Li Tang
Associate Professor
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Fields of expertise
Immune metabolism
Mechano-immunology
Biomaterials
Cancer immunotherapy
Biography
2022- Associate Professor (with tenure), Institute of Bioengineering (IBI) / Institute of Materials Sci & Eng (IMX) EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland2016-2022 Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Institute of Bioengineering (IBI) / Institute of Materials Sci & Eng (IMX) École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
2013-2016 CRI Irvington Postdoctoral Fellow, The David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research
MassachusettsInstitute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA
2007-2012 Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), Urbana, IL, USA.
2003-2007 B.S., Chemistry
Peking University (PKU), Beijing, China
Current work
Our immune system is constantly defending us from many diseases through profound interactions with invaders or diseased cells. Such interactions are multi-dimensional, meaning that extensive biological, chemical, and physical exchanges are involved. With that in mind, the team of Tang Laboratory is developing novel strategies to engineer such multi-dimensional immunity-disease interactions from various aspects, an emerging field called ‘immunoengineering’, in order to create safe and effective therapies against cancer.Awards
2025 : Friedrich Miescher Award : Life Sciences Switzerland (LS2)
2018 : European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant : European Research Council
2020 : MIT TR 35 Innovators Under 35 of China Region
2018 : Nano Research Young Innovator Award
2019 : Biomaterials Science Emerging Investigator
2020 : Materials Horizons Emerging Investigator
Publications
Selected publications
Teaching & PhD
Teaching
Materials Science and Engineering
Life Sciences Engineering