Huaqiang “Eric” Xu, PhD
Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dr. Huangqiang Eric Xu is a leading structural biologist. He has published more than 330 papers, which have been cited over 48,000 times, including 21 in Nature and 10 in Science. Two papers on plant hormone signaling were selected as one of the top ten breakthroughs by Science (2009) and by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2014).
His X-ray laser structure of the first GPCR-arrestin complex was also selected as a top 10 breakthrough by the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2015 and was granted the 2016 Hans Neurath Award of the Protein Society and the 2016 Wuxi Outstanding Achievement Award. He has also been awarded the Shanghai "Magnolia Memorial Award" and the 13th "C.C. Tan Life Science Achievement Award" in 2020 and 2021, respectively. In 2022, he won the 22nd "Wu Jieping-Paul Janssen & Pharmaceutical Award" and the first prize of the ninth "Overseas Chinese Contribution Award". He has also been awarded the Shanghai "Magnolia Gold Award" in 2022. He received the First Prize of the 2023 Shanghai Natural Science Award. Most recently, he received the First Prize of the Natural Science Research Achievement Award of the Ministry of Education for the Year 2025.
His X-ray laser structure of the first GPCR-arrestin complex was also selected as a top 10 breakthrough by the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2015 and was granted the 2016 Hans Neurath Award of the Protein Society and the 2016 Wuxi Outstanding Achievement Award. He has also been awarded the Shanghai "Magnolia Memorial Award" and the 13th "C.C. Tan Life Science Achievement Award" in 2020 and 2021, respectively. In 2022, he won the 22nd "Wu Jieping-Paul Janssen & Pharmaceutical Award" and the first prize of the ninth "Overseas Chinese Contribution Award". He has also been awarded the Shanghai "Magnolia Gold Award" in 2022. He received the First Prize of the 2023 Shanghai Natural Science Award. Most recently, he received the First Prize of the Natural Science Research Achievement Award of the Ministry of Education for the Year 2025.
