Recently, Stanford University and the globally renowned academic publisher Elsevier jointly released the 2025 World's Top 2% Scientists list. Guangdong Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (GTIIT) achieved outstanding results, with 21 professors honored on the prestigious ranking - setting a new institutional record! Notably, some professors have consecutively appeared on the list for four years, fully demonstrating GTIIT faculty's sustained academic influence and exceptional research innovation capabilities.

The ranking is divided into two categories: the "Career-Long Impact List" and the "Single-Year Impact List". Among the selected GTIIT scholars, 17 were included in the "Career-Long Impact List", while 17 were named in the "Single-Year Impact List". Notably, some professors appeared on both lists, including Prof. Aaron Ciechanover (Special Envoy of the Technion President to GTIIT), Profs. Ji-Dong Gu, Sasho Gligorovski and Prof. Varenyam Achal from Environmental Science and Engineering Research Group, Prof. Dganit Danino and Prof. Harold Corke from Biotechnology and Food Engineering Program, Prof. Daniel Tan from Materials Science and Engineering Program, Prof. Ziyi Zhong, Prof. Peng Xu and Assoc. Prof. Xuezhong He from Chemical Engineering Program, Assoc. Prof. Dmitry Pashchenko from Mechanical Engineering Program, Prof. Oren Cohen from Physics Program, and Assoc. Prof. Zheng Weiran from Chemistry Program.

The selected professors represent diverse academic disciplines, spanning cutting-edge fields including biotechnology, food science, organic chemistry, environmental science, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, and materials science. This broad spectrum reflects GTIIT's robust interdisciplinary research ecosystem and its comprehensive scientific strength.

The ranking, based on the Scopus database, employs a comprehensive evaluation system incorporating multiple metrics including citation counts, H-index, and HM-index. Annually selecting the world's top 2% scientists from approximately 7 million global researchers, it aims to objectively assess scholars' long-term academic contributions and international impact. The consecutive inclusion of GTIIT scholars signifies that their research has reached world-leading standards in respective fields, with their findings gaining widespread recognition in the international academic community.

The "Career-Long Impact List" includes 17 members from GTIIT

Prof. Aaron Ciechanover (Special Envoy of the Technion President to GTIIT)

Prof. Ji-Dong Gu (Environmental Science and Engineering Research Group)

Prof. Moshe Sheintuch (Chemical Engineering Program)

Prof. Dganit Danino (Biotechnology and Food Engineering Program)

Assoc. Prof. Dmitry Pashchenko (Mechanical Engineering Program)

Prof. Harold Corke (Biotechnology and Food Engineering Program)

Prof. Peng Xu (Chemical Engineering Program);

Prof. Moris S. Eisen (Chemistry Program); 

Prof. Varenyam Achal (Environmental Science and Engineering Research Group)

Assoc. Prof. Xuezhong He (Chemical Engineering Program)

Prof. Daniel Tan (Materials Science and Engineering Program)

Prof. Ziyi Zhong (Chemical Engineering Program)

Prof. Sasho Gligorovski (Environmental Science and Engineering Research Group)

Prof. Israel Schechter (Chemistry Program)

Prof. Moshe Eizenberg (Materials Science and Engineering Program)

Assoc. Prof. Weiran Zheng (Chemistry Program)

Prof. Oren Cohen (Physics Program)

The "Single-Year Impact List" includes 17 members from GTIIT

Prof. Aaron Ciechanover (Special Envoy of the Technion President to GTIIT)

Prof. Aaron Ciechanover (Special Envoy of the Technion President to GTIIT)

Prof. Ji-Dong Gu (Environmental Science and Engineering Research Group)

Assoc. Prof. Dmitry Pashchenko (Mechanical Engineering Program)

Prof. Varenyam Achal (Environmental Science and Engineering Research Group)

Assoc. Prof. Weiran Zheng (Chemistry Program)

Prof. Daniel Tan (Materials Science and Engineering Program)

Assoc. Prof. Xuezhong He (Chemical Engineering Program)

Prof. Peng Xu (Chemical Engineering Program);

Prof. Harold Corke (Biotechnology and Food Engineering Program)

Assoc. Prof. Yan Wang (Chemical Engineering Program)

Assoc. Prof. Keke Xiao (Environmental Science and Engineering Research Group)

Prof. Sasho Gligorovski (Environmental Science and Engineering Research Group)

Prof. Ziyi Zhong (Chemical Engineering Program)

Prof. Dganit Danino (Biotechnology and Food Engineering Program)

Assoc. Prof. Andrea Cioncolini (Mechanical Engineering Program)

Prof. Oren Cohen (Physics Program)

GTIIT is committed to building a world-class faculty team, with 100% of its academic staff either dispatched by Technion - Israel Institute of Technology or recruited globally according to Technion's stringent standards. Currently, the university has gathered academic elites from over 30 countries and regions, with international faculty members exceeding 80% of the total. These distinguished scholars hail from top global institutions including Harvard University, Oxford University, MIT, Johns Hopkins University, University of Toronto, and National University of Singapore. This diverse composition not only ensures participation in global research networks and collaborations, but also guarantees teaching quality and research capabilities that meet the highest international standards.

GTIIT scholars have consistently achieved cutting-edge breakthroughs, demonstrating robust capabilities and potential. To date, the institution has published nearly 1,600 papers in international academic journals, with over 80% indexed by prestigious databases including SCIE, EI, and CPCI, and has secured more than 250 research grants, including a significant number of projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and provincial-level natural science foundations.

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