Principle Investigator
Xiaochuan Dai（戴小川）
Associate ProfessorSchool of Biomedical Engineering
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Office: Shuangqing Building 2, Room 606
Tsinghua BME Faculty Profile
Education
2010–2015
Ph. D. in Chemistry, Harvard University
Advisor: Charles M. Lieber（美国四院院士、中科院外籍院士）
2006–2010
B. Sc. in Chemistry, Peking University
Advisors: Jin Zhang（张锦 院士）& Zhongfan Liu（刘忠范 院士）
Professional Experience
2024–Now
Associate Professor, Tsinghua University
School of Biomedical Engineering
2020–2024
Assistant Professor, Tsinghua University
School of Biomedical Engineering
2019–2020
Postdoctoral Scholar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE)
2018–2020
Postdoctoral Scholar, Tufts University
Department of Biomedical Engineering
2015–2018
Postdoctoral Scholar, Harvard University
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Awards & Honors
2026
Gold Medal with the Congratulations of the Jury, 51st International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva
2026
Gold Medal, 51st International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva
2025
First Prize, 2025 National Disruptive Technology Innovation Competition (Brain-Computer System)
2025
First Prize, 2025 Invention and Entrepreneurship Award (China Association of Inventions)
2025
IFIA Best Invention Award, International Federation of Inventors’ Associations
2025
Gold Medal, iENA 2025 (Nuremberg, Germany)
2025
Gold Medal, 11th International Exhibition of Inventions
2025
Second Prize, Tsinghua University Teaching Achievement Award
2024
APBEC Young Scholar Award, Asia Pacific Biomedical Engineering Consortium
2023
35 Innovators Under 35 China, MIT Technology Review (TR35)
2023
Beijing Nova Program, Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission
2023
Keynote Lecturer, Chinese Biomaterials Congress
2022
QiuSuo Program for Distinguished Young Scholars, Lin Gang National Laboratory
2015
Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Students Studying Abroad, China Scholarship Council
2010
May-4th Medal, Peking University
2010
Outstanding Graduate of Beijing
2010
Outstanding Graduate of Peking University
2006
Medalist, Chinese Chemistry Olympiad (CChO)
2006
Medalist, Chinese Mathematics Olympiad (CMO)