Qizhi Chen
Dr Qizhi Chen earned a PhD degree in Biomaterials from Imperial College London. She is Reader/Associated Professor in Biomaterials and Tissue engineering. She has also worked for the National Heart and Lung Institute London, Imperial College London, University of Cambridge, and University of Hong Kong. She has produced more than 180 research articles. She has successfully attracted a number of research grants from several government research councils, including National Natural Science Foundation (NNSF) China, Hong Kong Research Grants Council (HKRGC), Australian Research Council (ARC), and National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), totaling more than $4m. Dr Chen also serves as a reviewer or editor for more than 40 journals and an assessor for a number of government research councils, including Australia Research Council, National Health Medicine Research Council (Australia), Netherlands Organization of Scientific Committee, Medical Research Council (MRC) of United Kingdom and The National Research Agency (France). Her research interests broadly cover polymeric, ceramic, metallic and composite biomaterials for applications in biomedical engineering.