Professor SO, Kwok-Fai
Director of GHM Institute of CNS Regeneration at Jinan University, Guangzhou, (https://ghmicreng.jnu.edu.cn/2021/0318/c10264a602831/page.htm ) China; Emeritus Professor, Chair of Anatomy in the State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences in the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Dept of Ophthalmology, The University of Hong Kong ( http://hub.hku.hk/cris/rp/rp00329 ) (http://www.eyeinst.hku.hk/Prof_So.htm); member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Co-Chairman of the Board of Director of the ChinaSCINet (www.chinascinet.org ), and Editor-in-Chief of Neural Regeneration Research (www.nrronline.org ). Received PhD degree from MIT. He is one of the pioneers in the field of axonal regeneration in visual system. He was the first to show lengthy regeneration of retinal ganglion cells in adult mammals with peripheral nerve graft. He is currently using multiple approaches to promote axonal regeneration after injury in the optic nerve and spinal cord. His team identifies neuroprotective and regenerative factors including: exercise, wolfberry, trophic factors, peptide nanofiber scaffold, and environmental manipulation. 1995 obtained the Natural Science Award of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. 1999 was elected Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. 2015 was elected FNAI, US National Academy of Inventors, Fellow. 2017 elected a member of DABI (Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives, www.dana.org ), 2019 was elected Fellow of the Chinese Academy of Medical Science, 2021 elected member of College of Fellows, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE FELLOW). 2021 & 2022 is listed the world top 2% neuroscientists. He is the author and co-author of over 500+ publications ( http://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=SUPKYiQAAAAJ&view_op=list_works ) ; co-inventors of 46 patents.