society, U.S.A.
1999-Present
 Member, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, U.S.A.
2002-Present Member, The American Physiological Society, U.S.A.
  Reviewer of International Journals: American Journal of Physiology, Circulation Research, J. of Biomedical Engineering, J. of Biomechanical Engineering, J. of the Inter. Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering, Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, Physiological Genomics, Physiology Measurement.
Honors and Distinctions
1990-1994  

Herff Engineering Doctoral Internship, University of Memphis
1993  

National Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, U.S.A.
1996-1998  

Postdoctoral Fellowship, American Heart Association
Representative Publications (Total Publications [journal articles -24 , book chapters - 4, Conference proceedings: 20 and conference papers - 3])
1. Huang W. Tensorial description of the geometry of the cellular molecules in vascular endothelial cells.  Molecular and Cellular Biomechanics, 8: 1-13, 2008.
2. Chen PCY, Huang W, Stassinopoulos A, Cheung ATW. Effects of pegylated hamster red blood cells on microcirculation. Artificial Cells, Blood Substitutes, and Biotechnology, 36: 295–309, 2008.
3. Li ZJ, Huang W, Jiang ZL, Gregersen H, Fung YC. Tissue remodeling of rat pulmonary arteries in recovery from hypoxic hypertension. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA, 101: 11488-11493, 2004.
4. Huang W, Sher YP, Peck K, Fung YC.  Matching gene activity with physiological functions. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA, 99(5): 2603-2608, 2002.
5. Huang W, Bhullar R, Fung YC.  The surface-tension-driven blood flow from a droplet into a capillary tube.  Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 123: 446-454, 2001.
6. Huang W, Sher YP, Delgado-West D, Wu J, Peck K, Fung YC.  Tissue remodeling of rat pulmonary artery in hypoxic breathing: I. Changes of morphology, zero-stress state, and gene expression.  Annals of Biomedical Engineering,29(7): 535-551, 2001.
7. Huang, W, Delgado-West D, Wu J, Fung YC.  Tissue remodeling of rat pulmonary artery in hypoxic breathing: II. Course of Change of Mechanical Properties.  Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 29(7): 552-562, 2001.
8. Huang W, Shen Z, Huang NE, Fung YC. Nonlinear indicial response of complex nonstationary oscillations as pulmonary hypertension responding to step hypoxia. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA, 96: 1834-1839, 1999.
9. Huang W, Shen Z, Huang NE, Fung YC. Use of intrinsic modes in biology: Examples of indicial response of pulmonary blood pressure to ±step hypoxia.  Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA, 95: 12766-12771, 1998.
10. Huang W, Shen Z, Huang NE, Fung YC. Engineering analysis of biological variables: an example of blood pressure over a day.  Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA, 95: 4816-4821, 1998.