Yuan Yingjin

Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Professor at Tianjin University

Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, synthetic biology researcher, Professor at Tianjin University, recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, leader of an innovation research group, chief scientist of the "973 Program," and principal investigator of key national R&D projects. He serves as the Director of the "Summit Plan" Frontiers Science Center for Synthetic Biology under the Ministry of Education and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Synthetic Biology. His research primarily focuses on synthetic biology, where he developed a method for mixed-cell labeling and defect localization in yeast genomes, as well as dual-label targeted precision repair, successfully achieving the chemical synthesis of yeast chromosomes V and X. His work has been recognized as one of China's "Top 10 Scientific Advances" and earned him the Hou Debang Chemical Science and Technology Achievement Award, among other honors.