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Yuwei Fan

Ph.D.

Research Associate

Education Experience Honors and Awards Publications

Education

INSTITUTION AND LOCATION	DEGREE	YEAR(s)	FIELD OF STUDY
Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China	B.Sc.	1995	Polymer Materials
Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China	M.Sc	1998	Polymer Materials Science and Engineering
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China	PhD	2002	Physics and Chemistry of Materials

Research & Professional Experience

2007-present	Research Associate, Center of Craniofacial Molecular Biology, School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
2004-2007	Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center of Craniofacial Molecular Biology, School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
2002-2004	Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Materials Engineering, the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Academic Honors and Awards

1992-1994	Outstanding student Fellowship in Beijing Institute of Technology
1999	Guanghua Fellowship for Extinguished graduate student in Tsinghua University
2000	Award for Excellent Teacher Assistant of Doctoral Student in Tsinghua University
2001	Hongkang Fellowship for outstanding graduate in Tsinghua University
2002-2004	Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship through the University of British Columbia

Publications

Fan YW, Sun Z, Wang RZ, Abbott C, Moradian-Oldak J. (2007). Enamel inspired nano-composite fabrication through amelogenin supramolecular assembly. Biomaterials, 28(19):3034-42

Fan YW, Wang RZ. (2005). Submicrometer-Sized Vaterite Tubes Formed Through Nanobubble- Templated Crystal Growth. Advanced Materials, 17(19): 2384-2388

Fan YW, Duan K, Wang RZ. (2005). Biomimetic coating of nano-Calcium Phosphates and collagen prepared by electrolysis assistant deposition. Biomaterials, 26(14): 1623-1632

Duan K, Fan YW, Wang RZ. (2005). Electrolytic deposition of calcium etidronate drug coating on titanium substrate. Journal Biomedical Material Research, 72B (1): 43-51

Wang XH, Yan YN, Zhang RJ, Fan YW, Cui FZ, Feng QL, and Liang XD. (2004). Anastomosis of Small Arteries Using a Soluble Stent and Bioglue. Journal of Bioactive and Compatible Polymers, 19: 409 – 419

Duan K, Fan YW, Wang RZ. (2003). Electrochemical deposition and pattering of calcium phosphate bioceramics coating. Ceramic Transaction, 147: 53-61

Cui FZ, Tian WM, Fan YW, Hou SP, Xu QY, Lee IS. (2003). Cerebrum repair with PHPMA hydrogel immobilized with neurite-promoting peptides in traumatic brain injury of adult rat model. J Bioactive Compatible Polymer 18 (6): 413-432

Hou SP, Ji M, Fan YW, Lu Q, Yang H, Xu QY, Cui FZ. (2003). Improvement of cell adherence to silicon by increasing the roughness of wafer surface. Chinese Journal of Neuroscience 19(1):9-12

Hou SP, Ji M, Fan YW, Sun XH, Cui FZ, Xu QY. (2003). The inhibitory influence of intracerebrally transplanted PHPMA hydrogel on the formation of glial scar in the rat. Chinese Journal of Neuroanatomy 19(4):383-387

Dong YP, Tang M, Fan YW. (2002). The "living"/controlled radical polymerization of methyl methacrylate initiated by butyl chlorides in the presence of FeCl2×4H2O-PPh3. Polymer Preprints (American Chemical Society, Division of Polymer Chemistry), 43(2), 185-186

Fan YW, Tang M, Dong YP. (2002). Living/controlled radical polymerization of styrene catalyzed by benzyl chloride/iron dichloride tetrahydrate / triphenyl phosphine. Beijing Ligong Daxue Xuebao, 22(4), 530-532 (in Chinese)

Fan YW, Cui FZ, Chen LN, Xu QY. (2002). Neural cell adhesion to silicon dioxide surface with nano-topography. Applied Surface Science, 187 (3-4): 313-318

Fan YW, Cui FZ, Hou SP, Xu QY, Chen LN, Lee IS. (2002). Culture of Neural Cells on Silicon Wafer with Nano-topography. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 120 (1): 17-23

Fan YW, Cui FZ, Ge J. (2001). AFM Observation of CaCO3 Crystallization Controlled by Fetal Bovine Serum Proteins. Single Molecule, 2:121-124

Fan YW, Cui FZ, Chen LN, Xu QY. (2000). Improvement of neural cell adherence to silicon surface by hydroxyl ion implantation. Surface & Coating Tech, 131: 355-359

Wang M, Wei XZ, Huang PC, Fan YW. (1997). Poly(Propylene oxide) of high molecular weight synthesized by anionic polymerization. Petrol Technology, 4(2): (in Chinese)

Last Updated: 01/04/08