MD, Clinical Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 2010 - 2015
MS, Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 2018
Dhawan, V., Wu, B., Narayanan, S., Shi, D., Patel, Y., & Cui, X.T. (2025). A comparative study assessing neural recording quality and inflammatory tissue response between stiff and flexible microelectrode arrays. Biomaterials, 329, 123929.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2025.123929.
Qiang, Y., Gu, W., Jang, D., Shin, Y., Shi, D., Seo, K.J., Li, G., Vinnikova, S., Wu, S., Iyer, A., Artoni, P., Ryu, J., Bai, T., Dhawan, V., Medalla, M., Rosene, D.L., Moore, T.L., Koppes, A.N., Koppes, R., Liou, J.Y., Chandrasekaran, C., Cui, X.T., Wang, S., & Fang, H. (2025). Monolithic three-dimensional neural probes from deterministic rolling of soft electronics. Nat Electron, 8(8), 721-737.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41928-025-01431-0.
Williams, N.P., Voroslakos, M., Shi, D., Pwint, M.Y., Lanzio, V., Mao, H., Zolotavin, P., Yoon, E., Stieglitz, T., Xie, C., Harris, T.D., Schwartz, A.B., & Cui, X.T. (2025). In vivo microelectrode arrays for neuroscience. NATURE REVIEWS METHODS PRIMERS, 5(1).Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/s43586-025-00399-7.
Drewry, M.D., Shi, D., Dailey, M.T., Rothermund, K., Trbojevic, S., Almarza, A.J., Cui, X.T., & Syed-Picard, F.N. (2024). Enhancing facial nerve regeneration with scaffold-free conduits engineered using dental pulp stem cells and their endogenous, aligned extracellular matrix. J Neural Eng, 21(5).IOP Publishing. doi: 10.1088/1741-2552/ad749d.
Shi, D., Narayanan, S., Woeppel, K., & Cui, X.T. (2024). Improving the Biocompatibility and Functionality of Neural Interface Devices with Silica Nanoparticles. Acc Chem Res, 57(12), 1684-1695.American Chemical Society (ACS). doi: 10.1021/acs.accounts.4c00160.
Woeppel, K., Dhawan, V., Shi, D., & Cui, X.T. (2023). Nanotopography-enhanced biomimetic coating maintains bioactivity after weeks of dry storage and improves chronic neural recording. Biomaterials, 302, 122326.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2023.122326.
Kushwah, N., Woeppel, K., Dhawan, V., Shi, D., & Cui, X.T. (2022). Effects of neuronal cell adhesion molecule L1 and nanoparticle surface modification on microglia. Acta Biomater, 149, 273-286.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2022.06.038.
Ahmed, M.N., Shi, D., Dailey, M.T., Rothermund, K., Drewry, M.D., Calabrese, T.C., Cui, X.T., & Syed-Picard, F.N. (2021). Dental Pulp Cell Sheets Enhance Facial Nerve Regeneration via Local Neurotrophic Factor Delivery. Tissue Eng Part A, 27(17-18), 1128-1139.Mary Ann Liebert. doi: 10.1089/ten.TEA.2020.0265.
Shi, D., Dhawan, V., & Cui, X.T. (2021). Bio-integrative design of the neural tissue-device interface. Curr Opin Biotechnol, 72, 54-61.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.copbio.2021.10.003.