Nobel Prize Workstation

We place strong emphasis on scientific and technological research and actively attract top talent from both domestic and international markets.

Expert Team

Sinocell places great emphasis on scientific research and technological innovation, actively attracting top talent from both China and abroad. The company has been selected for Ningbo’s “3315” Talent Program and has built a scientific team composed of “Academicians + PhDs, Nobel Laureates + Provincial Thousand Talents.” It has been approved as Ningbo’s first Nobel Laureate Academician Workstation, promoting the localization and development of high-caliber talent and high-quality projects in China.

Hu Qirui

Master’s degree from the Institute of Genetics, Chinese Academy of Sciences; PhD from the University of Hawaiʻi; Postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Deputy Director of the Cell Culture Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Wuchang University of Technology. Area of Expertise: Primarily engaged in research in molecular biology and cell biology, including human embryonic stem cells, cell recombination, and nanoparticle-based stem cell transfection systems

Doctor of Cell Biology

SDM / Senior R&D Manager

Randy W. Schekman

201Winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine; American cell biologist; Member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences; Professor at the University of California, Berkeley.
Sinocell is the only enterprise in China for which Randy Schekman provides consulting services on stem cell and exosome research.

Nobel Prize Laureate

CSA / Chief Scientific Advisor

Jean Krutmann

Member of the German Academy of Sciences;
Lifetime Professor at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf;
Leading authority in environmental medicine and skin aging;
Recipient of a Provincial Talent Introduction Program;
Selected for the Municipal “3315 Series Program” (Hai’ou Talent).

Academician

CMO / Chief Medical Officer

Wang Zhigang

20 Biomedical Engineer (Class of 201); Senior expert in biocellular drug R&D and regulatory affairs;
Tianjin Municipality Category A Talent;
Recipient of the “Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award” for three consecutive years.

Bioengineer

SA / Scientific Advisor

Fang Panfeng

Postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University;
PhD from the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology;
PhD from the Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences;
Recipient of the Provincial “Double Innovation Talent” program and an Industry Upgrade Leading Talent.

PhD

CTO / Chief Technology Officer

Liu Hui

PhD from Jilin University; Senior Medical Bioengineering Engineer.
Formerly with the Changchun Institute of Biological Products.
Nearly 20 years of experience in vaccines, cell therapy quality control, and biopharmaceutical QC management; expert in China GMP and regulatory compliance.

PhD

CQO / Chief Quality Officer

Zhou Guangqian

PhD from Umeå University; Professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Medicine, Shenzhen University.
Adjunct Professor and doctoral supervisor at the State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, Sichuan University.
Previously held positions at University of Oxford, Queen’s University Belfast, and The University of Hong Kong, as well as Umeå University.

PhD

SA / Scientific Advisor

Qu Xiuxia

PhD in Cell Biology, School of Life Sciences, Peking University;
Postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine;
Expert at the State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.

PhD

SA / Scientific Advisor

Prof. Kevin McElwee

Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Bradford.

Professor

Member of the Overseas Scientist Team

Prof. Rolf Hoffman

Professor of Dermatology; Scientist at Philipps University of Marburg, Germany; specialist in the histopathology of hair disorders.

Professor

Member of the Overseas Scientist Team

Dr. Petra Goessens

RepliceHead of Clinical and Regulatory Affairs at Replicel;
PhD in Pharmacy from Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany;
Postdoctoral researcher at INSERM (French National Institute of Health and Medical Research).

PhD

Member of the Overseas Scientist Team

Dr. Rainer Marksteiner

Co-founder of InnovaCell, an Austrian cell therapy biotechnology company;
Former researcher at the Institute of Biochemical Pharmacology, University of Innsbruck;
Degree in Microbiology from Leopold Franzens University;
Doctor of Natural Sciences.

PhD

Member of the Overseas Scientist Team