Shen Gang

Professor Gang Shen is now Professor of Wuhan University Tai Kang Dental Research Institute. He obtained his BDS in 1988 and then MDSc (Orth) in 1991 from Shanghai Second Medical University. In 2000, he was awarded Ph.D from the University of Hong Kong Faculty of Dentistry. He was Chair Professor in Orthodontics Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Stomatology from 2000 to 2004 before he moved to Australia taking up the full time academic position as Associate Professor in Orthodontics in University of Sydney Faculty of Dentistry. In June 2008, he returned to Shanghai and resumed his duty as Chair Professor. Prof Shen’s research interests include biological mechanisms of phenotypic shifting of chondrocytes during the transition from cartilage to bone, and the innovative work on development of clear orthopedic appliances S8-SGTB. Prof Shen has published extensively in many prestigious dental and orthodontic journals and lectured world-widely in many occasions.