Stanford University has recently released the list of the World’s Top 2% Scientists 2021, which represents the top 2% of the most-cited scientists around the world. Seven scholars from Shenzhen Technology University (SZTU) are ranked among the world’s top 2% scientists for single-year (2020) citation impact in 3 scientific fields and 4 sub-fields, including Prof. Ruan Shuangchen, Prof. Hu Junqing, Prof. Kong Lingbing, Prof. Julian Chan, Prof. Wang Lulu, Associate Prof. Zhao Junqing and Assistant Prof. Zhang Guangye. Meanwhile, Prof. Hu Junqing, Prof. Kong Lingbing and Prof. Julian Chan are recognized in the list for career-long citation impact.

Created by an expert group led by Prof. John P.A.Ioannidis from Stanford University, the list was based on Scopus, Elsevier’s citation database which provided standardized information on citations, h-index, co-authorship-adjusted hm-index, citations to papers in different authorship positions, and a composite indicator. By evaluating the database, the list selected the top 2% scientists from nearly 7 million scientists worldwide in 22 scientific fields and 176 sub-fields by assessing their career-long impact and single-year impact.

Prof. Ruan Shuangchen, president of SZTU [Photo provided to Party Affairs Committee Publicity Office]

Prof. Ruan Shuangchen has long specialized in near-infrared (NIR) and mid-infrared (MIR) band fiber lasers, nonlinear characteristics of optical fibers and ultrafast optical devices. He has published over 300 academic papers, and collaboratively authored, edited or translated 4 books. Prof. Ruan has been successively engaged in several national research programs such as National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program), National High-tech R&D Program (863 Program), Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China, etc. He has also achieved plenty of awards and honors, such as multiple science and technology progress awards of national, provincial and municipal levels, Tan Kah Kee Young Scientist Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), the 6th China Youth Science and Technology Award, the Science and Technology Award of the Chinese Optical Society, as well as the honors of National Excellent Teacher, Shenzhen Top 10 Outstanding Youth, and National Outstanding Youth of CAS. Meanwhile, he has been enjoying the special government allowances of the State Council since 1995 and selected as national-level talent in the Hundred Talents Program of CAS, New Century National Hundred, Thousand, and Ten Thousand Talents Project, and Shenzhen High-level Talent Plan.

Prof. Hu Junqing, dean and distinguished professor of College of Health Science and Environmental Engineering [Photo provided to Party Affairs Committee Publicity Office]

Prof. Hu Junqing has long been committed to the synthesis and performance research of nano-photothermal/ photoelectric materials. He is the corresponding or first author of more than 200 academic papers among a total of over 300 papers he has published, and his papers have been cited more than 17,000 times. From 2015 to 2021, He was selected into the list of Chinese Highly Cited Scholars released by Elsevier for seven consecutive years. In 2018, he was listed among Global Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate Analytics. Meanwhile, Prof. Hu has more than 60 authorized patents, including 16 patents in Japan. He has also led 25 national, provincial and municipal research projects, honored with the first and third prizes of Shanghai Science and Technology Awards. Besides, he has been selected into the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University of Ministry of Education, and honored as Shanghai Shuguang Scholar, Shanghai Pujiang Talent, Shenzhen Pengcheng Scholar, and Shenzhen Overseas High-level Talent.

Prof. Kong Lingbing, distinguished professor of College of New Materials and New Energies [Photo provided to Party Affairs Committee Publicity Office]

Prof. Kong Lingbing successively served as postdoctoral fellow at Nanyang Technological University, senior research scientist at National University of Singapore, and then associate professor at Nanyang Technological University. In 2019, he was selected into the Peacock Plan for Shenzhen Overseas High-level Talents. Prof. Kong has published more than 310 research papers and 6 English books, and taken part in the compilation of 16 English books (chapters). He has also led and participated in a number of research programs funded by the Ministry of Education and National Research Foundation of Singapore. His research interests include functional ceramics, nanomaterials, composite materials, etc.

Prof. Julian Chan, deputy dean and distinguished professor of Julong College, and director of Center for Smart Sensing System [Photo provided to Party Affairs Committee Publicity Office]

Prof. Julian Chan is honored as Shenzhen Pengcheng Scholar and Category B Talent of the Peacock Plan for Shenzhen Overseas High-level Talents. He also serves as fellow of Hong Kong Institution of Engineers and Society of Operations Engineers as well as lifelong associate professor of Nanyang Technological University. Prof. Chan has long been engaged in the research of optical fiber sensing and photoelectric detection. He has led and completed 14 domestic and overseas projects and is carrying out 2 research projects. Meanwhile, he has published more than 200 Science Citation Index (SCI) Research Papers and applied for 5 international patents as well as 10 domestic utility model patents.

Prof. Wang Lulu, distinguished professor of College of Health Science and Environmental Engineering [Photo provided to Party Affairs Committee Publicity Office]

As a distinguished professor of SZTU, Prof. Wang Lulu is also a doctoral supervisor of Auckland University of Technology, the Bentham Science Ambassador and a member of several international associations including AAAS, IEEE, ASME, RSNZ, PSNZ and IPENZ. She has served as editor-in-chief of Institution of Engineering and Technology and lntechOpen, reviewer or special issue editor of over 20 SCI journals as well as member or chairman of more than 20 international academic conferences. Prof. Wang has long been engaged in the research of bio-electromagnetic imaging technology and biomedical instruments. In the past 5 years, she has led a number of projects of national, provincial and university-level and projects commissioned by enterprises, and has published 2 monographs and 11 single-author papers, over 70 first-author papers and 7 first-author chapters. She also owns 11 authorized domestic invention patents, 2 international patents, and 4 Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) patents as a solo inventor.

Associate Prof. Zhao Junqing [Photo provided to Party Affairs Committee Publicity Office]

Associate Prof. Zhao Junqing successively served as postdoctoral fellow at Shenzhen University, visiting scholar at University of Southampton and associate professor at Jiangsu Normal University. He has long been engaged in the research of laser technology, optical fiber technology and nonlinear optics. Meanwhile, he has published more than 60 academic papers and 6 authorized patents and translated 1 chapter. He has also led and completed 4 research projects funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China, Provincial Natural Science Foundation and Chinese Postdoctoral Science Foundation. Besides, Associate Prof. Zhao is a lifelong member of Optica (formerly the Optical Society of America), a senior member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), as well as a member of American Physical Society (APS) and International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE).

Assistant Prof. Zhang Guangye [Photo provided to Party Affairs Committee Publicity Office]

Assistant Prof. Zhang Guangye from College of New Materials and New Energies of SZTU successively served as postdoctoral fellow at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and assistant professor at HKUST Shenzhen Research Institute. In 2018, he started an organic photovoltaic company as the co-founder to promote the industrialization of organic photovoltaics. He is currently honored as Category B Talent of the Peacock Plan for Shenzhen Overseas High-level Talents. His main research interests are organic semiconductor materials, devices and physics. Besides, Assistant Prof. Zhang has more than 10 years of experience in the research, development and industrialization of organic photovoltaics and has published more than 60 papers with over 5,000 citations and an h-index of 37.

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