Congratulations to Prof. Jiguang Wang on winning the “School of Engineering Young Investigator (Rising Star) Research Award 2018/19. He received the award plaque and cash prize from the Dean of Engineering Prof Tim Cheng in the School Board meeting on 26 April, 2019.
Prof. Wang’s research has been widely recognized by the international community. His recent work has been selected as China’s top 10 research advances in life science in 2018. He has collaborated closely with physicians in mainland China, Korea and Hong Kong, translating into clinically relevant research regularly reported by high-impact journals, e.g., Cell, Nature Genetics, etc.