Prof. Gengxin Xie (link)

Dean of Institute of Advanced Technology at Chongqing University

Research Experience:

Prof. Gengxin Xie is a Doctor of Engineering，and work as a post-doctoral fellow in the University of California, Berkeley. He currently serves as the Executive Deputy Director of the Deep Space Exploration Joint Research Centeunder the Ministry of Education r (COSE), Dean of Institute of Advanced Technology at Chongqing University, Ph.D supervisor at College of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University, Member of the Science and Technology Committee under the Ministry of Education, Member of the Deep Space Exploration Professional Group, Member of the International Astronautical Federation, leader of the innovation team of the Ministry of Education. He is the winner of the second prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award, first prize of Science and Technology Progress Award and first prize of Natural Progress Award by Ministry of Education. He is the chief designer of the biological experiment playload on China’s Chang’e-4, a lunar exploration project, which has cultivated the first green leaf on the moon surface for the first time in human history, and was awarded as one of the Outstanding Contributors to the lunar exploration of Chang'e-4 by six state-level ministries such as the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security.