Linna Zhou

Linna's research focuses on applying stem cell, biomaterial and engineering techniques to build 3D human tissue models and soft implantable materials. These tissues and materials are being developed to investigate disease mechanisms, test therapeutics, as well as for implantation to modulate and repair diseased or damaged tissues. Linna completed her postgraduate studies at the University of Edinburgh and the University of St-Andrews, funded by CRUK. She was then awarded a Novartis Postdoctoral Fellowship and moved to Switzerland, before further postdoctoral research at the University of Oxford with Professor Hagan Bayley. In 2020, she became a Martin School Fellow working on the 3D printing of neural tissues. In 2022, she became an Investigator at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Nuffield Department of Medicine, developing 3D tumor models. Since 2025, Linna is a Group Leader at the Ellison Institute of Technology, Oxford. She leads an interdisciplinary research team on engineering 3D living and synthetic tissues to model complex human diseases and fabricate soft implantable biomaterials for advancing biomedical research and healthcare.