About Me

I am currently a Postdoctoral Associate working with Dr. Ian A. Sigal at Pitt. Previously, I worked as a Postdoctoral Reseacher at UMich (Mentors: Dr. Nicholas Burris and Dr. Alberto Figueroa) from 2022 to 2023. Prior to that, I received my Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Iowa (Advisor: Dr. Jia Lu), in 2022. I obtained a M.S. degree from University of Minnesota, Duluth, in 2018 and a B.Eng. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Chang’an University, China, in 2015.

My research interests lie in the the field of fibrous soft tissue biomechanics. I am very interested in understanding the relations between fibrous soft tissue microstructural properties, macroscopic mechanical properties and diseases using a systematic framework consisting of In-vivo/ Ex-vivo experimental characterization, computational modeling (continuum and discrete), and machine learning techniques.

Feel free to look around for more information and you can contact me via my school email: HEH109@pitt.edu and personal email: hxhnylg@gmail.com