This one-day event aimed to showcase the latest ground-breaking and innovative research from eight world-renowned researchers and academicians. Each presentation is 40 minutes, followed by five minutes Q&A. The event was broadcast live across multiple platforms to cater for audiences across different time zones and locations.
Ben Zhong Tang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Ben Zhong Tang received BS and PhD degrees from South China University of Technology and Kyoto University, respectively, and conducted postdoctoral research at University of Toronto. He is now a Presidential Chair Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen). He was elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2009. He is currently serving as Editor-in-Chief of Aggregate (published by Wiley). His research interests include materials science and biomedical theranostics. He has received many awards, e.g., National Natural Science Award (2017), Nano Today Award (2021) and Biomaterials Global Impact Award (2023). His publications have been cited >163,000 times, with an h-index of 177. He has been listed as a Highly Cited Researcher since 2014 in both areas of Chemistry and Materials Science.
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Jianghong Rao, Stanford University
Dr. Rao is a professor of Radiology in the Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS), a professor of Chemistry (by courtesy) and a faculty fellow of Stanford ChEM-H. Before arriving Stanford, he was an assistant professor in Department of Molecular Pharmacology at University of California, Los Angeles. He received his PhD in Chemistry from Harvard University and completed a Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation postdoctoral fellowship at UCSD. His lab works on developing molecular probes and imaging techniques to investigate biological systems in living subjects for better understanding fundamental biology, for better detection of diseases, and for improved therapeutic intervention.
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谭蔚泓,湖南大学
Weihong Tan, Hunan University
Professor Weihong Tan earned his Ph.D. in physical chemistry at the University of Michigan in 1993. Currently, he is the director of the Institute of Basic Medicine and Cancer, Chinese Academy of Sciences, the dean of the Cancer Hospital of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is also the director of the State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, and distinguished professor of chemistry and biology at Hunan University, and the director of the Institute of Molecular Medicine at Renji Hospital and Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He served as a University Distinguished Professor and a V.T. and Louis Jackson Professor at the University of Florida for more than 20 years. Professor Tan’s research is in the general area of bioanalytical chemistry, molecular medicine and chemical biology. He specializes in aptamer research, DNA nanotechnology, and cancer theranostics. He has published over 900 peer-reviewed scientific papers. Professor Tan has been recognized as an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2015, Academician of the World Academy of Sciences in Developing Countries in 2016, and Member of the European Academy of Science in 2019.
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田梅,复旦大学
Mei Tian, Fudan University
Prof. Mei Tian is the Distinguished Professor of Fudan University. She has over 25 years post-MD training and practice in radiology, nuclear medicine and molecular imaging. Currently, Prof. Tian is serving as the President of WMIS President and the General Secretary of International Human Phenome Consortium (IHPC), and is the Fellows of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) and WMIS.
Prof. Tian`s group focuses on molecular imaging with a particular emphasis on human major diseases. Her current research interests include molecular imaging of central nerve system (CNS) diseases & psychiatric disorders, imaging-based stem cell therapy for stroke, development of novel imaging strategies for a better understanding of underlying mechanism of brain.
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Bert Weckhuysen, 荷兰乌得勒支大学
Bert Weckhuysen, Utrecht University
Bert Weckhuysen, a Distinguished University Professor at Utrecht University (The Netherlands), received his Master and PhD degrees from Leuven University (Belgium) in 1991 and 1995. He has worked as a postdoc at Lehigh University (USA) and Texas A&M University (USA). He has (co-) authored ~ 700 scientific journal publications and has received many awards, including the Royal Dutch Chemical Society Gold Medal, Netherlands Catalysis and Chemistry Award, Emmett Award in Fundamental Catalysis, International Catalysis Award, Bourke Award from the Royal Society of Chemistry, Spinoza Award from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, Tanabe Prize in Acid-Base Catalysis, and Chemistry Europe Award. He is a Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion, and an elected member of a.o. the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences, Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Sciences and Arts, and European Academy of Sciences. He serves as president of the European Federation of Catalysis Societies (EFCATS).
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浦侃裔,新加坡南洋理工大学
Kanyi Pu, Nanyang Technological University
Dr. Kanyi Pu is an Associate Professor in School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology (CCEB) and Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine at Nanyang Technological University. He is a Singapore National Research Foundation (NRF) Investigator, a highly cited researcher listed by Clarivate Analytics, Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), and the associate editor for ACS Applied Polymer Materials and Biomaterials Research. With a h-index of 102, he has won a number of awards for his creative work, including 2020 Biomaterials Science Lectureship Award, 2019 distinguished lectureship award from the Chemistry Society of Japan, 2018 Wiley award for contribution in bioscience, 2017 young innovator award in nanobiotechnology by Nano Research, and young investigator travel award by WMIC. He is the member of board of directors of Chinese American Society of Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology (CASNN). He also sits on the editorial advisory board of many top journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, Advanced Functional Materials, Biomaterials, Small, Bioconjugate Chemistry, ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering, ACS Applied Bio Materials, Journal of Nanobiotechnology etc.
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樊春海,上海交通大学
Chunhai Fan, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Chunhai Fan is a K. C. Wong Chair Professor and Dean in the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), and Executive Dean of the National Center for Translational Medicine. He is a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a member of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, a fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), American Institute of Medical and biological Engineering (AIMBE) and International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE). He is an Associate Editor of JACS-Au, and serves as a Co-Chair on the editorial board of ChemPlusChem and an editorial board member of over 10 journals including Angewadte Chemie, Accounts of Chemical Research and ACS Nano. Dr. Fan has published more than 500 papers, and been recognized as Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate Analytics since 2014.
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Xin Zhou
Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, CAS
Professor Xin Zhou is the President of the Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, CAS. He led his group to develop the first clinical approved Human Lung Hyperpolarized Gas MRI Instrument, which enables to evaluate the regional ventilation, microstructure, and gas exchange ability of the lungs without radiation or invasion. Prof. Zhou is currently the Principal Investigator of major National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) projects, such as National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, Innovation Research Group Project, Major Instrument and Equipment Development Projects, and National Key Research and Development Program. He has been awarded many prizes and honors, including the Tianjuan Wang Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Award, Top Ten National Science and Technology Innovative Person, the first Xplorer Prize and National Innovation Award. Prof. Zhou has published over 150 articles in academic journals, such as PNAS, Sci. Adv., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., JACS, IEEE, Magn. Reson. Med., etc.