Associate Professor Ming Li

Fields of Research (FoR)

Microfluidics and nanofluidics, Medical biotechnology diagnostics (incl. biosensors), Microtechnology, Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), Biomedical instrumentation

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Biography

I am currently an Associate Professor and NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow in the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at UNSW Sydney. I received my PhD from the University of Wollongong in 2013. After completing my PhD, I worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Houston (2013-2014) and the University of California, Los Angeles, USA (2014-2017). From 2018 to 2023, I was a Lecturer and then Senior Lecturer at...view more

My Grants

ARC Linkage Projects (lead CI), LP250200876, 2026-2029, “Right on the Spot: An Integrated Portable Platform for Antibiotic Detection”
ARC Linkage Projects (2nd CI), LP250200616, 2026-2029, “Powering Wearable Sweat Sensors for Continuous Biomarker Detection”
ARC Discovery Projects (lead CI), DP240100795, 2024-2027, “On the Hunt: Boosting Productivity of Cell Factories by Advanced Searches”
NHMRC Investigator Grant (sole CI), GNT2017679, 2023-2027, “Platform Technologies for Antibiotic Resistance Diagnostics at Single-Cell Resolution”
ARC Discovery Projects (lead CI), DP200102269, 2020-2024, “Cell-Sort MultiTool: a Novel Platform for Bacterial Single-Cell Analysis”
ARC LIEF (co-CI), LE230100090, 2023, “A Multifaceted Technology Platform to Enhance Single Cell Genomics”

My Research Activities

My research interests include Microfluidics, Biosensors, Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) and Lab-on-a-Chip Technologies. My research integrates multiple disciplines, leveraging principles and techniques from fluid mechanics, biomedical engineering, microtechnology, advanced manufacturing, and biochemistry to unlock innovative perspectives and solutions. Moreover, my research is typically practical, with a strong focus on developing cutting-edge methods, devices, and instrumentation tailored for applications in medical diagnostics, health assessment, environmental monitoring, and renewable energy.