On May 21, 2019, Gong Yan took her Ph.D. oral defense in the seminar room 301 in School of Life Science and Technology. Her Ph.D. thesis is entitled “Research and Development of Highly Sensitive Lateral Flow Assays and Handheld Quantative Detection Devices for Heart Failure Testing”. The defense committee includes five professors. Professor Zhang Chengxiao is from Shaanxi Normal University. Professor Yu Jinghua is from University of Jinan. Professor Peng Niancai, Li Jianjun and Li Fei are from Xi’an Jiao Tong University. And all of them attended the oral defense. During the defense, Gong presented her works in terms of project background and strategy, research contents, conclusion and outlook, findings and acknowledgements. In the end, the committee agreed to grant Gong Yan with the doctoral degree.

Dr. Gong joined BEBC in Sep. 2013, her Ph.D. advisor is Prof. Feng Xu. During the Ph.D. study, one of her main research works was about the development and application of highly sensitive lateral flow assays and portable quantitative detection devices, which could be regarded as a very excellent job. As the first author, she has published three peer reviewed scientific journal papers and obtained seven authorized patents.

Dr. Gong is a very good student in our center and sets a good example for younger students. She will continue her research in our center as a faculty. Looking forward to more preeminent studies from her in the future.