Professor, Key Laboratory of Bionic Engineering, Ministry of Education, Jilin University, China

Prof. Limei TIAN received her Ph. D. degree from Jilin University in 2005, then she has been working for the Key Laboratory of Bionic Engineering (Ministry of Education), Jilin University. She has been working as the Secretary-General of International Society for Bionics Engineering Youth Committee from 2017. In 2011–2012, she was a visiting scientist at University of Manchester, UK.

Her current research interest focuses on the development of bionic functional surfaces, which have the drag reduction and anti-fouling properties. She carried out a series of studies on the optimization design, and mechanisms of bionic functional surfaces. Since 2010, the research on drag reduction, wear resistance, anti-corrosion and anti-fouling characteristics of bionic coupling functional surfaces (morphology, structure, material, temperature coupling) has been carried out. Based on the above researches, she obtained 12 projects and nearly 20 million China yuan, including the China National Natural Fund and other provincial-ministerial projects. She has published more than 50 papers in Material Sci. and Eng. C, J. Bionic Eng., Bra. Soc. Mech. Sci, etc., and 20 Chinese or international patents were applied or authorized. One patent obtained the Gold Award of Jilin Province, and it was transformed in engineering, financing 19 million China yuan.