Prof. Xingdong Zhang: 2024 Bioactive Materials Lifetime Achievement Award Winner
Published 28 May, 2024
12th World Biomaterials Congress (WBC), which is held in Daegu, South Korea, May 26-31, 2024. It is a world-wide highlighting event to provide with a fascinating opportunity, where the participating experts can gather and share the latest information and knowledge in the diverse areas of biomaterials research.
The award ceremony of the 2024 Bioactive Materials Lifetime Achievement Award was held at WBC 2024, 27 May 2024.
The 4th Bioactive Materials Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Professor Xingdong Zhang. Editors-in-chief Yufeng Zheng and Jian Yang presented the award to Pro. Xingdong Zhang together.
(From left: Yufeng Zheng, Editor-in-Chief of Bioactive Materials; Academician Xingdong Zhang; Jian Yang, Editor-in-Chief of Bioactive Materials; Jessica Wang, Publisher of Bioactive Materials)
(Editor-in-chief Jian Yang hosted the ceremony)
Mr. Peng Bin, Editor-in-Chief of Science Press and Chairman of KeAi, Pro. Yuliang Zhao, Pro. Antonios Mikos, Pro. Kristi Anseth and Prof. Yufeng Zheng delivered the award speeches.
(Mr. Peng Bin, Pro. Yuliang Zhao)
(Pro. Antonios Mikos, Pro. Kristi Anseth and Prof. Yufeng Zheng)
Biosketch of the winner:
Professor Xingdong Zhang from Sichuan University is the founder and Honorary President of the Chinese Society for Biomaterials (CSBM) and the Past President of the International Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering (IUSBSE).
Professor Zhang started his biomaterials career in 1983, focusing on the basic research and translation of bioactive materials and regenerative medicine. He invented porous calcium phosphates bioceramics that can induce bone regeneration and developed osteoinductive synthetic bone grafts and coatings, with more than 300,000 clinical cases. Based on the following studies and findings that biomaterials can induce the regeneration of cartilage, ligament, central nerve, and cardiovascular tissue, he proposed the concept of “tissue inducing biomaterial”, i.e. a biomaterial designed to induce the regeneration of damaged or missing tissues or organs without the addition of cells and/or bioactive factors. The concept was included in Definitions of Biomaterials for the Twenty-First Century.
Prof Zhang has published over 400 scientific papers, together with more than 100 patents and patent applications. He has earned numerous national and international awards including CSBM Outstanding Contribution Award, Clemson Award for Applied Research, and Acta Biomaterialia Gold Medal Award.
He also made contributions to promoting the international collaborations of biomaterials in China and worldwide with his outstanding professional service. He served as the Chinese delegate to the International Liaison Committee of Biomaterials Societies since 1992 and participated in the creation of IUSBSE. He has initiated and organized a series of bilateral and multilateral biomaterials meetings, which include the Asian Biomaterials Congress, China-Europe Symposium on Biomaterials, China-US Workshop on Biomaterials, and notably successfully hosted the 9th World Biomaterials Congress and 2018 Consensus Conference on Definitions in Biomaterials. He is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Regenerative Biomaterials.
