Affiliation: Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine

Tiancheng Xu is a distinguished professor at Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine. He has been selected for the Young Talent Support Program of the China Association of Acupuncture-Moxibustion, the Jiangsu Provincial Young Science & Technology Talent Program, and the Young Talent Training Scheme of the Key Laboratory under the Ministry of Education. He leads five national and provincial research projects, including the Youth Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and has published 150 papers in domestic and international journals and conference proceedings. He was named one of the Top 1% Highly Cited Scholars by CNKI in 2024. He pioneered the "Digital Meridian" theory and translated it into industrial applications, including intelligent acupuncture robots. He ranked among the top 36 in the 9th Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan Competition and became the first Chinese winner of the Prince Nasser International Youth Innovation Award.