Ph.D. Student

Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering (MANE)

Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies (CBIS)

E-mail: gongx@rpi.edu

Project

Research Focus

• Strategies for medium- to high-throughput analysis of cells cultured in 3D

Education

• 2015 M.S., Rutgers, Mechanical Engineering
• 2012 B.S., Harbin Institute of Technology, Automation

Experience

• 2015-Present Research Assistant, MANE, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• 2014-2015 Teaching Assistant - Elements of Mechanical Engineering Design, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• 2012-2014 Research Assistant, MAE, Rutgers (Soft robotics and inflatable structures, meso-scale soft lithography)

RPI’s Founders Award of Excellence

[1] Jonathan Kulwatno, Xiangyu Gong, Rebecca DeVaux, Jason I Herschkowitz, and Kristen L Mills, "An Organotypic Mammary Duct Model Capturing Matrix Mechanics-Dependent Ductal Carcinoma In Situ Progression." Tissue Engineering Part A. 27(7-8): 454-466, 2021

[2] Jonathan Kulwatno, Jamie Gearhart, Xiangyu Gong, Nora Herzog, Matthew Getzin, Mihaela Skobe, and Kristen L. Mills, "Growth of tumor emboli within a vessel model reveals dependence on the magnitude of mechanical constraint." Integrative Biology 13(1): 1-16, 2021

[3] Xiangyu Gong, Jonathan Kulwatno, and K.L. Mills, "Rapid fabrication of collagen bundles mimicking tumor-associated collagen architectures." Acta Biomaterialia 108: 128–141, 2020

[4] Xiangyu Gong, and Kristen L. Mills, "Large-scale patterning of single cells and cell clusters in hydrogels." Scientific Reports 8(1): 3849, 2018