SPEAKERS

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Ir Prof I-ming HSING
Director
Bioengineering Graduate Program
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Keynote Speech
Bioanalytical Microsystem for Point of Care Applications

Ir Prof I-Ming HSING received his BS degree (’90) from National Taiwan University and MS (’94) and PhD (’97) degrees from the Department of Chemical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He has been a faculty member of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department at HKUST since 1997 and was promoted to Associate Professor and Full Professor in 2004 and 2008, respectively. Concurrently, he is the Director of Bioengineering Graduate Program at HKUST. Ir Prof HSING also holds Guest Professorships in several Chinese Universities including Sichuan University, South China University of Technology and East China Normal University.

Ir Prof HSING’s group is active in multidisciplinary research initiatives. By bringing together the knowledge of molecular biology, reaction engineering, electrochemistry and microfabrication, he is interested in the research and development of biomicrosystems and fuel cells, in order to provide a detailed understanding of these systems at the fundamental level. His group has been leading the research effort at HKUST in developing microsystems for biological applications. To foster collaboration with industrial sectors in Greater Pearl River Delta of China, he is now establishing a research center for bioengineering and biomedical devices in Nansha, Guangdong.