As a biomedical engineer working in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, Dr Jiao Jiao Li (JJ) envisions a future where stem cells and bioactive materials can be ‘personalised’ to provide optimal treatments for major diseases. Leading a research team in biomedical engineering, she is currently developing regenerative therapies for bone and joint disorders – debilitating diseases affecting hundreds of millions of people, old and young across the globe. JJ loves working with people from around the world with different backgrounds, skills and experiences to jointly solve medical challenges, and passing on the passion of creating STEM solutions to the next generation. Her work has attracted a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) fellowship, an Endeavour Fellowship, best research awards from international (TERMIS) and national societies (ASMR, ANZORS, MBSANZ, AWTRS), and >30 awards for her publications and conference presentations. She was named the female winner of the Metcalf Prize for Stem Cell Research in 2023 (with live interview on ABC News Breakfast); NSW Young Tall Poppy Scientist of the Year, Premier’s Prize for NSW Early Career Researcher of the Year (Physical Sciences), and one of Australia’s top 20 under 40 researchers in 2022; and the Australian winner of Falling Walls Lab in 2021. She was also a chief investigator and Co-Deputy Director on the Australian Research Council Training Centre for Innovative BioEngineering. JJ is passionate about promoting STEM to the public community, which is further enabled by her roles at Science & Technology Australia as Board Director (Early Career Representative) and a 2021-22 Superstar of STEM. JJ became an elected Fellow of The Royal Society of NSW (FRSN) in 2023.
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