Jing Cheng's Biography

Jing Cheng, CEO, CapitalBio

Jing Cheng, PhD, is a Cheung Kong Professor at Medical Systems Biology Research Center, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tsinghua University School of Medicine, Director of National Engineering Research Center for Beijing Biochip Technology,Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering?

Dr. Cheng received his B.Eng. degree in Electrical Engineering from Tongji University (China) and Ph.D. degree in Forensic Sciences from the University of Strathclyde (UK). He gained additional postdoctoral experience at the University of Strathclyde and the University of Aberdeen (UK) and the University of Pennsylvania (USA) where he was appointed as a Research Assistant Professor in the School of Medicine. In 1996 he joined Nanogen Inc in San Diego as a Staff Scientist /Engineer where he was later promoted to Principal Scientist and Engineer, and Principal Investigator. From 1999 to 2001 he assumed the role of Chief Technology Officer at Aviva Biosciences Corp in San Diego, USA. From 2000 to present, he is managing the over-all research as the director of National Engineering Research Center for Beijing Biochip Technology, and serves as CEO and CTO at CapitalBio Corporation in Beijing. He was awarded Nanogen's most prestigious award NanoGrant in 1999, National Young Scientist Award in 2004, Qiushi Outstanding Youth Technology Transfer Award in 2004, Second Prize of the National Awards for Technological Innovation in 2007, Ho Leung Ho Lee Prize for Scientific and Technological Innovation in 2008 and Tanjiazhen Life Science Innovation Award in 2008. Dr. Cheng has published 115 peer-reviewed papers and edited 8 books. In addition, he has obtained 38 European and US patents. He has been an invited speaker to many international conferences. His current interest is in the development of biochip-based microsystems for check-up and diagnostic use and ultra-high throughput systems for drug screening.