Supervisors for the program of Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Sciences
Full-time Supervisors | |||
ZHU JIAN-KANG | Chair Professor | Development and application of novel CRISPR-Cas gene editing technologies (biological breeding, molecular testing, and gene therapy), epigenetics (DNA methylation and demethylation), plant stress biology (plant response mechanisms to abiotic stresses such as drought, high salinity, and low temperature), and development of novel biostimulants | |
Tam Kwong Hang (Paul) | Chair Professor | Precision and regenerative medicine, genetics, -omics and stem cell of human diseases especially chronic liver and gastro-intestinal diseases, congenital anomalies; new drug and delivery platforms and biotechnology innovations; paediatric surgery. | |
Jiang Zhi Hong | Chair Professor | Natural products chemistry; Interaction of pharmacologically-active natural products with biomacromolecules; Quality control of Chinese medicinal herbs | |
Zhu Yi Zhun | Chair Professor | Pharmacology; New drug research and development; Cardiovascular and immune disease research. | |
Zhang Kang | Chair Professor | Ophthalmology; Human Genetics; Stem Cell Research; Gene Editing; Artificial Intelligence. | |
He Yao | Chair Professor | Construction of Nano-biomedicine Platform, Development of New Medical Imaging Probes, Multi-functional Nano Drug Carriers and Nano Chinese and Western Medicine Reagents to provide new tools and methods for the precise diagnosis and treatment of diseases (such as tumors, eye diseases, etc.) | |
Wong Kam Wai | Professor | Molecular docking and Omics technology for innovative drug research; Mechanistic studies and drug targets identification of natural products for cancer and inflammatory diseases; Autophagy and cancer; Apoptosis-resistant mechanism in cancer. | |
Wu Qi Biao | Professor | Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Internal Medicine; Study on the mechanism of drug resistance in lung cancer and the synergistic effect of Chinese and Western drugs; Evidence-based medical research on the treatment of cardiopulmonary diseases with integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine. | |
Xiao Ying | Professor | Nutrition and Diseases; Risk Assessment in Food Safety; Toxicology Evaluation in Food Safety. | |
Ye Li | Professor | Immunology and Microbiology; Modern Biotechnology. | |
Brian Tomlinson | Professor | Pathogenesis and treatment of hypertension and hyperlipidaemia and their contribution to atheromatous disease | |
Sookja Kim Chung | Professor | OMICS and microbiome in pathogenesis of diseases; Neurodegenerative diseases; Stroke and vascular dementia; Metabolic & depressive disorders; Stem cells in development & diseases | |
Xinghua (Victor) Pan | Professor | Single cell technology innovation and application, Genome medicine, Stem cell and aging and regenerative medicine, Cancer heterogeneity and precision medicine, Bioinformatics for omics data, Chinese medicine omics | |
Gregory Cheng | Professor | Immune thrombocytopenia; Immune thrombocytopenia; Leukemia; Myelodysplastic syndrome; Thombosis; Transfusion medicine. | |
Luo Pei | Associate Professor | Living cell image technology for innovative drug research; Molecular targeting and treatment mechanisms of TCM on ischemic heart disease; Mitochondrial dynamics mechanism in hypoxia cardimyocyte. | |
Law Yuen Kwan | Associate Professor | Cellular regulation and signaling of autophagy; Molecular mechanisms that underlie autophagy and neurodegenerative diseases; Novel drug discovery from Chinese medicinal herbs for neurological disorders. | |
Wu Qiang | Associate Professor | Stem cell biology; Epigenetics. | |
Wu Jian Lin | Associate Professor | Determination of target components in different samples using LC-MS and LC-MSNMR; Integrated analytical approach of metabolomics and proteomics for mechanism study of Chinese medicines. | |
Xu You Hua | Associate Professor | Herbal Pharmacology; Molecular Pharmacology; Diabetic Research | |
Wang Ling | Associate Professor | Public Health; Nutrition; Food Science. | |
Daniel Baptista-Hon | Associate Professor | Cancer Biology; Pharmacology; Neuroscience; Cardiac Physiology; Translational Medicine; Ion Channels; Opioid Analgesics; Patch-clamp Electrophysiology. | |
