Dr Lian Tian
Senior Lecturer
Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences
Personal statement
Lian obtained his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2010. He then took his first postdoctoral training in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in USA and his second postdoctoral training in biology at Queen's University in Canada. He Joined SIPBS in 2020. As principal investigator of Cardiopulmonary Physiology, Biomechanics and Mechanobiology research group, his research focuses on cardiovascular physiology, biomechanics and mechanobiology, with a particular emphasis on pulmonary hypertension. The goal is to understand the mechanism at molecular, cellular, tissue and organ levels for disease diagnosis, monitoring and therapeutic treatment. His group has recently focused on right ventricular fibrosis and function in pulmonary hypertension.
Prize And Awards
- Best Poster Award
- Recipient
- 3/2/2024
- Sir David Anderson Bequest Award
- Recipient
- 10/2023
- Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
- Recipient
- 7/9/2023
- Best Oral Communication Award
- Recipient
- 17/2/2023
- Best Poster Presentation Award
- Recipient
- 2/2/2023
- British Heart Foundation (BHF) Travel Award
- Recipient
- 4/11/2022
Publications
- Dynamin 2 Regulates Mitochondrial Mitotic Fission in Pulmonary Hypertension
- Dasgupta Asish, Chen Kuang-Hueih, Wu Danchen, Yerramilli V Siddartha, Lima Patricia D A, Martin Ashley Y, Bentley Rachel E T, Ott Benjamin P, Nandani Tanvi, Mewburn Jeffrey D, Tian Lian, Al-Qazazi Ruaa, Emon Isaac M, Colpman Pierce, Jefferson Lindsay, Noordhof Curtis, Jones Oliver, Hindmarch Charles C T, Archer Stephen L
- Circulation research (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.125.327028
- P15 Oestrogen and NFE2L2 signalling drive sex-specific mitochondrial responses in cardiac fibroblasts with implications for RV failure in PAH
- Wilson Taryn, Tian Lian
- 2025 Autumn Meeting of the British Society for Cardiovascular Research, pp. A7.2-A7 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2025-bscr.17
- Targeting mechanics to restore right ventricular function : a new frontier in pulmonary arterial hypertension therapy
- Wilson Taryn, Tian Lian
- Function Vol 6 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1093/function/zqaf029
- Sex differences in the right ventricle in the Sugen-Hypoxia rat model of pulmonary arterial hypertension
- Coyle Chelbi, MacLean Margaret, Tian Lian
- Circulation Vol 150, pp. A4137364 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1161/circ.150.suppl_1.4137364
- Influence of estrogen on right ventricular mitochondrial function in pulmonary hypertension
- Coyle Chelbi, MacLean Margaret R, Tian Lian
- Global Translational Medicine Vol 3 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.36922/gtm.2494
- Sex-dependent mitochondrial function in right ventricle in an experimental model of pulmonary arterial hypertension
- Tian Lian
- British Society for Cardiovascular Research (BSCR) Autumn Meeting (2024)
Research Interests
Cardiovascular physiology, biomechanics, mechanobiology and modeling in pulmonary hypertension
Professional Activities
- NAMs Technology Partn3Ring webinar series: Session 3
- Participant
- 20/5/2026
- Comprehensive Physiology (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 5/2026
- EARA Webinar - Animal Research versus NAMs?
- Participant
- 28/4/2026
- Scottish Cardiovascular Forum
- Participant
- 21/3/2026
- Convenor for PhD viva
- Examiner
- 13/1/2026
- Mentoring at Strathclyde
- Participant
- 1/12/2025
Projects
- Modelling tricuspid valve dysfunction in pulmonary arterial hypertension through blood--tissue interaction analysis
- Jia, Laibing (Principal Investigator) Tian, Lian (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2026 - 31-Jan-2027
- Fibroblast activation in the pressure loaded right ventricle
- Tian, Lian (Principal Investigator)
- 15-Jan-2025 - 14-Jan-2026
- Sex-dependent role of NFE2L2 in mitochondrial function in the right ventricle in pulmonary arterial hypertension
- Tian, Lian (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2026
- Novel therapies targeting the right ventricle in pulmonary arterial hypertension
- Tian, Lian (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2026
- Sex-dependent mitochondrial function in right ventricle in pulmonary arterial hypertension
- Tian, Lian (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 31-Jan-2021
- GEF ISP Lian Tan TU Graz Feb21
- Tian, Lian (Principal Investigator)
- 24-Jan-2021 - 23-Jan-2022
Contact
Dr
Lian
Tian
Senior Lecturer
Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences
Email: lian.tian@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 0141 548 4968