Theranostics
13.3
Impact Factor
Global reach, higher impact
Xiaoyuan (Shawn) Chen, Ph.D.
Professor, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Precision Oncology
Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute
Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences
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Biography
Dr. Xiaoyuan (Shawn) Chen received his PhD in Chemistry from the University of Idaho (1999). After two postdocs at Syracuse University and Washington University in St. Louis, he started his Assistant Professorship in 2002 and then moved to Stanford in 2004. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2008. He then moved to NIH in 2009 and became a Senior Investigator and Chief of the Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine (LOMIN) at the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), NIH. He was Nasrat Muzayyin Chair Professor in Medicine and Technology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (Department of Diagnostic Radiology), College of Design and Engineering (Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering), and Faculty of Science (Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences), National University of Singapore until December 2025. He is now Professor of Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Precision Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences. Dr. Chen has published over 1000 peer-reviewed papers (H-index: 219, total citations are close to 180,000 based on google scholar as of February 7, 2026) and numerous books and book chapters. He was on Clarivate’s annual list of Highly Cited Researchers for the past 8 years. He is the founding editor of journal Theranostics (current IF = 13.3). He was elected as AIMBE Fellow (2017), SNMMI Fellow (2020), Member of European Academy of Sciences (EurASc, 2024), Member of Academia Europaea (MAE, 2024), and Member of Singapore National Academy of Science (SNAS, 2024), received JBN Trailblazer Award (2023), SNMMI Michael J. Welch Award (2019), ACS Bioconjugate Chemistry Lecturer Award (2016), NIH Director’s Award (2014), and NIBIB Mentor Award (2012). He became a member of the Advanced Materials Hall of Fame (2023). He won Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine Researcher of The Year Award 2025. He was also the Past President of Chinese American Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (CASNMMI), Past President of the Radiopharmaceutical Science Council (RPSC), Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI), and Past President of the Chinese American Society of Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology (CASNN).
Updated on 2026-2-9.