Ngan Huang's Biography

Ngan Huang, Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University

Ngan F. Huang is Associate Professor in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Courtesy Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Stanford University. She holds a co-terminous appointment as Principal Investigator at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System. Dr. Huang completed her BS in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, followed by a PhD in bioengineering from the University of California Berkeley & University of California San Francisco Joint Program in Bioengineering. Prior to joining the faculty, she was a postdoctoral scholar in Cardiovascular Medicine at Stanford University. Her laboratory investigates the interactions between stem cells and extracellular matrix microenvironment for engineering tissues to treat cardiovascular and musculoskeletal diseases. Dr. Huang has authored over 90 publications and patents in journals like Nat Med, PNAS, and Nano Lett. She previously received an NIH K99/R00 Career Development Award, Fellow of the American Heart Association, a Young Investigator award from the Society for Vascular Medicine, a Young Investigator Award from the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society-Americas, and a Rising Star award at the Cell & Molecular Bioengineering conference. Her research is funded by the NIH, NSF, Department of Defense, the Department of Veteran Affairs, and the American Heart Association.