{"id":882775,"date":"2026-06-21T13:23:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T13:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/882775\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T13:23:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T13:23:28","slug":"cancer-on-a-chip-pioneer-chen-weiqiang-returns-to-china-from-new-york-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/882775\/","title":{"rendered":"Cancer-on-a-chip pioneer Chen Weiqiang returns to China from New York University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chen Weiqiang, formerly a tenured professor of mechanical and <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/biomedicine-science?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">biomedical engineering<\/a> at New York University (NYU), has joined the school of biomedical engineering at Nanjing University as a distinguished professor.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cProfessor Chen has long been deeply engaged in top overseas universities, achieving remarkable results in cutting-edge fields such as cellular biomechanics and organ chips,\u201d Nanjing University assistant president Jiang Tian said, while introducing him.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cHe chose to join Nanjing University during his peak academic years and this heartfelt dedication and high level of trust are truly moving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The university held a welcome ceremony for Chen at its Suzhou campus on June 11. Previously, Chen was a professor and director of graduate education at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn May, I finished my work at New York University and returned to China to work,\u201d Chen said. \u201cMy decision to come back was primarily based on personal career development and family reasons, and I did not take into account the <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3352053\/chinas-us-experts-are-falling-short-great-power-game-top-scholar-argues?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">political changes in the United States<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Chen graduated with a bachelor\u2019s degree from Nanjing University\u2019s physics school in 2005. In 2008, he obtained a master\u2019s degree in electrical engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chen Weiqiang, formerly a tenured professor of mechanical and biomedical engineering at New York University (NYU), has joined&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":882776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,22189,71536,358512,358513,358514,56788,405,403,76198,5226,5225,5228,5227,184595,49031,76058,35294,67,586,132,5230,11285,68,2969],"class_list":["post-882775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-american-heart-association","tag-biomedical-engineering","tag-cancer-on-a-chip","tag-chen-weiqiang","tag-jiang-tian","tag-nanjing-university","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-university","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyu-tandon-school-of-engineering","tag-purdue-university","tag-shanghai-jiao-tong-university","tag-suzhou","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-university-of-michigan","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116788317800648140","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=882775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/882776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=882775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=882775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=882775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}