Prof. Gao Fu is a member (academician) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), fellow of the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS, also known as the World Academy of Sciences), fellow of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS), international member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and foreign membership of the U.K. Royal Society (RS).

He also serves as vice president, National Natural Science Foundation of China, and director and professor of the CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogen Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology. Gao obtained his DPhil degree from Oxford University, UK and did his postdoc work in both Oxford University and Harvard University (with a brief stay in Calgary University). His researches focus on pathogen microbiology and immunology. Gao is a leading scientist in the field of virology and immunology in China and worldwide, and he has long been engaged in the research of transmission of pathogenic microorganisms across hosts, infection mechanisms and host cellular immunity, as well as public health policy and global health strategy, including Influenza, MERS, Ebola, Zika, Chikungunya, and especially for COVID-19 pandemic’s prevention and control. He has published numeral refereed papers (Including papers in Cell, Nature, Science, The Lancet, New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA etc.). Gao is a recipient of several international and national awards, including TWAS Medical Prize (2012), Nikkei Asian Prize (Japan 2014), Shulan Medical Sciences Award (2016), the Gamaleya Medal (Russia 2018), HKU Centennial Distinguished Chinese Scholar (2019) and the Qiu Shi Outstanding Scientist, Outstanding Scientific Research Team Awards (2019) and TWAS Medal Lectures (2022).

高福，中国科学院院士、发展中国家科学院院士、非洲科学院院士、美国国家科学院外籍院士、英国皇家学会外籍会士。现任国家自然科学基金委员会副主任、中国科学院微生物研究所研究员、中国科学院病原微生物与免疫学重点实验室主任。1995年在英国牛津大学获得博士学位，相继在英国牛津大学，加拿大卡尔加里大学，美国哈佛大学/哈佛医学院从事博士后研究工作。2001-2004年在英国牛津大学任讲师、实验室主任、博士生导师，2004-2008年任中国科学院微生物研究所所长，2017-2022年任中国疾病预防控制中心主任。主要从事病原微生物跨宿主传播、感染机制与宿主细胞免疫研究以及公共卫生政策与全球健康策略研究。在SCI国际刊物上发表多篇论文（包括Cell, Nature, Science, Lancet, NEJM, NSMB, PNAS, PLoS Pathogens, Immunity等）。荣获2022年度第三世界科学院讲演奖、求是杰出科技成就集体奖、香港大学百周年杰出中国学者、俄罗斯“Gamaleya奖章”、日本日经亚洲奖（Nikkei Asia Prize）、发展中国家科学院（TWAS）基础医学奖等。