Zizhao (Molly) Li, M.S.
Ph.D. Student in Bioengineering
University of Pennsylvania
Hometown
Nanchang, China
Education
M.S. Biotechnology, University of Pennsylvania, 2021
B.S. Biological Science, Changchun Normal University, 2018
Areas of Special Interest
Rotator cuff repair and fibrocartilage tissue engineering. When I am not busy working, I would be an Internet influencer posting my own articles, go to amazing unknown places shooting beautiful eye-catching photos, and play table tennis in Houston Hall with my friends.
Podium Presentations
A Multiphasic ECM Scaffold System for Rotator Cuff Repair with Tailored Stiffness and Structure for Enhanced Regeneration. Annual Meeting, Orthopaedic Research Society, Phoenix, USA 2025.
Advanced Citrate-Based BMP-7-Loaded Biphasic Scaffold for Effective Osteochondral Repair. Annual Meeting, Orthopaedic Research Society, Phoenix, USA 2025.
Advancing Rotator Cuff Repair with a Multiphasic Scaffold System: Insights from Rabbit Model Evaluation. Annual Meeting, Biomedical Engineering Society, Baltimore, USA 2024.
Tunable Extracellular Matrix-Based Multiphasic Scaffold Systems for Rotator Cuff Repair, Young Investigator Seminar, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UPenn, Philadelphia, PA, December 2023.
Stiffness and Structure-Tunable Extracellular Matrix-Based Multiphasic Nanofibrous Scaffold Systems for Rotator Cuff Enthesis Repair, Resident Research Day Symposium, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UPenn, Philadelphia, PA, June 2023.
Honors and Awards
2025 UPenn PAACH Community Building Award
2025 ORS Annual Meeting Tendon Section Translational Award
2024 ORS Annual Meeting Tendon Section 3-min Thesis Competition Award
2024 GAPSA Research Student Travel Grant
2023 Penn Health-Tech Accelerator Award
2023 ORS Annual Meeting Tendon Section Elevator Pitch Competition Award
2022 Annual PCMD Scientific Symposium Best Poster Prize