江苏留学网

Two professors from the prestigious Soochow University in Suzhou, Jiangsu province were recently elected academicians at the Academy of Europe, an organization for the promotion of excellent scholarship in humanities, literature, law, and science, local media reported.

Shi Yufang, dean of the Soochow University Institutes for Translational Medicine and vice-director of the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, was one of those elected. He is a pioneer in research on stem cells and immunology and has laid important theoretical foundations for the use of stem cells, tumor immunotherapy, and drug development for autoimmune diseases.

Chi Lifeng, professor at the functional nano and soft materials laboratory of Soochow University, was also elected. He is devoted to research on interface molecular science and has made many international achievements, including revealing the law of molecular assembly.