Recently, Stanford University has released the list of the World’s Top 2% Scientists 2022, which is created by an expert group led by Prof. John P.A.Ioannidis from the university. Seven scholars from Shenzhen Technology University (SZTU) are ranked among the world’s top 2% scientists for single-year (2021) citation impact in three scientific fields and ten sub-fields, including Prof. Ruan Shuangchen, Prof. Hu Junqing, Prof. Kong Lingbing, Prof. He Zhendan, Associate Prof. Peng Xiaojiang, Assistant Prof. Zhang Guangye and Assistant Prof. Wang Aiwu. Meanwhile, Prof. Hu Junqing and Prof. Kong Lingbing are recognized in the list for career-long citation impact.

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 assessing their career-long impact and single-year impact through the database, the list selected the top 2% scientists from nearly 7,000,000 scientists worldwide in 22 scientific fields and 176 sub-fields. The data can be found at: https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/btchxktzyw.

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, obtained 27 authorized invention patents in China, two U.S. patents and 66 utility model patents, and collaboratively authored, edited or translated four 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. In 2022, he has been honored as Educational Reform Pioneer in Shenzhen.

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 250 academic papers among a total of over 300 papers he has published, and his papers have been cited more than 18,000 times. From 2015 to 2022, He was selected into the list of Chinese Highly Cited Scholars released by Elsevier for 8 consecutive years. In 2018, he was listed among the 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 320 papers and six English books, taken part in the compilation of 16 English books (chapters), and obtained over ten authorized invention patents. 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. He Zhendan, dean, distinguished professor, subject leader and doctoral supervisor of College of Pharmacy [Photo provided to Party Affairs Committee Publicity Office]

Prof. He Zhendan is currently honored as Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Category B Talent of the Peacock Plan for Shenzhen Overseas High-level Talents. He also serves as the Councilman of the Guangdong Pharmacological Society and the Guangdong Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Board Member of the Professional Standardization Technical Committee of Guangdong Province, Expert for Shenzhen Science and Technology Project review and Shenzhen STIC National High-Tech Enterprise evaluation, Member of the Science and Technology Expert Committee of Development and Reform Commission of Shenzhen Municipality, and Member of the Expert Committee of Guangdong Biomedical Industry Technology Innovation Alliance. Prof. He has long been engaged in the research of traditional Chinese medicine and novel anti-infection drugs, and pioneered the basic research of natural small molecule inducing endogenous anti-viral cytokine to enhance the body’s anti-infection. Meanwhile, he has led 23 national, provincial and municipal research projects, published more than 200 academic research papers in international core academic journals, obtained 12 research patents, and completed three academic monographs.

Associate Prof. Peng Xiaojiang from College of Big Data and Internet [Photo provided to Party Affairs Committee Publicity Office]

Associate Prof. Peng Xiaojiang is honored as Category C Talent of the Peacock Plan for Shenzhen Overseas High-level Talents and Pilot Talent of Nanshan District. He is mainly engaged in computer vision and artificial intelligence research, which covers object detection, video understanding, face analysis, emotional computing and self-monitoring learning theory, etc. Meanwhile, he has won two first places and two second places in the competitions of EmotiW 2017, 2018 and 2019, and claimed the championship in several video behavior recognition competitions. He has also published more than 60 papers in top journals and conferences with over 3,800 citations in Google Scholar, and served as the reviewer for multiple top international journals and conferences. Besides, Associate Prof. Peng has applied for more than 20 invention patents, five of which have been authorized, and led more than ten projects including surface projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. He has also won the first prize of Guangdong Provincial Technology Invention Award, the second prize of Shenzhen Science and Technology Progress Award, and science and technology progress awards granted by national associations in the fields of artificial intelligence, automation and instrumentation.

Assistant Prof. Zhang Guangye from College of New Materials and New Energies [Photo provided to Party Affairs Committee Publicity Office]

Assistant Prof. Zhang Guangye 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 ten years of experience in the research, development and industrialization of organic photovoltaics, and has published more than 60 papers with over 6,000 citations and an h-index of 41.

Assistant Prof. Wang Aiwu from College of Engineering Physics [Photo provided to Party Affairs Committee Publicity Office]

Assistant Prof. Wang Aiwu is mainly engaged in studying the preparation, modification and application of low-dimensional semiconductor nanostructures (photoelectric properties and sensors). He has been selected as Category C Talent of the Peacock Plan for Shenzhen Overseas High-level Talents and led research projects sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and Guangdong Province. Besides, he has published over 30 SCI journal papers and obtained one patent authorized by the U.S. and two patents authorized by China.

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