{"id":56180,"date":"2025-05-01T12:35:55","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T12:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/?p=56180"},"modified":"2025-05-01T14:37:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T14:37:56","slug":"former-harvard-professor-convicted-over-china-ties-joins-tsinghua-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/2025\/05\/01\/former-harvard-professor-convicted-over-china-ties-joins-tsinghua-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Harvard professor convicted over China ties joins Tsinghua University"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Retired Harvard University chemist and nanoscientist Charles Lieber, who was convicted in 2021 for not disclosing his connections to a Chinese talent programme, has joined Tsinghua University as a chair professor.<\/p>\n<div data-qa=\"InlineAdSlot-Container\" class=\"css-zl1inp e11v3ui14\">\n<div class=\"e11v3ui10 e11v3ui13 css-y2bwcc e1flwkbl0\" data-qa=\"AdSlot-Container\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Lieber, 66, a pioneer in the integration of nanotechnology for use in biology and medicine, will be researching at the Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, launched by the top Chinese university in 2019.<\/p>\n<p data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Lieber said his goal in the next few years was to \u201cwork with everyone to build a global science and technology hub and realise more scientific dreams in the vibrant and innovative city of Shenzhen\u201d, according to a social media post by the graduate school on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cHe is ready to start a new research journey in Shenzhen and cannot wait to get to work as soon as possible,\u201d the post said.<\/p>\n<div data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Lieber told the South China Morning Post last year that he was <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3275763\/us-scientist-convicted-china-ties-considering-jobs-hong-kong-mainland?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">exploring work opportunities<\/span><\/a> in mainland China and Hong Kong. He said at the time that he aimed to find an institution where he could best conduct research to benefit all, and where he would best be able to aid other researchers in their work.<\/div>\n<div data-qa=\"InlineAdSlot-Container\" class=\"css-zl1inp e11v3ui14\">\n<div class=\"e11v3ui10 e11v3ui13 css-gy323d e1flwkbl0\" data-qa=\"AdSlot-Container\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Lieber will also take on an investigator role at the Shenzhen Medical Academy of Research and Translation, founded and led by biologist Nieng Yan, who <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3202698\/chinese-scientist-yan-ning-denies-ai-took-her-job-us-and-forced-her-back-home?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">returned to China in 2022<\/span><\/a> after five years at Princeton University in the United States.<\/div>\n<p data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cProfessor Lieber is a top scientist whom I have been following for the past 20 years,\u201d Yan was quoted as saying in the graduate school\u2019s social media post. \u201cI believe that the arrival of Professor Lieber will open a new chapter for the development of education and scientific research in Shenzhen.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retired Harvard University chemist and nanoscientist Charles Lieber, who was convicted in 2021 for not<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56182,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56180"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56180"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56183,"href":"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56180\/revisions\/56183"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}