Dr Kai Xie
Lecturer
Engineering
Dr. Kai Xie is a Lecturer of Biomedical Engineering in the Department of Engineering. Dr. Xie is an interdisciplinary biomedical researcher leveraging bioelectronics, robotics, and 3D bioprinting to tackle tissue engineering challenges with a special interest in biotech translation. His research focuses on improving complex implants assembly and delivery through a custom-built minimally-invasive 3D bioprinting platform, while he is also interested in intelligent and automated biomedical device manufacturing in at an industrial scale.
Before joining Exeter, Dr. Xie used to work in development of different implantable devices using novel materials and bioelectronics for neural sensing and manipulation. He was later awarded with the prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship to pursuit the development of an integrative in-situ 3D bioprinting platform for both surface geometrical sensing/reconstruction and printing of multi-layered implant in a cartilage and bone regeneration study. Beyond academics, he joined the biotech startup CipherX Technologies, the world’s first company to pioneer microneedle patches for tattooing and beyond. His work there primarily emphasized on standardisation and upscaling of microneedle patch manufacturing.
Dr. Xie is currently look for PhD students. All talents with background in physics, engineering, and biology are welcome to contact him directly. Both fully-funded and self-funded PhD are available.
For information regarding PhD funding opportunities, please refer here.
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