KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

 

Prof. Hyo-Il Jung

Yonsei University, Korea

Hyo-Il Jung is a Professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Yonsei University, South Korea. He received his Ph.D. in Physical Biochemistry from the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. His research focuses on developing advanced bio-analytical systems for human healthcare, particularly microfluidic strategies for the isolation and enrichment of circulating biomarkers such as circulating tumor cells and extracellular vesicles. His group also designs and fabricates innovative electrochemical biosensors to address environmental and public health challenges, including those arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. Professor Jung is actively engaged in bridging academic research with industry. He has contributed to the founding of start-up companies and currently serves as a technical advisor to several in vitro diagnostics firms. Over his career, he has authored more than 150 peer-reviewed journal articles and holds over 90 patents, reflecting both scientific impact and translational potential. He has also taken on significant leadership roles in the scientific community. Professor Jung is the former President of the Korean Society for Extracellular Vesicles (KSEV) and currently serves as President of the Korean Biochip Society (KBS). Through his research, innovation, and leadership, he continues to contribute to the advancement of biochip technologies and precision healthcare.

 

Prof. TSUI Kwok-Wing Stephen

Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)

 

TSUI Kwok-Wing Stephen is currently a Professor and the Associate Director (Research) in the School of Biomedical Sciences. He is also the Directors of Hong Kong Bioinformatics Centre and Centre for Microbial Genomics and Proteomics in the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). In 1995, he received his PhD degree in Biochemistry at CUHK. He was then appointed as an Assistant Professor in the Biochemistry Department in 1997 and promoted to the professorship in 2004. He was also a former member of the International HapMap Consortium and worked on the single nucleotide polymorphisms of human chromosome 3p. During the SARS outbreak in 2003, his team was one of the earliest teams that cracked the complete genome of the SARS-coronavirus and facilitated the emergence of real-time PCR assay for the virus. Totally, he has published more than 280 scientific papers in prestigious international journals, including Nature, Nature Machine Intelligence, New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Allergy, Nucleic Acids Research, Genome Biology and PNAS. His h-index is 61 and the citations of his publications are over 26,000. His major research interests are next generation sequencing, bioinformatics and metagenomics in human diseases. Recently, he finished many high-quality genomes of mites and cockroach. Moreover, larger number of novel allergens in these two groups of species is identified and characterized.

  

 

Prof. Bin He (Fellow of IEEE, IAMBE, NAI, AIMBE, and BMES)

Carnegie Mellon University, USA

 

Bin He is a Trustee Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Neuroscience, and director of NIH Neural Interfacing Training Program at Carnegie Mellon University. He’s major research interests include transcranial focused ultrasound neuromodulation, brain-computer interface, and electrophysiological neuroimaging. He has published over 300 peer-reviewed journal articles in international journals including PNAS, Nature Communications, Science Robotics, Advanced Science, and Neuron, the Proceedings of IEEE, and given 200+ plenary, keynote, and invited talks at a number of national and international conferences and institutions. He is a Fellow of the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering (IAMBE), the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), IEEE, the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), and the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES). His research has been recognized by major awards including the IEEE Biomedical Engineering Award, IEEE EMBS William J. Morlock Award, the IEEE EMBS Academic Achievement Award, and the Ear Bakken Distinguished Lecture Award from AIMBE. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering and was the former Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. Dr. He serves as the immediate Past Chair of International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering and was a Past President of IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society.