Prof. Jiang Liwen (1st left) has a BSc from South China Agricultural University, an MSc from the University of British Columbia and a PhD from Simon Fraser University. Prior to joining the Department of Biology at CUHK in 2000, he had spent four years conducting post-doctoral research at Washington State University.

Professor Jiang has devoted most of his career to plant cell biology research. He is interested in the molecular mechanisms of protein degradation in germinating seeds, the characterization of plant prevacuolar compartments at the molecular level, protein targeting, and organelle biogenesis. Professor Jiang was awarded a Croucher Senior Research Fellowship (2009–10).