Dr Ming Li is currently an Associate Professor in the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at UNSW Sydney and an Honorary Associate Professor in the School of Engineering at Macquarie University. She earned her PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wollongong in July 2013. Before joining MQ as a Lecturer in 2018, she was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Houston, USA (2013-2014), and at the Department of Bioengineering and the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, USA (2014-2017).

Dr Li has consistently been at the forefront of advanced biotechnologies in the field of microfluidics and biosensors, with a focus on cell and molecular manipulation, detection, and analysis. This is evidenced by her peer-reviewed articles published in high-impact journals, such as Cell, Nature Protocols, Biotechnology Advances, Small, Biosensors & Bioelectronics, Sensors & Actuators B: Chemical, Lab on a Chip and Analytical Chemistry.

• Droplet microfluidics for single-cell analysis 
• Cell/particle separation and manipulation in microfluidics  
• Biosensors for molecular detection and characterisation
• Cytometry for cellular heterogeneity profiling

Dr Li is looking for HDR students interested in using microtechnology for applications in cellular biophysics, cancer diagnosis and molecular biology. Interested students please send an email to Dr Li and include your CV.