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News and Presentations
In this section, we share exciting updates from all group members, including new publications, awards, outreach activities, and other professional milestones.
In this section, we share presentations at all kinds of conferences, including both academia and industry, as well as invited talks at institutions from all group members.
News
07/2026
Our group's first research paper was accepted by Advanced Functional Materials (IF = 19.9)! Congrats Zhihui!
07/2026
Dr. Kiyong Kim joined our group as our first postdoctoral fellow! Welcome, Kiyong!
06/2026
Graduate student Aadhit, undergraduate student Kamila, and undergraduate student Aniyah (NSF REU program) joined our group! Welcome all!
06/2026
Dr. Li joined the editorial board of the Journal of Micromachines!
05/2026
Our group's nanolithography system was fully built up and tested! Thanks for Teraprint engineer Dr. Shaowei Ding's help!
04/2026
Congratulations to Ira for being admitted to both CU Boulder and Northeastern University!
03/2026
Dr. Li was invited as a speaker at the 8th International Conference on Nanogenerator and Piezotronics. Looking forward to the trip to Korea!
01/2026
Master student Dhanush Rendi joined our lab. Welcome Dhanush!
01/2026
Graduate student Zhihui Li began a rotation in our lab. Welcome Zhihui!
11/2025
Dr. Li visited Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and was invited to give a talk titled "Piezoelectric Crystals for Biomedical Devices: Design and Discovery through Unconventional 2D and 3D Printing" in the department of materials science and engineering. Both Troy and PRI campus are so beautiful!
10/2025
Graduate student Vishnu Prasad joined our lab. Welcome Vishnu!
09/2025
Dr. Li was invited to give a talk to Biomedical Engineering students.
09/2025
High school student Irina Thomas joined our lab. Welcome Ira!
08/2025
The Li IMPACT Lab at CU Boulder is officially open! We’re so excited to begin this journey and look forward to the work ahead!
05/2025
Dr. Li was appointed as a visiting assistant professor in the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering and will join the department as a tenure-track assistant professor in 2025 fall. Thrilled to begin this new chapter in beautiful Boulder!
Presentations & Posters
06/2026
Dr. Li was invited and delivered a talk titled "Piezoelectric Crystals for Biomedical Devices: Design and Discovery through Unconventional 2D and 3D Printing" at the 8th International Conference on Nanogenerators and Piezotronics (NGPT 2026) at Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, Korea.
05/2026
Dr. Li delivered a talk titled "High Throughput Nanomanufacturing for Accelerated Functional Biocrystal Discovery" at the Biofabrication Symposium at University of Colorado Boulder.
12/2025
Dr. Li delivered two talks titled "Position-Encoded Piezoelectric Biomolecular Nanocrystal Arrays for Responsive Electronics" and "Bulk Ferroelectric Metamaterial with Enhanced Piezoelectric and Biomimetic Mechanical Properties from Additive Manufacturing ", respectively, at the 2025 Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting & Exhibit in Boston. Happy to see many new and old friends!
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