A scientist of Chinese medicine and pharmacology, former president of the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST). In 2019 he was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering — the first national-academy academician produced in Macau — with a profound impact on Chinese-medicine research and higher education in Macau; he is also a Fellow of the US National Academy of Inventors.

Bringing Chinese medicine into modern science — Liu Liang gave Macau its first national-academy academician.

Liu Liang is a Chinese-medicine scientist, a former president of the Macau University of Science and Technology, and the first national-academy academician produced in Macau.

Profile

  • Chinese Name: 劉良
  • English Name: Liu Liang
  • Born: July 1957 (Hanshou, Hunan)
  • Domains: Academia · Science & engineering
  • Subject type: Chinese-medicine scientist · University president

Background

Liu Liang was born in Hanshou, Hunan in 1957 and long researched Chinese medicine, rheumatology and immunology, and innovative drugs. He later moved to Macau and devoted himself to its higher education and research, becoming a key scholar bridging Chinese-medicine tradition and modern science.

Career

I. Macau University of Science and Technology

Liu served as president of the Macau University of Science and Technology, advancing the university in Chinese medicine, pharmacology and health sciences and raising the research strength and international outlook of Macau's universities.

II. The first academician produced in Macau

In November 2019 Liu was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering — the first national-academy academician produced in Macau. It was a recognition not only of his personal scholarship but a milestone in Macau's research history. He is also a Fellow of the US National Academy of Inventors.

Key Achievements

  • Elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (2019) — Macau's first
  • Fellow of the US National Academy of Inventors
  • Former president of the Macau University of Science and Technology
  • A leading scholar in Chinese medicine and innovative-drug research

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