Professor Xiaoliang Sunney Xie

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Post: | Peking University | |
Integrated Science Research Building | ||
heyuan Road, No. 5, Haidian District, Beijing | ||
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Phone: | (010) 6275 2373 | |
Fax: | (010) 6275 2373 | |
Email: | sunneyxie@pku.edu.cn |
Introduction
Prof. Xiaoliang Sunney Xie is a world renown biophysical chemist. He received his BSc in chemistry from Peking University in 1984, and his PhD in physical chemistry in 1990 from UC San Diego. After a career at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, he became the first tenured professor at Harvard University among Chinese Scholars who came to the USA since the Reform in China. As a pioneer of single molecule biophysical chemistry, coherent Raman scattering microscopy, and single cell genomics, he made major contributions to the emergence of these fields. Furthermore, Xie has made significant advances on medical applications of label-free optical imaging and single cell genomics. In particular, his inventions have been used in in vitro fertilization and have benefited hundreds of couples in China in avoiding the transmission of their monogenic diseases to their newborns. In addition, Prof. Xie has trained more than 100 graduate students and postdocs, many of whom have become professors at more than 40 major universities around the world. Since 2010, he has been the Director of Biodynamics Optical Imaging Center (BIOPIC) at Peking University, and in 2016 he became the Director of Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Genomics (ICG). Prof. Xie is a member of the US National Academy of Sciences and the US National Academy of Medicine. Among his numerous honors are the Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research, the American Chemical Society’s Peter Debye Award and the Biophysical Society Founders’ Award. As of April 2017, Prof. Xie has published over 210 papers. Prof. Xie’s current research interests include scientific research, technological research, and medical research.- Scientific: Single molecule enzymology, Single molecule biophysical chemistry, Gene expression and regulation, Epigenetics, Mechanism of cell differentiation and reprogramming, Genomic instability;
- Technological: Single molecule imaging, Single cell genomics, Coherent Raman scattering microscopy, DNA sequencing;
- Medical: Preimplantation genetic screening and diagnosis in in vitro fertilization, Early cancer diagnosis
Education
1990 | Ph.D. Chemistry, University of California - San Diego with Professor John D. Simon |
1984 | B.S. Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing, P. R. China |
Professional Appointments
2009 - | Mallinckrodt Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology |
2009 - | Cheung Kong Visiting Professor, Peking University, Biodynamic Optical Imaging Center |
1999 - 2008 | Professor of Chemistry, Harvard University, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology |
1992 - 1998 | Senior Research Scientist to Chief Scientist, Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
1990 - 1992 | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Chicago with Professor Graham R. Fleming |
Honors
2016 | Elected to the National Academy of Medicine |
2016 | Ray Wu Award, Chinese Biological Investigators Society |
2015 | Shizhang Bei Prize in Biophsyics, Chinese Biophysical Society |
2015 | Albany Prize in Medicine Recipient |
2015 | ACS Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry |
2014 | Fellow of Optical Society of America |
2014 | Humboldt Fellowship, Germany |
2013 | NIH Director's Pioneer Award Recipient |
2013 | Ellis R. Lippincott Award, Optical Society of America and Society for Applied Spectroscopy |
2012 | Harrison Howe Award, Rochester Section of American Chemical Society |
2012 | Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology |
2012 | Biophysical Society Founders Award |
2011 | Elected to the National Academy of Sciences |
2010 | Honorary Fellow of the Chinese Chemical Society |
2009 | E.O. Lawrence Award in Chemistry, U.S. Department of Energy |
2008 | Fellow of the American Physical Society |
2008 | Berthold Leibinger Zukunftspreis for Laser Technology |
2008 | Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
2007 | Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics |
2006 | Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science |
2006 | Fellow of Biophysical Society |
2004 | NIH Director's Pioneer Award Recipient |
2003 | Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize in the Physical Sciences, Israel |
1996 | Coblentz Award, Coblentz Society |
Named Lectureships
2016 | Richard Bernstein Lecture, UCLA |
2016 | Linnett Lecture, Cambridge, England |
2015 | Shui Mu Tsinghua Life Science Lecture, Tsinghua University, China |
2015 | Mendel Lecture, Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic |
2014 | Chilton Lecture, UT Southwestern, Dallas |
2014 | Russell Marker Lecture, Pennsylvania State University |
2014 | Andrew Albrecht Lecture, Cornell University |
2013 | Karl Friedrich Bonhoeffer Lecture, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany |
2013 | Honorary Professorship for Bingzhi Forum, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
2013 | Chongqing Lecture, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China |
2012 | Xingda Lecture, College of Chemistry, Peking University |
2012 | Leica Scientific Forum, Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Japan |
2012 | Harkins Lecture, University of Chicago |
2012 | Edward Mack, Jr. Memorial Award Lecture, Ohio State University |
2011 | Fassel Lecture in Analytical Chemistry, Iowa State University |
2011 | Purves Lecture, McGill University, Montreal, Canada |
2011 | Guthikonda Memorial Lecture, Columbia University |
2011 | H. Willard Davis Lecture in Chemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia |
2010 | Dolan Pritchett Memorial Lecture, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia |
2009 | Einstein Professorship of the Chinese Academy of Sciences |
2008 | Lawrence Bragg Lecture, Cambridge University, Cavendish Laboratory, UK |
2008 | Mueller Lecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette |
2008 | Gordon Lecture, University of Washington, Seattle |
2008 | Leica Scientific Forum UK, Cambridge, Liverpool, Oxford, London |
2008 | Francis Clifford Phillips Lecture, University of Pittsburgh |
2007 | Joseph Coleman Memorial Lecture, Yale University, New Haven |
2007 | Davidson Lecture, University of Kansas, Lawrence |
2007 | Noyes Distinguished Lecture, University of Texas at Austin |
2007 | Georges Smets Chair, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Université catholique de Louvain |
2007 | Chan Lecture, University of California, Berkeley |
2007 | Dow Lecture, University of British Columbia |
2007 | Powell Lecture, University of Richmond |
2006 | Marker Lecture, Pennsylvania State University |
2006 | Wang Ying-lai Memorial Lecture, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston |
2005 | Meyerhof Lecture, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg |
2005 | PC Cross Lecture, University of Washington |
2004 | Nieuwland Lecture, University of Notre Dame |
2003 | Clarence Karcher Lecture, University of Oklahoma |
2002 | Noyes Distinguished Lecture, University of Rochester |
2001 | William Pyle Philips Distinguished Lecture, Haverford College |