Xiaoyuan Chen - Biography#
Prof. Xiaoyuan (Shawn) Chen is Professoor of Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences. He is the founding editor and Editor-in-Chief of journal Theranostics (IF 13.3). He was elected as AIMBE Fellow (2017), SNMMI Fellow (2020), Fellow of European Academy of Sciences (2024), Member of Academia Europaea (MAE, 2024), and Singapore National Academy of Science (SNAS, 2024), received NUS School of Medicine Best Researcher of the Year (2025), JBN Trailblazer Award (2023), SNMMI Michael J. Welch Award (2019), ACS Bioconjugate Chemistry Lecturer Award (2016), NIH Director’s Award (2014), and NIBIB Mentor Award (2012). He became a member of the Advanced Materials Hall of Fame (2023). He is also the Past President of Chinese American Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (CASNMMI), Past President of the Radiopharmaceutical Science Council (RPSC), Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI), and Past President of the Chinese American Society of Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology (CASNN). Prof. Chen has published over 1200 papers and numerous books (total citations > 180,000, H index 219 based on Google scholar). His research is largely focused on the development of theranostics (combination of diagnostics and therapeutics, e.g. radiotheranostics, nanotheranostics, immunotheranostics, magnetotheranostics, phototheranostics, etc.) that can be clinically translatable.
Full CV and list of publications
(February 2026)
EDUCATION
- Colleges and Universities Attended:
- Nanjing University, China B.Sc. 1993 Chemistry
- Nanjing University, China M.Sc. 1996 Chemistry
- University of Idaho (supervisor: Chien M. Wai) Ph.D. 1999 Chemistry
Postdoctoral Training
- Dept of Chemistry, Syracuse University (supervisor: Jon Zubieta) 1999 - 2000
- Dept of Radiology, Washington University in St. Louis (supervisor: Mike Welch) 2000 - 2001
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
- National University of Singapore
- Nasrat Muzayyin Chair Professor in Medicine and Technology 11/20-present
- National Institutes of health, Senior Investigator and Laboratory Chief 08/09-07/20
- Stanford University, Associate Professor of Radiology 09/08-07/09
- Stanford University, Assistant Professor of Radiology 05/04-08/08
- University of Southern California, Assistant Professor of Radiology Research 02/02-04/04
PUBLIC AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Committee Member:
- Director, Nanomedicine Translational Research Program, NUS School of Medicine
- Research Director, Clinical Imaging Research Center, NUS School of Medicine
- Research Director, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, A*STAR
- Chair, Biomedical Imaging and Instrumentation I Committee, AIMBE
- Search committee for SoM (Radiology, Pathology, Surgery) and CDE (ChBE, BME)
- Promotion and Tenure Committee for SoM and CDE
- PET Users Committee (NIH, until July 2020)
- MRI Research Facility Steering Committee (NIH, until July 2020)
- CNRM translational imaging facility steering committee (DOD/NIH, until July 2020)
- NIH Earl Stadtman Tenure Track PI Search Committee (until July 2020)
- Board Member (2011-2013), the Radiopharmaceutical Science Council, Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI)
- President (2013-2015), Chinese American Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
- Immediate-Past President (2015-2017), CASNMMI
- Vice-President Elect (2013-2014), Radiopharmaceutical Science Council (RPSC), Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI)
- Vice President (2014-2015), RPSC, SNMMI
- President (2015-2016), RPSC, SNMMI
- Immediate Past President (2016-2017), RPSC, SNMMI
- President (2015-2017), Chinese American Society of Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology (CASNN)
Affiliated Departments and Programs:
- Joint appointment: Depts of Diagnostic Radiology, Surgery (School of Medicine), Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Biomedical Engineering (College of Design and Engineering)
- Research Director, Clinical Imaging Research Center (CIRC), NUS
- Director, Nanomedicine Translational Research Program, YYL School of Medicine, NUS
Editorial Board:
- Theranostics (Founding Editor-in-Chief, IF = 12.4)
- Accounts of Chemical Research (IF = 18.3)
- ACS Nano (IF = 17.1)
- Bioconjugate Chemistry (IF = 4.7)
- Bioengineering and Translational Medicine (IF = 14.8)
- Journal of Nuclear Medicine (IF = 9.3)
- European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (IF = 9.1)
Publications
A total of over 1000 papers and numerous books (total citations > 130,000, H index 190 based on Google scholar).
