Dr Kui Yu

Research Associate

Dr Kui Yu obtained his PhD degree in Delft University of Technology (Netherlands) in June, 2021, under the supervision of Dr. Marie-Eve Aubin-Tam. During his PhD, he worked on nacre-inspired biomineralization, bioprinting of photosynthetic living materials and in situ fermentation of bacterial cellulose composites. He is also good at biomaterial processing, electrospinning, polymerization, organic synthesis and hydrogel formulation design. He is currently working on the light management of microalgae-based living hydrogels.

Publications

Tuning the Color of Photonic Glass Pigments by Thermal Annealing

Z Wang, R Li, Y Zhang, CLC Chan, JS Haataja, K Yu, RM Parker, S Vignolini

Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)

(2022)

e2207923

(doi: 10.1002/adma.202207923)

Emergent Biological Endurance Depends on Extracellular Matrix Composition of Three-Dimensionally Printed Escherichia coli Biofilms

S Balasubramanian, K Yu, DV Cardenas, M-E Aubin-Tam, AS Meyer

ACS Synthetic Biology

(2021)

2997

(doi: 10.1021/acssynbio.1c00290)

Scalable bacterial production of moldable and recyclable biomineralized cellulose with tunable mechanical properties

K Yu, EM Spiesz, S Balasubramanian, DT Schmieden, AS Meyer, ME Aubin-Tam

Cell Reports Physical Science

(2021)

100464

(doi: 10.1016/j.xcrp.2021.100464)

Bioprinting of Regenerative Photosynthetic Living Materials

S Balasubramanian, K Yu, AS Meyer, E Karana, ME Aubin-Tam

Advanced Functional Materials

(2021)

2011162

(doi: 10.1002/adfm.202011162)

Bacterially Grown Cellulose/Graphene Oxide Composites Infused with γ-Poly (Glutamic Acid) as Biodegradable Structural Materials with Enhanced Toughness

K Yu, ME Aubin-Tam

ACS Applied Nano Materials

(2020)

12055

(doi: 10.1021/acsanm.0c02565)