Prof. Chenjie Xu (H-index: 60)

City University of Hong Kong

Dr. XU Chenjie is a professor of biomedical engineering at City University of Hong Kong. Dr. XU is dedicated to the development of transdermal drug delivery formulations and devices (especially nucleic acid based nanoparticles and microneedle-based skin patch). He is well known for the development of microneedle skin patch for keloid treatment, anti-obesity, skin interstitial fluid extraction and intradermal cell delivery etc. He has published more than 180 peer-reviewed articles (citation is 18k with H index of 60), holding 10 international patents, and found two spin-offs. His research is supported by a wide range of public and private foundations including Singapore Minister of Education, Singapore A*Star, Continental Corp (German), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Hong Kong University Grants Committee, National Natural Science Foundation of China, etc.

INVITED SPEAKERS

Assoc. Prof. Marwan El Rich

Khalifa University

Before joining Khalifa University in 2016, Dr. Marwan served as an assistant professor in the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and as adjunct professor in the department of Biomedical Engineering at University of Alberta in Canada. Additionally, He worked as a Biomechanics expert at Altair Engineering France for two years. His research expertise lies in the computational biomechanics of the human musculoskeletal system, with a focus on the thoracolumbar and cervical spines, as well as the ankle joint. I specialize in developing numerical tools such as musculoskeletal (MS) and finite element (FE) models to study the biomechanical properties of the musculoskeletal system in healthy subjects, in patients with conditions such as low back pain, neck pain, talar bone fracture, gait deficits, and musculoskeletal complications following a stroke. These models also help optimize related treatments. Dr. Marwan also interested in utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) tools facilitate subject-specific modelling and propose alternative solutions to current techniques, which are often labor-intensive and time-consuming. He is the co-founder of MASHYAH (www.mashyah.com), a startup that enables comprehensive gait analysis by combining portable motion sensors and personalized musculoskeletal modeling to motion collect data and compute joints reaction loads. Dr. Marwan is also a Professional Engineer and a member of the APEGA (Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta, Canada), the European Society of Biomechanics, and the ASME-Bioengineering Division. Additionally, he serves as an associate editor in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, in the Biomechanics section.

PRVIOUS SPEAKERS

Prof. Yudong Zhang University of Leicester, UK	Prof. Dong Sun City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong	Prof. Nicola Mulder University of Cape Town, South Africa	Prof. Stephen Kwok-Wing Tsui The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Prof. Dong Ming Tianjin University, China	Prof. Tetsuo Shibuya The University of Tokyo, Japan	Assoc. Prof. Lin Meng Tianjin University, China	Assoc. Prof. Jie Luo Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Prof. Mitsuhiro Ogawa Teikyo University, Japan	Assoc. Prof. Hao Jiang Renmin University of China, China	Assoc. Prof. Xingwei An Tianjin University, China	Asst. Prof. Faez Iqbal Khan Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China