Yan Nie

ShanghaiTech University

Founded in 2013, ShanghaiTech is a young, resource-rich university with a modern campus in the heart of Shanghai Pudong's Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park. With the backing and support of Shanghai Municipal Government and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, we are committed to tackling the challenges that China and the world are facing in the fields of energy, materials, environment, human health, data science, AI and electrical engineering. ShanghaiTech University is committed to serving the national development strategy and emphasizes cross-disciplinary and innovative research. ShanghaiTech is building up a strong faculty of 1000 professors including 500 tenure-track/tenured professors from global recruitment and 500 distinguished professors-in-residence from CAS institutes and other prestigious universities or institutes. Among the current faculty (nearly 526 in Jan 2020), there are 5 Nobel laureates, 11 National Academy of Sciences (USA) members, 3 Royal Society (UK) fellows, 32 CAS members, 3 Chinese Academy of Engineering members and 3 IEEE fellows. 1550 undergraduates and 2197 master's degree/PhD students create a vibrant campus community. ShanghaiTech leverages its location in Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park (the Silicon Valley of China) and is completing a state-of-the-art research infrastructure, part of a network of research alliances with nearby facilities such as the CAS Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility and the National Center for Protein Science Shanghai.