Zhang Xingdong

Zhang Xingdong
张兴栋
BornApril 1938 (age 88)
Nanchong, Sichuan, China
EducationSichuan University
Scientific career
FieldsBiomedicine
WorkplacesSichuan University
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese張興棟
Simplified Chinese张兴栋
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhāng Xīngdòng

Zhang Xingdong (Chinese: 张兴栋; born April 1938) is a Chinese biomedical scientist and professor at Sichuan University. He is the President of the International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering (IUSBSE), and Honorary President of the Chinese Society for Biomaterials (CSBM).

Biography

Zhang was born in Nanchong, Sichuan, in April 1938. After high school in 1960, he studied, then taught, at what is now Sichuan University.

In 2007 he was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE). On February 6, 2014, he was elected a foreign associate of the US National Academy of Engineering (NAE).

In March 2017, he received the honorary doctorate of science from Macao University of Science and Technology.

Selected papers

References

  1. ↑ "Engineering a brilliant body of work". nature.com. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  2. ↑ “生物材料研究的世界引导者”张兴栋院士：拼搏不息，只为“世界领先”. sina (in Chinese). 27 March 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  3. ↑ Wang Ling (15 February 2014). 美国工程院外籍院士张兴栋：他解决了实际问题. sciencenet.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 24 August 2019.