2019年赵学明代谢工程讲座奖征集通知
一、奖项设立背景
赵学明教授是将代谢工程学科引入中国的先驱者之一。1991年在《科学》杂志发表两篇代谢工程开创性论文后，赵学明教授在中国组织了一系列代谢工程研讨会和学术会议，并经常邀请国外教授前来讲学。经他倡议，代谢工程作为独立学科获得了资助，并开设了相关课程。1995年，他在中国率先以《生物反应工程原理与代谢工程：原理与方法》（Bioreaction Engineering Principles and Metabolic Engineering: Principles and Methodologies）为教材，开设了代谢工程的研究生课程。2003年，经他推荐，全球经典教材系列丛书“Bioreaction Engineering Principles”第二版的中文翻译版《生物反应工程原理》由化学工业出版社出版。同年，由他组织翻译的“Metabolic Engineering: Principles and Methodologies”中译本《代谢工程：原理与方法》在中国出版。2015年，由赵教授牵头组织并撰写的全新中文版代谢工程教科书在中国出版。
赵学明教授1993年至2015年任天津大学化学工程系全职教授，其中1997年至2003年任天津大学化学工程学院院长，该学院在中国化学工程领域连续多年排名第一。22年的学术生涯中，赵教授共发表了200多篇研究论文，培养的许多学生也已成为全球范围内代谢工程领域的资深教授和专家。
不管是为中国学生提供中文版代谢工程教科书还是培养代谢工程方面的人才，赵学明教授都一直致力于代谢工程学科在中国的发展。为此，国际代谢工程学会决定以他的名义设立一个重要的讲座奖。赵学明讲座奖将与在中国举办的国际代谢工程峰会相结合，每两年授予一位在代谢工程领域做出卓越贡献的中国研究人员。首届赵学明代谢工程讲座奖将于2019年代谢工程峰会颁发。
二、主办单位
国际代谢工程学会（International Metabolic Engineering Society, IMES)
三、奖励
获奖者将被授予一个奖牌，并有资格在代谢工程峰会上做45分钟的报告（2019年代谢工程峰会拟定于2019年10月20日-22日在天津召开）。
四、说明
1. 候选人资格
在代谢工程领域任职的中国大学／研究所的教授／研究员
2. 提名所需材料
（1）一封提名函，陈述提名该候选人参选“赵学明代谢工程讲座奖”的理由；
（2）一份简短的候选人简历（不超过2页）和该候选人在代谢工程领域最多10项代表性出版物清单；
（3）至少一封额外的推荐信。
3. 不接受自我提名。
4. 材料提交
请将提名材料于2019年3月31日前提交至Sang Yup Lee教授邮箱：leesy@kaist.ac.kr。
附件：提名表
Xueming Zhao Lectureship Award
in Metabolic Engineering
Professor Xueming Zhao was one of the pioneers in the introduction of metabolic engineering in China. Following the publication of two seminal papers in Science in 1991 he established seminars and conferences on metabolic engineering in China, often inviting foreign professors to give lectures. He also lobbied for establishing metabolic engineering as an independent program for grants applications as well as he initiated courses about metabolic engineering. In 1995, he succeeded in opening up the first course about metabolic engineering for graduate students in China, using the textbooks named Bioreaction Engineering Principles and Metabolic Engineering: Principles and Methodologies. In 2003, he introduced the 2nd Edition of Bioreaction Engineering Principles to the Chemical Industry Press in the series of World Famous Textbooks to be published in China. He also took leadership in translating Metabolic Engineering: Principles and Methodologies to Chinese, which was also published in China in 2003. Subsequently he took leadership in writing a new textbook on metabolic engineering in Chinese, which was published in 2015.
Professor Xueming Zhao established his independent research group as a full professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering at Tianjin University in 1993, and retired there in 2015. During 1997-2003, he was appointed as the Dean of College of Chemical Engineering at Tianjin University, which ranked 1st in the area of Chemical Engineering in China. He has authored and co-authored more than 200 research articles and many of his former students have become professors and senior research scientists in the field of metabolic engineering worldwide.
Thus, both through providing textbooks on metabolic engineering in Chinese and through educating many current academics in the field of metabolic engineering, Xueming Zhao has been instrumental in establishing this field as a scientific discipline in China. It is for this reason that the International Metabolic Engineering Society has decided to establish a prestigious lectureship in his name. This Xueming Zhao Lectureship will be given to a prominent Chinese researcher in the field of metabolic engineering every second year in connection with the Metabolic Engineering Summit held in China. The winner will receive a plaque and will have to give a 45-minute lecture at the Metabolic Engineering Summit.
Nomination
Eligibility:
Professors/principal investigators at Chinese universities/research institutes active in the field of metabolic engineering
Nomination package: **Self-nominations are not accepted.
The nomination package should consist of:
1) a nomination letter arguing for why the candidate should be given the Xueming Zhao Lectureship
2) A short CV (no more than 2 pages) and list of up to 10 representative publications of the candidate in the field of metabolic engineering
3) at least one additional support letter.
Submission:
The nomination package should be submitted to Professor Sang Yup Lee, at leesy@kaist.ac.kr.
Committee
The committee will consist of:
1) Prof. Sang Yup Lee, Committee Chairman
2) Prof. Jens Nielsen
3) Prof. Jay Keasling
4) Prof. Gregory Stephanopoulos
5) Prof. Kristala Prather Jones
6) Chair of the Metabolic Engineering Summit
