Hao Li is a PhD candidate in the department of biomedical engineering at City University of Hong Kong. He read for B.S. in Pharmacology and B.S. in Biopsychology at UC Santa Barbara, during which he was a research assistant at the Janusonis Lab investigating the dynamics and self-organization of serotonergic neurons. He then furthered his interests in pharmacology with a MSc at University of Oxford. Afterwards, he joined Professor Chenjie Xu’s lab as a recipient of the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship to translate cryomicroneedle into feasible medical device that would elevate current standard of care for patients requiring cell therapies.