Rocky Tuan

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Professor Rocky S. Tuan 
Vice-Chancellor & President of The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Professor Tuan (Ph.D., Rockefeller University, 1977), the 8th Vice-Chancellor and President of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) since 2018, is an internationally renowned biomedical scientist specializing in musculoskeletal biology, tissue regeneration, stem cells, biomaterials, 3D printing, and tissue-on-a-chip technologies. He is also the founding director and Professor in the CUHK Institute for Tissue Engineering and Regeneratve Medicine. Author of ~650 publications, his recognitions include the Marshall Urist Award, Clemson & Carnegie Science Awards, and Fellowships in the National Academy of Inventors, Chinese Association of Inventions, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, American Association of Anatomy, Orthopaedic Research Society, and Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society.  He is the founding editor of Birth Defects Research (2003-2017) and Stem Cell Research & Therapy (2009-now), and Associate Editor of Stem Cells Translational Medicine (2011-now).