院士簡歷

Division of Engineering Sciences

Kam W. Leong 梁錦榮
Election Year 2018
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Columbia University Medical Center
Lasker Bldg Room 450C
3960 Broadway Ave, New York, NY 10032

Current Positions

Samuel Y. Sheng Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University
Professor, Department of Systems Biology, Columbia University Medical Center

Education

1973-1977: University of California, Santa Barbara, CA; B.S. in Chemical Engineering
1977-1982: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (conferred in 1987)

Professional Experience

1982-1986: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA; Research Associate in Applied Biological Sciences
1986-1991: Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
1991-1998: Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
1998-2006: Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
1998-2004: Program Director and Advisor to Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Singapore
1999-2006: Principal Investigator, Division of Johns Hopkins in Singapore
2006-2009: Principal Investigator, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
2006-2009: Director, Bioengineering Initiative on Nanomedicine, Duke University
2006-2014: James B. Duke Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University
2014-Present: Samuel Y. Sheng Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University
2014-Present: Professor, Department of Systems Biology, Columbia University Medical Center

Specialties

Biomaterials; Nanomedicine; Gene Editing; Tissue Engineering

Awards and Honors

1994: Young Investigator Research Achievement Award, Controlled Release Society
1996-2001: Capsugel Award on Innovative Controlled Release Research, Controlled Release Society
2006: Best Manuscript Award of Acta Biomaterialia
2006-2013: Distinguished Visiting Professor, National University of Singapore
2007: Jorge Heller Best Manuscript Award of Journal of Controlled Release
2007-2014: James B. Duke Professorship, Duke University (only one in the School of Engineering)
2010: Stansell Family Distinguished Research Award, Duke University
2012: Clemson Award for Applied Research, Society for Biomaterials
2013: Member, National Academy of Engineering, USA
2013: Member, National Academy of Inventors, USA
2014: Distinguished Scientist Award, International Journal of Nanomedicine
2014-Present: Samuel Y. Sheng Professorship, Columbia University
2015: Savio L-Y. Woo Distinguished Lectureship, World Association for Chinese Biomedical Engineers
2016: President Fellowship for Distinguished Scientist, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2017: Lifetime Achievement Award, Chinese American Society of Nanotechnology & Nanomedicine
2019: Member, International Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering
2020: Member, USA National Academy of Medicine
2020: CAB Global Biomaterials Leadership Award
2022: IEEE-EMBS Technical Achievement Award
2022: Chandra P Sharma Award, Society of Biomaterials, Artificial Organs, India
2022: Founders Award of Society for Biomaterials
2023: IEEE-Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Academic Career Achievement Award