International Eurasian Academy of Sciences, IEAS

Academician

Jing CHENG

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Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2014, Professor Jing Cheng is a distinguished Chinese bioengineer with pioneering contributions to the development of biochip technology and its applications in molecular diagnostics and translational medicine. Born in July 1963 in Beijing, he received his B.Eng. from Shanghai Tiedao University, now Tongji University, in 1983. Following early engineering appointments at the Ziyang Diesel Locomotive Works of the Ministry of Railways and the Forensic Identification Centre of Southwest University of Political Science and Law, he pursued his Ph.D. in Forensic Biology at the University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom, from 1989 to 1992. He subsequently conducted postdoctoral research in molecular biology and biochip technology at the University of Aberdeen and the University of Pennsylvania, where he served as Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine from 1996 to 2000. His industrial experience includes appointments as Chief Scientist at Nanogen Inc. and Technical Director at Telomere Technology Inc. in the United States. Returning to China in March 1999, he joined Tsinghua University, where he currently serves as Chair Professor and Doctoral Supervisor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine. He was appointed a Changjiang Scholar Distinguished Professor by the Ministry of Education in 1999, received the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, and was elected Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2009. Since 2000, he has served as Director of the National Engineering Research Center for Biochip Technology in Beijing.

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Professor Cheng’s research has focused on the development and clinical translation of biochip technologies for disease diagnosis, drug screening, and personalised medicine, with particular emphasis on microfluidic systems, gene-expression profiling, and point-of-care molecular diagnostics. Through leadership of major national research programmes and international collaborative initiatives, he has contributed to the development, standardisation, industrialisation, and clinical application of biochip technologies in China. He currently serves as Convener of the Biomedical Engineering Discipline Review Group of the State Council Academic Degrees Committee, Chairman of the National Technical Committee for Biochip Standardisation, Vice President of the Chinese Society of Biomedical Engineering, and Expert of the National Bio-industry Development Advisory Committee of the National Development and Reform Commission. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications in leading journals and holds multiple patents, with his contributions recognised through national awards for scientific and technological progress. He has also supervised and trained a generation of biomedical engineers and researchers. Collectively, his work reflects a sustained research programme connecting micro- and nanobiotechnology with molecular diagnostics, precision medicine, public health, and the industrial development of biomedical technologies.