23^rd April, 2014, invited by Prof. Yang, Prof. Gregory F. Payne from University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute visited the College of Life Science and Technology , HUST, and presented an excellent speech entitled “Enlisting Electrical Signals to Create Structure and Confer Properties to Soft Matter”.

Introduction of Prof.Gregory F. Payne:

POSITIONS

University System of Maryland
1997-Present: Professor
1991-1997: Associate Professor
1986-1991: Assistant Professor
2010-Present: Jointly appointed Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research and Fischell Department of Bioengineering, (UMD, College Park)
2007-2010: Director, Center for Biosystems Research,
University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute (UMBI, College Park)
1987-2007: Jointly appointed Center for Biosystems Research [formerly
Center for Agricultural Biotechnology] (UMBI, College
Park) and Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Univ. Maryland
Baltimore County (UMBC)
1986-1987: Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (UMBC)
Cornell University, School of Chemical Engineering (Supervisor: M. L. Shuler)
1984-1986: Postdoctoral Research Associate:
SABBATICAL POSITIONS
June-December 1992: Rohm and Haas Co., Spring House, PA. (With R. L. Albright)
February - July 1993: Lederle Laboratories, Pearl River, NY. (With G. Forrest)

EDUCATION
Ph.D., 1984, Chemical Engineering, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
M.S., 1981, Chemical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
B.S., 1979, Chemical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS
Biofabrication: nanoscale construction with biological materials and mechanisms.
Enzymatic functionalization of biopolymers.
Stimuli-responsive biopolymers such as chitosan and alginate
Renewable resources.

He has published more than 200 papers mainly in Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Biomaterials, Soft Matter, and Lab on a Chip. He has also been invited to attend a great number of international academic conferences and reports. Wuhan university, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and other colleges and universities hired him as a "visiting professor".