Rocky S. Tuan

Prof. Rocky Tuan is a world-renowned biomedical scientist specializing in stem cell science and regenerative medicine whose work covers both basic science and engineering, as well as translational and clinical applications. He received a PhD in Life Sciences from Rockefeller University in 1977, and has authored nearly 500 research publications. He held various academic and administrative positions at the University of Pittsburgh and other renowned universities and research leadership position at the National Institutes of Health in the US before he assumed the presidency of CUHK in 2018.