معرفی
Xiaoping Bao is the William K. Luckow Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University's Davidson School of Chemical Engineering. His lab focuses on stem cell bioengineering and immunoengineering, developing therapies for cardiovascular diseases and cancers using engineered immune cells and pluripotent stem cells. Key projects include CAR-neutrophil therapies, cardiac organoid development, and gene-edited cell therapies.
Research interests span stem cell differentiation, biomaterials, optogenetic regulation of cell signaling, and translational therapies for immune evasion and fibrosis. His work integrates synthetic biology, materials science, and clinical applications.
- Grants/Awards: NSF CAREER Award (2022), BMES-CMBE Rising Star (2023), Purdue Early Career Research Award (2025), NIH R01 grants, and multiple industry collaborations.
- Labs: Part of Purdue Institute for Drug Discovery and Purdue Institute for Cancer Research.
- Students/Postdocs: Mentors ~20 researchers including PhD students (Ju, Yun Chang, Jackson Harris) and postdocs (Huiyang Li).
Recent breakthroughs include engineered CAR-neutrophil therapies, hypoimmunogenic cardiac organoids, and optogenetic control systems for stem cell differentiation.
