Yan Ning, a structural biologist and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is currently a professor at the School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, the founding dean of the Shenzhen Medical Academy, and the director (concurrent) of the Shenzhen Bay Laboratory.

Yan Ning graduated from the Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology at Tsinghua University in 2000. She obtained her Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from Princeton University in 2004 and conducted postdoctoral research at the Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, from 2005 to 2007.

Yan Ning has long been engaged in the study of the structure and mechanisms of membrane transport proteins. She was the first to reveal the atomic-resolution structures of several transmembrane proteins of significant physiological and pathological importance, including human glucose transporters, eukaryotic voltage-gated sodium channels, and calcium channels. These discoveries have provided a molecular basis for understanding the pathogenesis of related diseases and for drug development. She is currently focusing on the pathogenesis and drug development for pain.

Yan Ning’s research achievements have garnered widespread recognition both domestically and internationally. In 2005, she was awarded the Science/AAAS and GE Healthcare “Young Scientist Award” (North America). In 2012, she received the inaugural HHMI International Early Career Scientist Award and the “China Outstanding Young Female Scientist Award”. In 2014, she was honored with the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation “Science and Technology Progress Award”. In 2015, she won the International Protein Society Young Scientist Award and the Sackler International Prize in Biophysics. In 2018, she received the FAOBMB (Federation of Asian and Oceanian Biochemists and Molecular Biologists) “Award for Excellence in Research”. In 2019, she was awarded the International “Women in Science Award” by the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and was elected a Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, in the same year. In 2020, she was honored with the Florence Sabin Distinguished Research Award by the Organization for Women in Science. In 2021, she received the Anatrace Membrane Protein Award from the Biophysical Society and was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2023, she was elected a Foreign Associate Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

The Director of the Global Industry Research Institute at Tsinghua University, a member of Tsinghua University’s Academic Committee, a board member of the International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA) and the International Positive Education Network (IPEN) in China, and the Executive Chair of the China International Positive Psychology Conference. He is also the former Dean of the School of Social Sciences at Tsinghua University.

After graduating from Peking University’s Department of Psychology in 1983, Professor Peng Kaiping remained at the university as a faculty member. In 1997, he obtained a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Michigan and subsequently taught at the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. He held tenured positions at the University of California, Berkeley, in Psychology and East Asian Studies, and served as the Director of the Social and Personality Psychology Program and a member of the American Psychological Association’s Science Leadership Committee. In 2008, he was appointed as a professor and the founding head of the Department of Psychology at Tsinghua University.

Professor Peng Kaiping’s main research areas are positive psychology, social psychology, and cultural psychology. He has published over 450 academic journal articles, with significant contributions in journals such as “China Social Sciences”, “Psychological Review”, and “American Psychologist”, and has authored 13 books in both Chinese and English. His papers have been cited more than 25,000 times. Since 2015, he has been listed on Elsevier’s “Highly Cited Researchers in Psychology” list for ten consecutive years. Courses taught by Professor Peng have been recognized as national excellent courses and top undergraduate courses.

Hou Yang currently serves as Senior Vice President at Microsoft and Chairman and CEO of Microsoft Greater China.

Hou Yang obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Physics from Peking University and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan. He has worked at McKinsey & Company in the U.S., Qualcomm’s U.S. and China offices, and served as Qualcomm’s Global Senior Vice President. In March 2021, Hou Yang was appointed Chairman and CEO of Microsoft Greater China. In November 2023, he was named to Forbes China’s 2023 Top 100 Young Returnees Elite list.

Wang Luning currently serves as the Vice President of Beijing University of Science and Technology.

Wang Luning graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Beijing University of Science and Technology in 2002. He obtained his master’s degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Tsinghua University in 2005, followed by a Master of Medicine and a Ph.D. in Materials Engineering from the University of Alberta in Canada in 2007 and 2011, respectively. From 2011 to 2012, he conducted postdoctoral research in the Department of Chemistry and Materials Engineering at the University of Alberta.