Zhong Tian | Associate Professor | Applications of biomaterials and nanotechnology in food and pharmacy, functional activities and synergies of natural extracts, etc. | |
Yu Xi | Associate Professor | Laboratory Medicine; Immunology; Clinical Trial of Medicines. | |
SUN QUANCAI | Associate Professor | Food Nutrition and Toxicology, High-Value Utilization of Food By-Products, Dietary Clinical Intervention, Protein-Based Food Colloids | |
ZHU XIAOMING | Associate Professor | Anti-tumor drug screening and mechanism research, biomaterials and nanopharmaceutical preparation development, protein degradation regulatory drug research, natural vasoactive drug screening | |
Li Xinzhi | Assistant Professor | Unsaturated fatty acid and lipid mediator signaling pathway; obesity-associated chronic inflammation; communication between fat cells and other cells in cardiovascular diseases; drug development for anti-inflammation; epidemiology of cardiovascular disease risk assessment based on large databases. | |
Olivia Monteiro | Assistant Professor | Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology; Cognitive Neuroscience; Behavioural Neuroscience; Pre-clinical Drug Discovery; Rodent Models; In vitro and in vivo Electrophysiology. | |
Wang Xiao Lin | Assistant Professor | Novel drugs/gene delivery systems; Biomaterials. | |
Wong Io Nam | Assistant Professor | Biochemistry; Molecular Biology; DNA Damage Repair. | |
Simon Mok | Assistant Professor | Immunology; Autoimmune Diseases; Neuroinflammation; Proteinopathy. | |
Feng Ke | Assistant Professor | Medicinal and Edible Resources and Health; Postharvest Biology and Technology of Fruits and Vegetables; Research on Plant Natural Products; Development of Functional Foods | |
Peng Ye | Assistant Professor | Food Nutrition and Chronic Disease Prevention; Development of Functional Foods; Development and Functional Evaluation of New Food Ingredients | |
Yang Yang | Assistant Professor | Mitochondrial Regulation of Metabolic Aging; Dietary Interventions in Mental Disorders and Mechanistic Research | |
Huang Chen | Assistant Professor | Precision Medicine in Oncology; Bioinformatics; Artificial Intelligence | |
ZHANG RUIXUE | Assistant Professor | lipid-centering biotechnology for drug delivery in the treatment of | |
CHU MANTAK | Assistant Professor | Neurocognitive disorders; Neuroinflammation, Neuroimmune responses; Systemic inflammation in diabetes and obesity; Neuroprotective effects of Chinese medicine and exercise | |
IMRAN KHAN | Assistant Professor | Biochemistry and biotechnology | |
ZHONG WENWEI | Assistant Professor | Chinese medicine preparations, Chinese medicine separation process engineering and green manufacturing | |
XU KEYANG | Assistant Professor | anti-metabolism and tumor in traditional Chinese medicine and the mining of active ingredients; based on multi-omics and extracellular vesicles, mechanisms of metabolism-related inflammation, fibrosis, and malignant tumors; Development of extracellular vesicle targeted drug delivery system | |
External Supervisors‘ specialties | |||
Xie Tian | Professor | Biology, modern traditional Chinese medicine and natural medicine research and development, integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine oncology, liposome nano-preparations | |
Huang Xiaolun | Professor | Hepatobiliary and pancreatic tumors and cell therapy | |
Gui Dingkun | Professor | Research on diabetic nephropathy, its mechanisms, prevention and treatment | |
LI JIN | Professor | Tumor metastasis mechanism and gene therapy translation | |
LIANG WENHUA | Professor | Lung cancer comprehensive diagnosis and treatment and clinical translational research | |
QI DEFENG | Professor | Epigenetic regulatory mechanisms of urological tumors and tumor treatment sensitivity | |
LI JIN | Professor | Tumor metastasis mechanism and gene therapy translation | |
LIANG WENHUA | Professor | Lung cancer comprehensive diagnosis and treatment and clinical translational research | |
QI DEFENG | Professor | Epigenetic regulatory mechanisms of urological tumors and tumor treatment sensitivity | |
* Remark: Part-time supervisors should jointly supervise doctoral students with teachers from our school.
