Professor DONG Cheng
It is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor DONG Cheng to the post of Chair Professor of Cell Engineering and ImmunoMedicine in the Department and concurrently as Associate Vice President (Mainland Research Advancement). Professor DONG has assumed duty on 15 May 2023.
Professor DONG obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Engineering Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China in 1982. He further received his higher degrees from Columbia University in the City of New York, USA, including Master’s degree in Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics in 1984, as well as Master of Philosophy degree in 1986 and Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1988, both in Bioengineering and Engineering Mechanics. Professor DONG joined the Pennsylvania State University (Penn State), USA, as Assistant Professor in 1992 and was promoted to Associate Professor and Professor in 1997 and 2003 respectively. He has been appointed Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering since 2009 and also served as Head of Department of Biomedical Engineering at Penn State for 11 years since 2011.
A major focus of Professor DONG’s research is to elucidate cellular functions in the circulatory system related to cell signaling-adhesion-migration, and study micro-hemodynamics, cellular biomechanics, inter-/intra-cellular signaling, cancer immunology and metastases. In particular, he investigates how fluid dynamics, adhesion kinetics and tumor microenvironment change leukocyte and endothelial immune functions which subsequently affect tumor cell extravasation and metastasis. In recent years, Professor DONG focused on adoptive immunotherapies using engineered immune cell mediated nanoparticle, drug, or miRNA deliveries that target either brain tumors across the blood-brain barrier or inflammatory responses in regenerative tissues.
Professor DONG is currently a Member of United States National Committee on Biomechanics and Fellow of various professional bodies, viz International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering Society. He is also a Council Member of International Society of Biorheology. Besides, he is the Managing Editor ofFrontiers in Bioscienceand Associate Editor / Editorial Board Member for various prestigious journals. He received several prestigious awards in the past, such as Faculty Career Award from National Science Foundation, Faculty Research Award from the American Cancer Society, Y.C. Fung Investigator Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Melville Medal and Best Journal Paper Award from ASME, etc.
Please join me in welcoming Professor DONG to the PolyU BME family.
