Dr. Xu Yi (胥 义), an independent non-executive Director of our company. He is primarily responsible for providing independent advice to the Board.
Dr. Xu has over 16 years of experience in researching on cryopreservation of cells, tissues and organs. He successively served as a lecturer and an associate professor from July 2005 to June 2017, and has been serving as a professor since June 2017, at the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology (上海理工大学), where he is primarily responsible for conducting research on biological thermodynamics. Dr. Xu also served as a senior research scholar at the University of Minnesota in the United States from January 2013 to January 2014.
From April 2017 to April 2021, Dr. Xu served as a deputy head of Cryobiology Group of China Medicinal Biotechnology Association Tissue Biobank Branch (中国医药生物技术协会组织生物样本库分会低温生物学组). He has been serving as a committee member of the Biological Resource Management and Utilization Branch of the Chinese Preventive Medicine Association (中华预防医学会生物资源管理与利用研究分会) since May 2018 and a member of the Tenth Council of Chinese Association of Refrigeration (中国制冷学会第十届理事会) since October 2020.
Dr. Xu was awarded the Third Prize for Technology Invention Award of Shanghai (上海市技术发明奖三等奖) in November 2006, the Second Prize of Science and Technology Progress Award of Chinese Association of Refrigeration (中国制冷学会科学技术进步奖二等奖) in January 2007, the Second Prize for China Machinery Industry Technology Award (中国机械工业科学技术奖二等奖) in December 2007, the Shanghai Youth Science and Technology “Qimingxing” Program (Type A) (上海市青年科技“启明星”计划（A类）资助) in September 2008 and the Third Prize for Technology Invention Award of Shanghai (上海市技术发明奖三等奖) in December 2013.
Dr. Xu graduated from the China University of Mining and Technology (中国矿业大学) in the PRC with a bachelor’s degree in thermal engineering in July 1999 and a master’s degree in fluid machinery and engineering in June 2002. He obtained his doctor’s degree in refrigeration and cryogenic engineering from University of Shanghai for Science and Technology (上海理工大学) in the PRC in August 2005.