Zhang Xingdong
Chinese biomedical engineer
Zhang Xingdong (Chinese: 张兴栋; born April 1938) is a Chinese biomedical scientist and professor at Sichuan University. He is the President of the International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering (IUSBSE), and Honorary President of the Chinese Society for Biomaterials (CSBM).
Biography
Zhang was born in Nanchong, Sichuan, in April 1938. After high school in 1960, he studied, then taught, at what is now Sichuan University.
In 2007 he was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE). On February 6, 2014, he was elected a foreign associate of the US National Academy of Engineering (NAE).
In March 2017, he received the honorary doctorate of science from Macao University of Science and Technology.
Selected papers
Y. Sun; W. Zou; S.Q. Bian; Y.H. Huang; Y.F. Tan; J. Liang; Y.J. Fan; X.D. Zhang (2013). "Bioreducible PAA-g-PEG Graft Micelles with High Doxorubicin Loading for Targeted Antitumor Effect Against Mouse Breast Carcinoma". Biomaterials.
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