Member Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chair Professor Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Hong Kong
Jessie Ho Professor Neuroscience, The University of Hong Kong
Director GHM Institute of CNS Regeneration at Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
Co-Chairman Board of Director of the China Spinal Cord Injury Network
Honorary Director State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at HKU
Editor-in-Chief Neural Regeneration Research
Director of GHM Institute of CNS Regeneration at Jinan University, Guangzhou, China; Chair of Anatomy in the Department of Ophthalmology and the State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Jessie Ho Professor in Neuroscience, The University of Hong Kong; (http://www.eyeinst.hku.hk/Prof_So.htm), member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, member of the Advisory Committee, Ministry of Education/ 2011 Program, member of Biolgical and Medicine Council/ Ministry of Education, member of Consultative Committee/ the national 973 Program/ major national research funding program in China (www.973.gov.cn/ ), Director of China Spinal Cord Injury Network (ChinaSCINet), 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 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 US National Academy of Invention Fellow. He is the author and co-author of over 420+ publications ( http://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=SUPKYiQAAAAJ&view_op=list_works ) ; co-inventors of 25 patents.
