Zheng Yongping

Ir Professor Zheng Yongping serves as Chair Professor of Biomedical Engineering at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He holds the prestigious Henry G. Leong Professorship and directs both the Research Institute for Smart Ageing and the Jockey Club Smart Ageing Hub (funded HK$48M). His career spans 25+ years of biomedical ultrasound innovation and clinical translation.

• PhD from PolyU (1997)
• BSc/MEng from University of Science and Technology of China
• Postdoc at University of Windsor, Canada

Research focuses on application-oriented ultrasound technologies for musculoskeletal assessment and smart ageing solutions, including:

• 3D ultrasound imaging systems
• Tissue elasticity measurement
• Sonomyography for muscle dynamics
• Wearable medical sensors
• AI-assisted diagnostics

His commercialized inventions like Scolioscan (HK$100M+ investment) and Liverscan demonstrate translational impact. 15+ patents have been granted with over 300 journal publications.

Scientific accolades include:

• Stanford's Top 2% Cited Scholar (2021-2023, AI/Image Processing)
• BOCHK Science and Technology Innovation Prize (2022)
• AFSUMB 2004 JSUM Award
• Hong Kong Awards for Industries (2015)

As Founding Head of Biomedical Engineering since 2012, he has mentored 10+ PhD students and 10+ postdocs, many now academic leaders in China. He serves as Associate Editor for 5 leading journals including Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology.