Tiantian KONG , B.Eng., Ph. D.

Mobile: (+852) 5304-3153, (+86) 15017627528   ttkong@szu.edu.cn

 

EDUCATION

2009-2013           Doctor of Philosophy, Mechanical Engineering, the University of Hong Kong (HKU), Hong Kong

                            Dissertation : Microfluidic fabrication of polymer-based materials for biomedical application

                            Advisor:  Prof. Liqiu Wang, Dr. Anderson Ho Cheung Shum                                                                                                                                       

2008-2009           Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering, the University of Hong Kong (HKU), Hong Kong

2003-2007           Bachelor of Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, China

    

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Lecturer, Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Shenzhen University (March 2015 – present)

Post-doc Fellow, Mechanical Engineering, the University of Hong Kong (HKU) (December 2013 – January 2015)

Research Assistant, Mechanical Engineering, HKU (September 2008 – August 2009)

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Lecturer, Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Shenzhen University (March 2015 – present)

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  -Soft matter, emulsions, emulsion-templated materials, polymer-based materials synthesis

  -Microscale fluid dynamics, Multiphase flow systems, viscous flow, complex fluids

  -Three dimensional printing, micro-patterning, electro-microfluidic-extrusion

 

FUNDED PRPJECTS

·         National Science Fund for Young Scholars，Compound jet breakup in high throughput bioassay platform based on droplet microfluidics，11504238，240,000 RMB，2016.01.01-2018.12.31，Project investigator (PI)

·         Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Commission，The dynamics of electrified complex-liquid inks for high-resolution printing applications，JCYJ20160229164007864，300,000 RMB，2017.01.01-2018.12.31，Project investigator (PI)

·         Shenzhen Funding Scheme for High-Level Overseas Chinese Students' Return，Next-generation high throughput diagnostics-on-a-chip system based on droplet microfluidics，2,700,000 RMB，2018.01.01-2019.12.31, Project investigator (PI)

·         Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Commission，The 3D printing of stretchable microfluidic organ-chips for drug screening applications，JCYJ20170808194129467，500,000 RMB，2018.04.01-2020.04.01，Project investigator (PI)

 

ACTIVITIES/HONORS

·         Reviewer for respected international journals such as Physical Review Letter, Langmuir, Soft Matter, Lab on a Chip, Scientific Reports, Physical Review Applied, Biomicrofluidics, and Journal of flow chemistry.

·         Member of American Physics Society.

·         Mechanical Engineering Outstanding Research Postgraduate Awards 2013 (awarded November 2014, 2/40)

·         Thesis/oral defense ranking at TOP 5%

·         International Research Skills Development Programme (IRSD), Summer 2012

·         Postgraduate Studentship, the University of Hong Kong, 2009 – 2013

·         Shanghai Maritime University scholarship, 2004 and 2007

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

Peer-reviewed journal papers

期刊论文

1.       Ye Tian, Pingan Zhu, Xin Tang, Chunmei Zhou, Jianmei Wang, Tiantian Kong*, Min Xu, and Liqiu Wang*, Large-scale Water Collection of Bioinspired Cavity-Microfibers, Nature Communications, 2017, 8, 1080.

2.       Xin Tang, Pingan Zhu, Ye Tian, Tiantian Kong*, Liqiu Wang*, Mechano-regulated surfaces for manipulating liquid droplets, Nature Communications, 2017, 8, 14831.

3.       Pingan Zhu, Tiantian Kong, Xin Tang, Liqiu Wang, Well-defined porous membranes for robust omniphobic surfaces via microfluidic emulsion templating, Nature Communications, 2017, 8, 15823.

4.       Shanshan Wei#, Qang Qu#, Guanyi Luo, Yuxing Huang, Huisheng Zhang, Xuechang Zhou, Liqiu Wang*, Zhou Liu*, Tiantian Kong*, Scalable and automated fabrication of conductive tough-hydrogel microfibers with ultra-stretchability, 3D printability and stress-sensitivity, ACS Applied materials & interfaces, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b00379

5.       Xin Tang, Hairui Xiong, Tiantian Kong*, Wen-Di Li, Tianye, Liqiu Wang*, Underwater Bubble Manoeuvre on Lubricant-infused Surfaces, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b14453.

6.       Zeyi Zhang, Tiantian Kong*, Chunmei Zhou, Liqiu Wang*, Engineering the flow of liquid two-phase systems by noise control, Physical Review Applied, 2018, 9: 024036.

7.       Lei leyan, Xin Tang, Pingan Zhu, Tiantian Kong*, Liqiu Wang*, Spreading-induced dewetting for monolayer colloidosomes with responsive permeability, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2017, 30, 6034-6041.

8.       Xiong Li^#, Shanshan Wei^#, Liucheng Chen, Gang Qu , Huisheng Zhang, Zhou Liu*, Liqiu Wang, Tiantian Kong*,Tianfu Wang, Pulsation of electrified jet in capillary microfluidics, Scientific Reports, 2017, 7, 5673.

9.       Xiaowei Tian, Tiantian Kong*, Pingan Zhu, Zhanxiao Kang, Leyan Lei, Xin Tang, Liqiu Wang*, Engineering Embolic Microparticles from a Periodically-pulsating Charged Liquid Meniscus, Chemical Engineering Science, DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2018.02.040.

10.   Tiantian Kong#, Zhaoxiao Kang#, Leyan Lei, Pingan Zhu, Xiaowei Tian, Liqiu Wang*, Engineering Particle Morphology with Microfluidic Droplets, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 2016, 26, 075011.

11.   Tiantian Kong, Jingmei Li, Zhuolong Zhou, Zhou Liu, Yeung H. Ng, Liqiu Wang* and Ho Cheung Shum*, Rapid mixing between viscous liquids by electrical coiling, Scientific Reports, 2016, 6, 19606.

12.   Tiantian Kong, Zhou Liu, Liqiu Wang* and Ho Cheung Shum*, Suppressing buckling of flowing viscous jets using electric field, Physics Review Applied, 2015, 3, 034010.

13.   Tiantian Kong, Wyss M. Hans, Liqiu Wang* and Ho Cheung Shum*, Capillary Micromechanics for Core-Shell Particles, Soft Matter, 2014, 10, 3271.

14.   Tiantian Kong, Zhou Liu, Yang Song, Ho Cheung Shum* and Liqiu Wang*, Engineering polymeric composite particles by emulsion-templating: Thermodynamics versus Kinetics, Soft Matter, 2013, 9 (41), 9780

15.   Tiantian Kong, Jun Wu, Kelvin Wai Kwok Yeung, Michael Kai Tsun To, Ho Cheung Shum* and Liqiu Wang*, Microfluidic Fabrication of Polymeric Core-shell Microspheres for Controlled Release Applications, Biomicrofluidics, 2013, 7, 044128

16.   Tiantian Kong, Jun Wu, Michael Kai Tsun To, Kelvin Wai Kwok Yeung, Ho Cheung Shum* and Liqiu Wang*, Droplet based microfluidic fabrication of designer microparticles for encapsulation applications, Biomicrofluidics, 2012, 6, 034104

17.   Tao Wang, Stephan Handschuh-Wang, Lei Huang, Lei Zhang, Xin Jiang, Tiantian Kong, Wenjun Zhang, Chun-Sing Lee, Xuechang Zhou, Yongbing Tang, Controlling Directional Liquid Motion on Micro- and Nanocrystalline Diamond/β-SiC Composite Gradient Films, Langmuir, 2018, Accepted.

18.   Tao Wang, Stephan Handschuh-Wang, Lei Huang, Lei Zhang, Xin Jiang, Tiantian Kong, Wenjun Zhang, Chun-Sing Lee, Xuechang Zhou, Yongbing Tang, Controlling Directional Liquid Motion on Micro- and Nanocrystalline Diamond/β-SiC Composite Gradient Films, Langmuir, 2018, 34, 1419-1428.

19.   Yuzhen Chen#, Zhou Liu#, Deyong Zhu, Stephan Handschuh-Wang, Suqing Liang, Jinbin Yang, Tiantian Kong, Xiaohu Zhou, Yizhen Liu, and Xuechang Zhou*, Liquid Metal Droplets with High Elasticity, Mobility and Mechanical Robustness, Materials Horizons, 2017, 4, 591.

20.   Jinbin Yang, Tingjiao Zhou, Liyun Zhang, Deyong  Zhu, Stephan Handschuh-Wang, Zhou Liu, TiantianKong, Yizhen Liu, Junmin Zhang, Xuechang, Zhou, Defect-Free, High Resolution Patterning of Liquid Metals by Reversibly Sealed, Reusable Polydimethylsiloxane Microchannels for Flexible Electronic Applications, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2017, 5, 6790.

21.   Pingan Zhu, Tiantian Kong, Leiyan Lei, Xiaowei Tian, Zhaoxiao Kang, Liqiu Wang*, Droplet Breakup in Expansion-contraction Microchannels, Scientific Reports, 2016, 6, 21527.

22.   Pingan Zhu, Tiantian Kong, Zhaoxiao Kang, Xiaowei Tian, Liqiu Wang*, Tip-multi-breaking in Flow-focusing Capillary Microfluidic Devices, Scientific Reports, 2015, 5, 11102.

23.   Zhanxiao Kang, Pingan Zhu, Tiantian Kong, Liqiu Wang, A Dewetting Model for Double-Emulsion Droplets, Micromechines, 2016, 7, 196.

24.   Jun Wu, Tiantian Kong, Kelvin Wai Kwok Yeung, Ho Cheung Shum, Liqiu Wang, Michael Kai Tsun To*, Fabrication and characterization of monodisperse PLGA-alginate core-shell microspheres with monodisperse size and homogeneous shells for controlled drug release, Acta Biomaterialia, 2013, 7, 7410-7419.

25.   Yang Song, Zhou Liu, Tiantian Kong, Ho Cheung Shum*, Manipulation of viscous all-aqueous jets by electrical charging, Chemical Communications, 2013, 49, 1726.

26.   Jun Wu, Tiantian Kong, Michael Kai Tsun To, Ho Cheung Shum, Liqiu Wang, Kelvin Wai Kwok Yeung*, Modulating drug release kinetics of PLGA microspheres by fabricating PLGA-alginate core-shell drug delivery devices with microfluidic method, Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, 2012, 6, SI(1), 327.

27.   Xiaohao Wei, Tiantian Kong, Liqiu Wang*, Copper Nanoparticles and Nanofluids-based W/O Emulsions Synthesized with Droplet Microreactors, Current Nanoscience, 2012, 8, 117-119

28.   Xiaohao Wei, Tiantian Kong, Haitao Zhu, Liqiu Wang*, CuS/Cu2S nanofluids: synthesis and thermal conductivity, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2010, 53, 1841-1843.

29.   Xiaohao Wei, Haitao Zhu, Tiantian Kong, Liqiu Wang*, Synthesis and thermal conductivity of Cu2O nanofluids, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2009, 52, 4371-4374.

 

Patent

1.       “Efficient mixing of fluids with large viscosities” by Kong T.T., Liu Z., Shum H.C. and Wang L.Q., August 2014 (PCT patent)

2.       孔湉湉，一种微流控电卷绳打印方法及其打印系统，2016.11.04，201610964336.9

3.       孔湉湉，一种基于湿法电纺丝产生纳米颗粒的方法和装置，2016.11.04，201610963658.1

4.       孔湉湉，基于双组份水凝胶的三维打印装置及方法，2018.01.31，2018100926658

Conference/Presentations

1.       Shanshan Wei^#, Qang Qu^#, Guanyi Luo, Liqiu Wang*, Zhou Liu*, Tiantian Kong*, 3D printing of conductive tough-hydrogel microfibers with ultra-stretchability and stress-sensitivity, Gordon Research Conference on Multifunctional Materials and Structures, Ventura, USA, January 13-19, 2018

2.       Tiantian Kong*, Zhou Liu, Xiaoxue Yao, Yaming Liu,Absorption of charged particulate surfactants in microfluidics, 70th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics, Denver, USA, November 22-24, 2017

3.       Shanshan Wei, Zhou Liu*, Tiantian Kong*, Absorption kinetics of particulate surfactants in microfluidic, the 9th International Symposium on Microchemistry and Microsystems 2017, Hobart, Australian, June 26 - June 30, 2017

4.       Liucheng Chen, Ling Guo, Zhou Liu*, Tiantian Kong*, Binary particle mixtures on the stability of liquid marble, the 9th International Symposium on Microchemistry and Microsystems 2017, Hobart, Australian, June 26 - June 30, 2017

5.       Tiantian Kong, Howard A. Stone, Liqiu Wang, Ho Cheung Shum, The coiling and whipping instability of an electrically charged liquid jet，24th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 2016，Montreal, Canada, August 21-26, 2016

6.       Tiantian Kong, Xiong Li, Tianfu Wang, The three-dimensional electrohydrodynamic printing of magnetic helical structure towards micro-robotics, International Conference of Microfluidics, Nanofluidics and LabonaChip, Dalian, China, June 10-12, 2016

7.       Tiantian Kong, Liqiu Wang, Ho Cheung Shum, The shape and dynamics of an electrically charged microjet, 8th International Symposium on Microchemistry and Microsystems, Hong Kong, May 30-June 1, 2016

8.       Tiantian Kong, Zhou Liu, Liqiu Wang, Ho Cheung Shum, Rapid mixing of viscous liquids by electrical coiling, 68th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Boston, USA, November 22-24, 2015

9.       Tiantian Kong, Zhou Liu, Liqiu Wang, Ho Cheung Shum, Engineering viscous liquid ropes by electric field, International Soft Matter Symposium (ISMS), Foshan, China, May 10, 2015

10.   Tiantian Kong, Zhou Liu, Liqiu Wang, Ho Cheung Shum, Dynamics of viscous jet under electric field, 67th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, San Francisco, USA, November 22-24, 2014

11.   Tiantian Kong, Zhou Liu, Tong Xu, Liqiu Wang, Ho Cheung Shum, Amphiphilic particles with anisotropic shape as colloidal surfactants by microfluidic-based electrospray, ACS 2014 Colloid & Surface Science Symposium, Philadelphia, USA, June 22-25, 2014

12.   Tiantian Kong, Zhou Liu, Liqiu Wang, Ho Cheung Shum, Manipulation of viscous jets in electric field, the 6th International Symposium on Microchemistry and Microsystems 2014, Singapore, July 30- August 1, 2014

13.   Tiantian Kong, Liqiu Wang, Ho Cheung Shum, Capillary micromechanics for embryo-encapsulated microgels, Advances in Microfluidics & Nanofluidics 2014, Taiwan, May 21-23, 2014

14.   Tiantian Kong, Zhaoxiao Kang, Ho Cheung Shum, Liqiu Wang, Capillary micromechanics for embryo-encapsulated microgels, Advances in Microfluidics & Nanofluidics 2014, Taiwan, May 21-23, 2014

15.   Tiantian Kong, Liqiu Wang, Wyss M. Hans, Ho Cheung Shum, Capillary Micromechanics of Cell-encapsulated Microgels, IAS Program on Frontiers of Soft Matter Physics: from Non-equilibrium Dynamics to Active Matter, Hong Kong, January 13-17, 2014

16.   Song Yang, Tiantian Kong, Ho Cheung Shum, Electro-hydrodynamic Chopping of Water-in-water Jet in Coflowing Microfluidic Channels, IAS Program on Frontiers of Soft Matter Physics: from Non-equilibrium Dynamics to Active Matter, Hong Kong, January 13-17, 2014

17.   Tiantian Kong, Liqiu Wang, Wyss M. Hans, Ho Cheung Shum, Capillary Micromechanics for core-shell particles, Gordon Research Conference on Nano-Mechanical Interfaces, Hong Kong, July 30-August 4, 2013

18.   Ho Cheung Shum, Tiantian Kong, Zhou Liu, Song Yang, Engineering drug delivery vehicles with multiphase microfluidics, ASME 2013 2nd Global Congress on Nanoengineering for Medicine & Biology, USA, February 4-6, 2013

19.   Tiantian Kong, Ho Cheung Shum, Liqiu Wang, Microfluidic fabrication of polymeric core-shell microspheres for controlled release applications, 3^rd Microfluidics Conference 2012. Heidelberg, Germany, November 3-5, 2012

 

(Updated 25/01/2018)