University Town of Shenzhen

Xiaodong Chen is the President’s Chair Professor in Materials Science and Engineering, Professor of Chemistry (by courtesy) and Medicine (by courtesy) at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU), and Scientific Director at the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR). He is the Director of Innovative Centre for Flexible Devices (iFLEX) at NTU, the Director of Max Planck – NTU Joint Lab for Artificial Senses, and the Deputy Director of Singapore Hybrid-Integrated Next-Generation μ-Electronics (SHINE) Center. He received his B.S. degree (Honors) in chemistry from Fuzhou University (China) in 1999, M.S. degree (Honors) in physical chemistry from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2002, and Ph.D. degree (Summa Cum Laude) in biochemistry from University of Muenster (Germany) in 2006. After his postdoctoral fellow working at Northwestern University (USA), he started his independent research career as Nanyang Assistant Professor at Nanyang Technological University since 2009. He was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in Sept 2013, then Full Professor in Sept 2016. He was appointed as the President’s Chair Professor in Materials Science and Engineering in April 2019. His research interests include mechano-materials science, senses digitalization, flexible electronics technology, and cyber-human interfaces. So far, he has published more than 340 high-profiled papers and filed/applied more than 40 patents. He has been elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Engineering Singapore and a Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry in UK. In addition, he was recognized by multiple prestigious awards and honors including Singapore President’s Science Award, Singapore NRF Investigatorship, Small Young Innovator Award, Singapore NRF Fellowship, Nanyang Research Award, Lubrizol Young Materials Science Investigator Award, Mitsui Chemicals-SNIC Industry Award in Materials and Nano-chemistry, and Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award.

杨朝勇，教授、博士生导师，厦门大学。 厦门大学南强特聘教授，上海交通大学分子医学研究院执行副院长，国家杰出青年科学基金获得者，中国化学会化学生物学学科委员会副主任，中国化学会分子医学专业委员会秘书长，谱学分析与仪器教育部重点实验室副主任，英国皇家化学会Fellow，美国化学会Analytical Chemistry副主编。主持国家基金委重大项目课题、基金委重点项目、国家重大科研仪器研制项目、科技部重点专项课题、国家杰出青年科学基金项目等。在Chem Rev, Nature Biotechnol, Nature Commun, Sci. Adv, PNAS, JACS 等刊物发表论文380余篇，论文被引超过 23000 余次，H指数80，获授权发明专利80余项。获中美化学与化学生物学教授协会杰出教授奖、中国青年分析化学家奖、中国化学会–英国皇家化学会青年化学奖、美国化学会测量科学进展讲座奖等荣誉。

谭春燕，教授、博士生导师，清华大学深圳国际研究生院。 谭春燕于1991-1998年在厦门大学化学系学习，于1995年和1998年先后获得学士学位和硕士学位。2000-2004年在美国佛罗里达大学化学系就读，于2004年获博士学位。2004-2005年在美国西北大学化学系从事博士后研究。2005年回国加入清华大学深圳研究生院（现更名清华大学深圳国际研究生院）工作。 谭春燕教授的研究方向为有机化学、高分子化学、材料化学和化学生物学的交叉领域，主要以化学分子结构与合成为基础，结合荧光分子的信号转导以及对生物活性分子的特异性识别，发展新型荧光功能性分子和材料，探索针对生物重要靶标分子（生物大分子和小分子）以及重要生命过程的分析检测、成像和人工调控方法，以用于疾病的早期诊断和治疗。谭春燕教授在J. Amer. Chem. Soc., Adv. Mater., ACS Appl. Mater. Interface, Langmuir, Chem. Commun.等学术期刊上发表论文140余篇，累计被引用超过5000次，曾获深圳市地方级高层次人才、深圳市海外高层次人才以及“南粤优秀教师”称号。目前担任ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces副主编。