Ben Zhong TangBen Zhong Tang is Stephen K. C. Cheong Professor of Science, Chair Professor of Chemistry, and Chair Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. His research interests include macromolecularchemistry, materials science and biomedical theranostics. Tang received his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees from South China University of Technology and Kyoto University, respectively. He conducted postdoctoral research at University of Toronto. He joined HKUST as an assistant professor in 1994 and was promoted to chair professor in 2008. He was elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2009 and as Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in 2013. Tang has published >1,200 papers. His publications have been cited >58,000 times with an h-index of 118. He has been listed by Thomson Reuters as a Highly Cited Researcher in both areas of Chemistry and Materials Science. He received First Class National Natural Science Award from the Chinese Government (2017), Scientific and Technological Progress Award from the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation (2017) and Senior Research Fellowship from the Croucher Foundation (2007). He is now serving as Editor-in-Chief of Materials Chemistry Frontiers (Co-owned by Chinese Chemical Society and RSC) and Polymer Chemistry Series (RSC). Read More Read Less