Liping Tang（美国德克萨斯大学Arlington/西南医学中心终身教授）,男,工学院客座教授,博士生导师,主要研究方向为基于分子影像技术、组织工程、纳米材料给药系统以及干细胞等方面在药物研究的不同阶段研究，特别是将分子影像探针技术应用于药理学、药代动力学以及药物筛选等方面，建立分子影像药物研发技术平台，加速药物研发的进程。Liping Tang教授一直与我院有密切的科研合作，并取得了非常好的研究成果。在原来国家自然科学基金海外及港澳台合作研究项目的基础上，于2017年以中国药科大学为第一单位获得国家自然科学基金海外及港澳台重点合作研究项目。

   近年来，Liping Tang教授在分子影像技术、组织工程、纳米材料给药系统以及干细胞等研究领域做出了突出贡献，在国际上具有非常高的知名度。1993年至今， 在全球著名杂志上发表文章近百篇，如Proc Natl Acad Sci.、Biomaterials、Advanced Materials等。这些文章的发表奠定了Liping Tang教授在分子影像技术、组织工程、纳米材料给药系统以及干细胞等研究领域特别是炎症及肿瘤的早期诊疗研究方向的国际地位。目前Liping Tang教授还被多个著名学术期刊聘请为论文的特邀评阅人，以及多个国际知名杂志的编委会成员。

入选国家级人才项目情况、主要学术兼职

2013- 2015 Interim Chair, Department of Bioengineering, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas.
2009-present Track advisor, 5-year Biochemistry (BS) and Biomedical Engineering (MS) fast track, Bioengineering Department, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas.
2007- Present Professor, Department of Bioengineering, Joint Program in Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas.
2000- Present Adjunct Professor, Joint Graduate Program in Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas.
2012 -Present Elected Member of Steering Committee (2012-2016) of the International College of Fellows, International Union of Society of Biomaterials Science and Engineering.
2013- Present Visiting Professor, Department of Biomedical Science and Environmental Biology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2012 – Present Associate Editor, Reviews in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (American Scientific Publishers)
2012 – Present Editorial Board, Journal of Biochips & Tissue Chips (OMICS publishing group)
2013 – Present Editorial Board, International Journal of Cancer Studies & Research (Sci Doc Publishers)
2013 – Present Editorial Board, Journal of Developmental Biology and Tissue Engineering (Academic Journals)
2013 – Present Editorial Board, The Scientific World JOURNAL (Hindawi Publishing Corp.)
2014 – Present Editorial Board, Frontiers in Biomaterials, a specialty section of Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology and Materials (Frontiers Open Assess Publisher)
2015 – Present Editorial Board, SM Journal of Biomedical Engineering (SM Online Publishers)
2015 – Present Editorial Board, Heliyon (Elsevier’s open access journal covering all scientific disciplines).