Rocky S. Tuan | |
|---|---|
段崇智 | |
 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 May 3, 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, currently the vice-chancellor and president of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, 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] Previously he was on the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh, where he held a number of roles: Arthur J. Rooney Sr. Professor of Sports Medicine and the executive vice chair of the department of Orthopaedic Surgery, and a professor 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. Despite his position in Hong Kong, he continues to serve as the director of the University of Pittsburgh's Center for Cellular and Molecular Engineering. For the 2018 fiscal year, he was one of the top 25 highest-paid University of Pittsburgh employees.[2]
Tuan's research efforts focus on bioengineering applied to the musculoskeletal system.[3][4][5][6]
- ^ "Professor Rocky S. Tuan Appointed the Eighth Vice-Chancellor and President of CUHK". Chinese University of Hong Kong. 25 July 2015.
- ^ "Narduzzi again Pitt's highest-paid employee". University Times. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
- ^ "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.
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