GIFT Associate Professor Minqiang Wang Receives WACBE Rising Star Award

Minqiang Wang, Associate Professor at the Global Institute of Future Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), has been honored with the WACBE Rising Star Award at the 12th World Congress on Bioengineering, held in Changzhou from July 28 to 31, 2026.

The biennial award, presented by the World Association for Chinese Biomedical Engineers (WACBE), recognizes young investigators who demonstrate outstanding potential with innovative research and disruptive breakthroughs. Over the years, it has become one of the most prestigious young scholar honors in the Chinese biomedical engineering community.

Prof. Wang received the award for his original contributions in establishing universal recognition methods for wearable non-invasive biomolecular detection, developing scalable sensor recognition elements, and constructing a new paradigm for non-invasive detection of female hormones at extremely low concentrations. His research shows the future development of wearable health monitoring and precision molecular identification technologies.

The congress, co-hosted by Changzhou University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University, brought together leading researchers, clinicians, and industry professionals from around the globe. The event showcased the cutting-edge advances in bioengineering and biomedical sciences and the growing trend of interdisciplinary integration.

Professor Profile

Minqiang Wang is a tenure-track Associate Professor and P.h.D Supervisor at the Global Institute of Future Technology, SJTU. He is a recipient of the National Young Talent Program, Shanghai High-Level Young Talent, Xiaomi Young Scholar, and Huawei EX Youth awards, and has been listed in the “World's Top 2% Scientists” ranking. He previously received the Baxter Young Investigator Award First Prize. Prof. Wang's research focuses on flexible wearable electronics and its applications in non-invasive molecular sensing and personalized health management. He has published over 60 SCI papers with more than 8,000 Google Scholar citations and an H-index of 41. He has published 20 papers in journals including Nature Materials, Nature Biomedical Engineering, Nature Nanotechnology, Chemical Reviews, Advanced Materials, Trends in Chemistry, and Angewandte Chemie International Edition as the first and corresponding author, and has also co-authored one English monograph. He serves on the editorial board of Discover Chemistry and as a young editorial board member for Science Bulletin, Med-X, VIEW, and Advanced Powder Materials.