We are pleased to announce the winner of the Gels 2022 Travel Award. The award has been granted to Dr. Lan Xiao, a postdoctoral researcher in the School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Australia.

Dr. Lan Xiao is an outstanding early career researcher in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Her research mainly focuses on developing potential therapeutic approaches to induce/improve tissue regeneration (e.g., bone regeneration, neuronal regeneration, wound healing, and vascular regeneration) by modulating the immune system to ensure the local environment is beneficial for regeneration. She has 47 published journal papers, including those in top journals such as Materials today (IF: 31.041), Nano letters (IF: 11.238), Advanced Functional Materials (IF: 18.808), Advanced Science (IF: 16.806), Autophagy (IF: 16.016), Chemical Engineering (IF: 13.273), and Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B (IF: 11.413). Her publications have been cited 11320 times with a H-index of 16 (Google scholar), and 55.6% of them were published in the top 10% journals worldwide, which is significantly above the average as indicated by her FWCI of 6.38 (SciVal). This includes an international collaborative (88.9% of them were co-authored with researchers in foreign countries/regions) and cross-disciplinary reach (10 research areas including medicine, engineering and material science; SciVal). She has co-supervised six HDR students and three visiting-scholars, co-led multiple national and international projects (contributed to 23 papers), and attracted $117,321 CI funding (CIA: $67,321).

As the awardee, Dr. Lan Xiao will receive an honorarium of CHF 500 and an electronic certificate.

We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics.

Prof. Dr. David Díaz Díaz
Editor-in-Chief of Gels