Professor Jianyu Li is a Canada Research Chair (Tier II) and Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at McGill University, with an associate appointment in Biomedical Engineering. He earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Harvard University and his B.Eng. from Zhejiang University. Li leads the Laboratory of Biomaterials Mechanics, where his interdisciplinary research blends mechanics, materials chemistry, and bioinspired design to create multifunctional soft biomaterials—such as surgical glues, hemostats, and regenerative medical devices—and to study the mechanical behavior of soft tissues, including adhesion, fracture, fatigue, and stimuli-responsiveness. His group’s work has appeared in top-tier journals including Science and Nature Reviews Materials, and has received international attention for its innovations in biomaterials.