Dr. Liping Tang received his B.S. in Biology from Tunghai University and M.S. in Marine Biology from National Taiwan University. He subsequently obtained Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering from the University of Minnesota. After finishing postdoctoral training at Albany Medical College, he became Assistant Professor at the Department of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. Currently, he is a Professor at the Department of Bioengineering at UTA.

Dr. Tang's research interest is in the development of new devices or tools for diagnosing and treating various diseases at their early stage. Using biomedical engineering techniques, his group is actively working on creating different imaging probes, medical devices, and implants for quick screening and targeted treatments of those diseases. Dr. Tang’s expertise covers a broad area of implant biocompatibility, inflammation, infection, stem cells, tissue regeneration, and wound healing.