Professor Rocky S. Tuan is a world-renowned biomedical scientist specializing in stem cell science and regenerative medicine. Born and raised in Hong Kong, he pursued further studies in the USA and received his PhD in Life Sciences in 1977 from the Rockefeller University in New York. Professor Tuan has authored >550 research publications. He was elected to the fellowships of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), the Chinese Association of Inventions (CAI), the American Association of Anatomists (AAA)，the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS), and the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS) for his accomplishments in innovation and translational research that bring significant impact on society.
Professor Tuan became the eighth Vice-Chancellor and President of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) on 1 January 2018. Prior to joining CUHK in 2016 as a distinguished visiting professor and founding director of the Institute for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, he was distinguished professor of orthopaedic surgery and director of the Center for Cellular and Molecular Engineering in the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
