On November 22, 2023, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering announced the list of newly elected academicians for the year 2023. Ding Hong, Vice Director of the Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Chair Professor, and Director of the Department of Condensed Matter Physics at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Zhang Di, Chair Professor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering of Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Director of the State Key Laboratory for Metal Matrix Composites, was also elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Tan Jiahua, Professor at the School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Xia Qiang, Director of Renji Hospital affiliated with the School of Medicine at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Director of the Shanghai Organ Transplantation and Immunology Engineering Technology Research Center, was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
On November 23, the Chinese Academy of Engineering elected a total of 16 foreign academicians for the year 2023. Eric Daniel Jacques Gilson, Executive Director (French) of the Sino-French Center at Ruijin Hospital, affiliated with the School of Medicine at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and Consultant at the Center for Geriatrics, was elected as a foreign academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
Ding Hong
Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ding Hong is currently the Vice Director, Chair Professor, and Director of the Department of Condensed Matter Physics at the Tsung-Dao Lee Institute. He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in 1990 from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and earned a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1995. Engaged in experimental research in condensed matter physics for an extended period, he has focused on the electronic structure and physical mechanisms of high-temperature superconductors and quantum materials. He has achieved several groundbreaking and internationally influential results in his research.
Zhang Di
Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhang Di is currently a Chair Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and serves as the Director of the State Key Laboratory for Metal Matrix Composites. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Xi'an Jiao Tong University in 1982. He obtained his Master's and Ph.D. degrees in Materials Science from Osaka University, Japan, in 1985 and 1988, respectively. Since 1988, he has been teaching at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He has been extensively involved in fundamental research on the applications of metal-based and configuration-structured composite materials. His innovative research contributions include systematic work in composite design and preparation, deformation processing, structure-property relationships, and configuration control.
Tan Jiahua
Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
Tan Jiahua graduated from the Shipbuilding Department of Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 1969 and served as the director of the Ship and Ocean Engineering Design and Research Institute at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Tan Jiahua has long been committed to the design theory and applied research of large engineering ship technology, consistently focusing on national major needs and economic frontlines. For forty years, he has cooperated with key domestic entities to independently research and industrialize large-scale offshore dredging equipment.
Xia Qiang
Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
Xia Qiang graduated from Anhui Medical University in 1987 with a Bachelor of Medicine degree. In 1997, he obtained his Doctor of Medicine degree from Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University (formerly Shanghai Medical University).
Xia Qiang is a renowned expert in pediatric liver transplantation. He has made significant breakthroughs in the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric end-stage liver disease, establishing the world's largest pediatric liver transplantation center. The annual completion volume has ranked first in the world for ten consecutive years, with a leading global 5-year survival rate of 94%. He has played a pivotal role in transforming China from having almost no pediatric liver transplantation to a global leader.
Eric Daniel Jacques Gilson
Foreign Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
Eric Daniel Jacques Gilson, currently serving as the Executive Director (France) of the Sino-French Center at Ruijin Hospital Affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine and Consultant at the Geriatrics Center. He is also the Director of the Institute of Cancer and Aging Research in Nice, France, and a Professor at the University of Côte d'Azur School of Medicine, as well as a Clinical Physician at the affiliated center hospital (PU-PH).
He obtained his Doctor of Science degree from the Pasteur Institute in France in 1983. Professor Gilson has been engaged in research on telomeric chromatin structure, cellular aging, and tumor development for nearly 40 years. He played a leading role in establishing the global aging academic research network INTERAGING in collaboration with INSERM.
In the past decade, Professor Gilson has collaborated with Chinese teams to explore aging biomarkers and therapeutic targets. He is committed to advancing research in geriatrics in China and internationally. His efforts range from exploring the dual application prospects of targeting telomeres in preventing aging and treating tumors to clinical translational research.