Dr. Jing Du is now a Professor of Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech). Dr. Du obtained her bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Tsinghua University, and her Ph.D. degree from Princeton University. She conducted her postdoctoral research at the University of California, San Francisco before she started the faculty position at the Pennsylvania State University, where she was an Assistant Professor and tenured Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, with a courtesy appointment in Biomedical Engineering. She joined SUSTech in September 2024.

Dr. Du’s research interests include mechanics and materials, fracture mechanics, biomechanics, biomaterials, medical devices, and bio-inspired design. She was the PI for several projects sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). She has supervised two Ph.D. students to completion, with one now being a tenure-track Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University. She has also supervised four Master’s students to completion. She has received the National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award, the Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU), the Young Leaders Professional Development Award from the Functional Materials Division (FMD) of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) and the Young Investigator Award from the Biomineralization Group of International Association of Dental Research (IADR).

Dr. Du is now the Chair of the Biomaterials Committee for TMS. She is the Associate Editor for the ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering and has served as the editor for several other journals and books; she has organized symposia and chaired sessions for six international conferences, including TMS annual meetings, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)’s International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE), and the American Association for Dental Research (AADR) annual meeting. She has also reviewed proposals for funding agencies such as NSF, NIH, ORAU, and the Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong.

Mechanics and materials; Fracture mechanics; Biomechanics; Biomaterials; Medical devices, Bio-inspired design.