Wang Luning’s primary research focuses on the biomimetic modification of the surfaces of biomedical materials based on valve metals such as titanium and zirconium. In recent years, he has published over 30 papers, including more than 10 SCI journal articles in the field of biomedical materials as the first author or corresponding author. He has also received the “Best Presentation Award” three times at the University of Alberta Graduate Student Academic Forum.

Ge Weikun is a professor in the Department of Physics at Tsinghua University, a visiting professor at the School of Physics at Peking University, an emeritus professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and the honorary president of the Hong Kong Overseas Scholars Association.

Ge Weikun graduated from the Department of Physics at Peking University in 1965 and received his PhD from the University of Manchester in 1983. He has served as the Director of the Research Laboratory at the Beijing Nonferrous Metals Research Institute, the Deputy Director of the Institute of Semiconductor, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Director of the Experimental Physics Teaching Center at Tsinghua University.

Professor Ge’s main research fields are semiconductor physics and spintronics. He has published over 460 academic papers, which have been cited more than 1,5000 times. He has authored 10 books, including 8 on physics and 2 on football.

Professor Zhou Yue from the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences at Beijing Sport University is a doctoral supervisor and serves as the Chair of the Exercise Physiology Professional Committee of the Chinese Physiological Society.

Zhou Yue graduated from Beijing Sport University in 1989 and obtained his doctoral degree from the same institution in 2005. His research focuses on athlete functional assessment and training monitoring, as well as the impact of exercise on skeletal muscle morphology and function. Professor Zhou Yue is the chief editor of textbooks such as “Exercise Physiology” and “Introduction to Sport and Exercise Sciences”. He was recognized as an Outstanding Teacher in Beijing in 2017.

Professor Zhou Yue has led or participated in numerous national and provincial-level research projects, published over a hundred research papers, and obtained several national invention patents and utility model patents. From 2017 to 2021, Professor Zhou Yue provided functional assessment and monitoring services for triathletes under the National Sports Administration’s Cycling and Fencing Sports Management Center. From 2018 to 2022, he undertook the Ministry of Science and Technology project “Special Research and Application of Key Technologies in Winter Sports, Physical Training, and Rehabilitation” to support the Beijing Winter Olympics.

Dr. Zhang Shuyan is the Vice Principal of Science and Technology at Tsinglan School, Director of the Guangdong (Dongguan) Institute of Material Gene Engineering, the youngest Chief Scientist at the UK Spallation Neutron Source Engineering Laboratory, a member of the Scientific Committee of the European Spallation Source, the leader of the Guangdong Province Pearl River Talent Plan’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Team, a recipient of the Guangdong Province Natural Science Outstanding Youth Fund, and holds multiple other roles including: the 14th Guangdong Provincial People’s Congress Representative, Standing Committee Member of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the China Democratic League, Vice Chairman of the 12th Guangdong Youth Federation, Chair of the Science and Technology General Branch of the China Democratic League Guangdong Province, Deputy Director of the Youth Work Committee of the 8th Committee of the China Democratic League Guangdong Province, Vice President of the Guangdong Province Youth Science and Technology Association, Advisor to the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council, Visiting Professor at the Open University of the UK, and several international technical committee positions.

Dr. Zhang has long been engaged in the application of neutron and X-ray diffraction methods for residual stress analysis and micro-mechanical property research in engineering materials. As of March 2024, she has led the design, technological improvement, and construction of neutron spectrometers at the China Spallation Neutron Source and the UK Spallation Neutron Source. Dr. Zhang has led and participated in various scientific research and engineering application projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Ministry of Defense and Technology, the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, major special projects in basic and applied basic research in Guangdong Province, the Guangdong Province Natural Science Foundation, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council of the UK, the Science and Technology Facilities Council of the UK, as well as projects from Rolls-Royce, China General Nuclear Power Group, Steel Research Institute, Shaogang, Tata Steel, and Areva, among others. As of March 2024, she has published over 200 academic papers and has edited and published “Materials Today: Proceedings”.

Song Tao is the consultant to the Dongguan City Government, founder of the Dongguan Songshan Lake Charity Foundation, a former Key Forward of the National Men’s Basketball Team, President of the Dongguan Biotechnology Industry Association, and Chairman of Dongguan Biotechnology Industry Development Co., Ltd.