(Correspondents Teng Xu and Tong Zhu) On the morning of July 4, theSchool of Advanced Interdisciplinary Research held a signing ceremony in Conference Room 602, Administrative Building of the South Campus, to appoint Professor Hossam Haick formally as the Chief Scientist in interdiscipline of advanced materials and sensors in theSchool of Advanced Interdisciplinary Research of Xidian University. Wang Quan,theAssistant to the President, Chen Hao,theMinister of Department of International Cooperation and Exchanges, Cheng Yuan,theDeputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the School of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, and representatives of theSchool of Advanced Interdisciplinary Research and some college centers attended the appointment ceremony which was presided over by Wu Weiwei,theDirector of the Sensing Materials Sub-Center of the Advanced Interdisciplinary Research Center of “Smart Sensor”.

First of all, Wang Quan,theAssistant to the President, expressed his sincere welcome to Professor Hossam Haick and stressed that talents are the foundation of strengthening and revitalizing the university, and that the University has attached great importance to the introduction of talents in recent years. TheSchool of Advanced Interdisciplinary Research aims to opening up the advanced cross-emerging direction, attract high-level top-notch talents, creating a special academic zone for talents, targeting at the major and key needs of the country, and striving to become a platform for the cross-integration of disciplines. And focus on the training of top-notch talents, and the output of major academic achievements. The Interdisciplinary Research Center of “Smart Sensor” of theSchool of Advanced Interdisciplinary Research was approved and established formally in June 2019, which will provide a platform to effectively establish information communication and resource sharing, promoting the cross-integration of disciplines in the University, carry out cutting-edge academic research with practical application value aimed at the application needs, innovating systems and mechanisms, breaking down obstacles and create synergy, and it is of great significance to enhance the scientific research strength of Xidian University, training top talents and promoting the development of disciplines.

Subsequently, Chen Hao,theMinister of Department of International Cooperation and Exchanges, introduced the international cooperation work of the University, and once again welcomed Professor Hossam Haick for guiding the future development of theSchool of Advanced Interdisciplinary Research.

Finally, Professor Wang Quan,theAssistant to the President, announced that the decision to appoint Professor Hossam Haick as the Chief Scientist in the interdiscipline of advanced materials and sensors of theSchool of Advanced Interdisciplinary Research, then issued a letter of appointment to Hossam. Professor Hossam Haick expressed his thanks to the University for the invitation and talked about his plans for future work.

TheSchool of Advanced Interdisciplinary Research employs Professor Hossam Haick of the Israel Institute of Technology as the Chief Scientist in the interdiscipline of advanced materials and sensors for 4 years. During the period of employment, Professor Hossam Haick will preside over the development and implementation of the interdisciplinary development plan of advanced materials and sensors in theSchool of Advanced Interdisciplinary Research, guided by the production of irreplaceable cutting-edge achievements, exploring innovative management systems in line with international standards in terms of operation mode, personnel recruitment, interdisciplinary graduate/postdoctoral training and management, and sharing platform construction and operation.

Profile:

Hossam Haick is a full professor at Israel Institute of Technology, Chief Scientist in the interdiscipline of advanced materials and sensors at theSchool of Advanced Interdisciplinary Research of Xidian University, Co-professor of Technion Integrated Cancer Center (Israel-New York, USA), and Director of The European and Associated International Laboratories (Israel-France). Professor Hossam Haick has carried out a series of important research work in the interdisciplinary fields of nanotechnology, such as microfluidic chip, artificial intelligence, biochemistry and genetics, and has made important contributions to the field of sensor and respiratory diagnosis of disease. He has published more than 170 high-level research papers in Nature Nanotechnology, ACS Nano, a Nano Letters, Advanced Materials, Journal of American Chemical Society, Angrew chemie and GUT (of which 41 papers are in IF > 10 and of which 9 papers are highly cited in SCI), and has been repeatedly invited by Chemical Reviews (IF=52.613), Accounts of Chemical Research (IF=20.955), Chemical Society Reviews (IF=40.182) and other first-class review journals to write review articles to lead the research direction in this field.

Professor Hossam Haick has received many important international awards and fundings for major projects, including Marie Curie Excellence Award, Senior Humboldt Research Award in Germany, and Herschel-Ritchie Innovation Award for Israel Institute of Technology. Since 2006, he has presided over a number of major EU projects as project leader, including FP7 Project, Horizon Project 2020 and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Project (Phase 1-3), with a cumulative project amount of more than US$37.7 million. His outstanding research results have been selected and recommended to the public by many media and institutions, including MIT Technology Review: the world's outstanding scientists under the age of 35, the world's 100 most trusted technological inventions, and the world's 100 most influential people. Israel hangs his research results as national science and technology business cards at the entrance of its only international airport for publicity, and the results have been industrialized by a number of enterprises, including Sunshine Group (China) (with an investment of 140 million yuan), FeelIT ltd., NanoVation Ltd., NANOSE Ltd, etc.

In addition, Professor Hossam Haick has made essential contributions to the world in terms of teaching. MOOC namedNanosensors and Nanotechnologyhas been available worldwide for free on the Coursera website for many years, and he has won the The Yanai Prize for his teaching results (the highest award for teaching results at the Israel Institute of Technology.