Assistant Professor, Bioengineering,
McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Center for Neural Basis of Cognition
University of Pittsburgh  

Ph.D. (Macromolecular Science and Engineering), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Dr. Cui received her B.S and M.S. degree from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. She came to the US in 1997 and worked on biocompatible and conductive coatings for neural microelectrode arrays at the University of Michigan under the direction of Professor Dave Martin.  Immediately after graduation in 2002, she joined the company Unilever as a research scientist working on skin biomaterials and tribology. After gaining one year of industrial experience, she came to Pitt and joined the faculty of Bioengineering. Her research interest is interfacing biological systems, mostly the nervous system, via electroactive conductive polymer and smart biomaterials.

Recent Pubications:

• Zhide Tang, Robert J.Sclabassi, Caixin Sun, Steven A. Hackworth, Jun Zhao, Xinyan T. Cui, and Mingui Sun, Transcutaneous Battery Recharging By Volume Conduction and its Circuit Modeling, IEEE Eng Med Biol. Mag. 2006, in press

• Widge AS, Jeffries-El M, Cui X, Lagenaur CF, Matsuoka Y, Self-assembled monolayers of polythiophene conductive polymers improve biocompatibility and electrical impedance of neural electrodes. Biosens Bioelectron. 2006 Sep 29 [Epub ahead of print]

• Schwartz AB, Cui XT, Weber DJ, Moran DW, Brain-controlled interfaces: movement restoration with neural prosthetics, Neuron. 2006 Oct 5;52(1):205-20

• Yinghong Xiao; David C. Martin; Xinyan Cui and Mehash Shenai, Surface modification of neural probes with conducting polymer poly(hydroxymethylated- 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) and its biocompatibility, Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology 128, no. 2 (2006): 117-130

• William R. Stauffer and Xinyan T. Cui, Polypyrrole doped with 2 peptide sequences from laminin, Biomaterials, Volume 27, Issue 11, April 2006, Pages 2405-2413

• Reecha Wadhwa, Carl F. Lagenaur and Xinyan Tracy Cui,  Electrochemically controlled release of dexamethasone from conducting polymer polypyrrole coated electrode, Journal of Controlled Release, Volume 110, Issue 3, 21 February 2006, Pages 531-541

• Yinghong Xiao; Xinyan Cui and David C. Martin, Electrochemical Polymerization and Properties of 3 PEDOT/S-EDOT on Neural Microelectrode Arrays, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 2004, 573(1), 43-48

• Yinghong Xiao; Xinyan Cui; Jessica M. Hancock; Mohamed Bouguettaya; John R. Reynolds; and David C. Martin,  Electrochemical Polymerization of Poly(hydroxymethylated- 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT-MeOH) on Multichannel Neural Probes, SENSORS & ACTUATORS B Chemical, Volume 99, issue 2-3,May 1, 2004, Pages 437-443

• Xinyan Cui and David Martin, Electrochemical Deposition and Characterization of Poly (3, 4-ethylenedioxythiophene) on Neural Microelectrode Arrays, Sensors and Actuators, B. Chemical, Volume 89, Issues 1-2, 1 March 2003, Pages 92-102

• Xinyan Cui and David C. Martin, Fuzzy Gold Electrodes for Lower Impedance and Improving Adhesion with Electrodeposited Conducting Polymer Films, Sensors and Actuators, A. Physical, Volume 103, Issue 3, 15 February 2003, Pages 384-394

• Xinyan Cui, James Wiler, Marta Dzaman, Richard A. Altschuler, and David C. Martin, In-vivo Studies of Polypyrrole / Peptide Coated Neural Probes, Biomaterials, Volume 24, Issue 5, February 2003, Pages 777-787

• Xinyan Cui, Valerie Lee, Yehoash Raphael, James Wiler, Jamie Hetke, David J. Anderson, and David C. Martin, Surface Modification of Neural Recording Electrodes with Conducting Polymer / Biomolecule Blends, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, 2001, Vol 56, n2, 261-272

• Xinyan Cui, Jamille Hetke, James Wiler, David Anderson and David C. Martin, Electrochemical Deposition and Characterization of Conducting Polymer Polypyrrole / PSS on Multichannel Neural Probes, Sensors and Actuators, A. Physical, 2001, Vol 93, n1, 8-18

• Xinyan Cui, Xiao Caide, Sui, Senfang, Gong Yandao, Zhang Xiufang, ZhaoNanming, Comparison of Fibrinogen Adsorption on Positively Charged and Neutral Phospholipids, Journal of Tsinghua University, 1998, 38(6)

• Xinyan Cui, Gong Yandao, Zhang Xiufang, Zhao Nanming, Endothelial Cell Culture on Different Phospholipid Surfaces, Tsinghua Science and Technology, 1998, 3(3): 1121-1124
• Xinyan Cui, Gong Yandao, Zhang Xiufang, Zhao Nanming, Calcification of Pericardium Treated with Different Phospholipids, Tsinghua Science and Technology, 1998, 3(3): 1125-1128