Asian American Scholar Forum Members
Asian American Scholar Forum (AASF) lifts up members in our membership community. This includes prominent scholars who are members of the National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, along with past and current university presidents, provosts, deans and associate deans, past and current department chairs, and center, institute and program directors.
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Gang Chen

Title: Carl Richard Soderberg Professor of Power Engineering; Director, Pappalardo Micro and Nano Engineering Laboratories; Director, DOE EFRC: Solid-State Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion Center (S3TEC)
Leadership Role: Director, DOE EFRC: Solid-State Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion Center (S3TEC)
Member of a National Academy: National Academy, American Academy of Arts and Sciences and Academia Sinica

Carl Richard Soderberg Professor of Power Engineering and Director of the MIT Pappalardo Micro/Nano Engineering Laboratory. A member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, Academia Sinica, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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Yi Cui

Title: Director of the Precourt Institute for Energy, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, of Photon Science, Senior Fellow at the Precourt Institute for Energy and Professor, by courtesy, of Chemistry
University of Employment: Stanford University
Leadership Role: Director of the Precourt Institute for Energy, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, of Photon Science

Inaugural Director of Sustainability Accelerator and Fortinet Founders Professor of Engineering, Stanford University. A member of the National Academy of Sciences, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Materials Research Society, the Electrochemical Society, and the Royal Society of Chemistry.

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Chuan He

Title: John T. Wilson Distinguished Service Professor in Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
University of Employment: University of Chicago
Leadership Role: Former Director of UChicago’s Institute for Biophysical Dynamics

John T. Wilson Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago. Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Wolf Prize laureate in Chemistry.

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Yasheng Huang

Title: Epoch Foundation Professor of International Management. Professor, Global Economics and Management
University of Employment: MIT
Leadership Role: Former Associate Dean in charge of MIT Sloan’s GlobalPartnership.

Epoch Foundation Professor of Global Economics and Management and founder of China Lab and India Lab at MIT’s Sloan School of Management. Recipient of National Fellowship at Stanford University and Social Science Research Council-MacArthur Fellowship.

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Kai Li

Title: Paul M. Wythes and Marcia R. Wythes Professor in Computer Science, Princeton University. Member of National Academy of Engineering
Member of a National Academy: National Academy of Engineering

Paul M. Wythes and Marcia R. Wythes Professor in Computer Science at Princeton University. A fellow of ACM and IEEE. A member of the National Academy of Engineering and the Washington State Academy of Sciences.

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Haifan Lin

Title: Eugene Higgins Professor of Cell Biology, Professor of Genetics, of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, and of Dermatology, Founding Director of Yale Stem Cell Center, Yale University. Members of National Academy of Sciences and American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Leadership Role: President (2022-2023) of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR); and has served as Director (2009-2019, 2020-), Treasurer (2013-2016), Executive Committee Member, Vice President (2020-2021), and President-Elect (2021-2022) of ISSCR; Chair of the Finance Committee (2013-2016); Chair the Publications Committee (2009-2012), and Chair the Annual Meeting Program Committee (2010-2011) of the ISSCR.
Member of a National Academy: US National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Eugene Higgins Professor of Cell Biology, Professor of Genetics, of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, and of Dermatology, Founding Director of Yale Stem Cell Center at Yale University. A member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Science.

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Xihong Lin

Title: Professor and Former Chair of the Department of Biostatistics, Coordinating Director of the Program in Quantitative Genomics at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, and Professor of the Department of Statistics at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of Harvard University, and Associate Member of the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT.
Leadership Role: Former Chair of the Department of Biostatistics, Coordinating Director of the Program in Quantitative Genomics at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Member of a National Academy: National Academy of Medicine

Professor and Former Chair of the Department of Biostatistics, Coordinating Director of the Program in Quantitative Genomics at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, and Professor of the Department of Statistics at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of Harvard University, and Associate Member of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. A member of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Medicine. A fellow of American Statistical Association (ASA), Institute of Mathematical Statistics, and International Statistical Institute.

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Gurindar S. Sohi

Title: Vilas Research Professor, John P. Morgridge Professor, E. David Cronon Professor of Computer Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Members of National Academy of Engineering and American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Leadership Role: Former Department Chair of the Computer Sciences (2004-2008).
Member of a National Academy: National Academy of Engineering and American Academy of Arts and Sciences

John P. Morgridge Professor and the E. David Cronon Professor of Computer Sciences at University of Wisconsin-Madison. A fellow of ACM and IEEE. A member of the National Academy of Engineering and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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Zhigang Suo

Title: Allen E. and Marilyn M. Puckett Professor of Mechanics and Materials, Harvard University. Members of National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering
Member of a National Academy: National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering

Allen E. and Marilyn M. Puckett Professor of Mechanics and Materials at Harvard University. A member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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Min Wu

Title: Professor and Associate Dean for Graduate Programs in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maryland. President-Elect, IEEE Signal Processing Society
Leadership Role: Associate Dean for Graduate Programs in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maryland. President-Elect, IEEE Signal Processing Society. Former Chair of the IEEE Technical Committee on Information Forensics and Security (IFS TC, 2012-2013) and Vice President – Finance of the IEEE Signal Processing Society (2010-2012).

Christine Yurie Kim Eminent Professor in Information Technology and Associate Dean for Graduate Affairs in the A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park. Former editor-in-chief of IEEE Signal Processing Magazine. A fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, IEEE, and AAAS. As the first woman of color elected President of the IEEE Signal Processing Society in its 75-year history.

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Xiaodong Zhang

Title: Robert M. Critchfield Professor in Engineering, Computer Science Department, Ohio State University

Robert M. Critchfield Professor in Engineering and University Distinguished Scholar at the Ohio State University. Recipient of the ACM MICRO Test of Time Award. A fellow of ACM and IEEE.