Rocky S. Tuan | |
|---|---|
段崇智 | |
.png) Tuan in 2019 | |
| 8th Vice-Chancellor and President of the Chinese University of Hong Kong | |
| Assumed office 1 January 2018 | |
| Chancellor | Carrie Lam John Lee |
| Preceded by | Joseph Sung |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Tuan Sung-chi 3 May 1951 Hong Kong |
| Spouse | Cecilia Lo |
| Alma mater | Berea College (BS) Rockefeller University (PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Tissue engineering |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | Calcium Binding Protein of Chick Chorioallantoic Membrane (1977) |
| Doctoral advisor | Zanvil Cohn |
Rocky Tuan Sung-chi (Chinese: 段崇智; Jyutping: dyun6 sung4 zi3; pinyin: Duàn Chóngzhì) is a Hong Kong medical researcher and bioengineer. He is currently the vice-chancellor and president of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), where he served as distinguished visiting professor and director of the Institute for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine prior to taking up the vice-chancellorship.[1] Tuan is set to step down as vice-chancellor and president in January 2025 following his earlier resignation; he is to be succeeded by Dennis Lo.
Tuan has also been on the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt), where held a number of roles, including Arthur J. Rooney Sr. Professor of Sports Medicine, the executive vice chair of the department of orthopaedic surgery, and professorship in the department of bioengineering. He was the director of the Center for Military Medicine Research and an associate director of the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine. Tuan continues to serve as the director of Center for Cellular and Molecular Engineering at Pitt, despite his current academic position in Hong Kong. For the 2018 fiscal year, he was one of the top 25 highest-paid employees at Pitt.[2]
Tuan's research efforts focus on bioengineering applied to the musculoskeletal system.[3][4][5][6]
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- ^ "Narduzzi again Pitt's highest-paid employee". University Times. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- ^ "Rocky S. Tuan, Ph.D." McGowan Institute. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
- ^ "Rocky S. Tuan". Center for Cellular and Molecular Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
- ^ "Rocky Tuan". Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology Program, University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
- ^ "Rocky S. Tuan, Ph.D." Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved 17 May 2017.