Areas of Focus
- Diagnosis and treatment of salivary gland diseases
- Tooth development and regeneration research
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1989 - PhD: Peking University Health Science Center
- Achievement: Developed new classification and treatment methods for chronic inflammatory diseases of the salivary glands
- Achievement: Discovered the human cell membrane nitrate transport channel (Sialin, SLC17A5)
- Achievement: Created a research platform for tooth development in miniature pigs
Awards
- 2003: National Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Prize)
- 2018: Beijing Science and Technology Award (First Prize)
- 2010: National Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Prize)
- International William Gates Award
- International Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Award
- Wu Jieping Medical Innovation Award
- Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Science and Technology Progress Award
- 2019: Fellowship ad hominem of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh