Chunhai Fan

Prof. Chunhai Fan received his PhD (2000) from Department of Biochemistry, Nanjing University. From 2001 to 2003, he was a postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Alan J. Heeger at the University of California, Santa Barbara. In 2004, he became a Professor at Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics (SINAP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Currently he is the Professor and Chief of the Division of Physical Biology at the same institute. Prof. Fan's research interests include nanoscale biosensors,...See more

Prof. Chunhai Fan received his PhD (2000) from Department of Biochemistry, Nanjing University. From 2001 to 2003, he was a postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Alan J. Heeger at the University of California, Santa Barbara. In 2004, he became a Professor at Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics (SINAP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Currently he is the Professor and Chief of the Division of Physical Biology at the same institute. Prof. Fan's research interests include nanoscale biosensors, biophotonics and DNA nanotechnology. He has published over 200 papers in peer-reviewed journals and has written numerous reviews in premier journals including Accounts of Chemical Research, Chemical Society Reviews and Trends in Biotechnology. He has received many awards including the NSFC Award for Outstanding Young Scientists (National Science Foundation of China), the CCS Award for Young Scientists (Chinese Chemical Society) and the CAIA 1st-class Prize for Science and Technology (Chinese Association for Instrumental Analysis). See less