熊文彬，藏族，教授，博士生导师。长期从事西藏艺术史与西藏历史的研究和田野调查，涉及西藏的绘画、雕塑史和吐蕃、元、明时期的西藏古代历史、西藏艺术史及汉藏艺术交流等领域。先后出版《龙椅与法座：明代汉藏艺术交流史》《中世纪藏传佛教艺术——江孜白居寺壁画研究》《元代藏汉艺术交流史》和《西藏通史·明代卷》（合著）等专著，在国内外发表学术论文近百篇，研究成果多次获得中国藏学研究“珠峰奖”，国家社科基金重大招标项目“西藏阿里后弘期初的佛教遗存与多民族交融研究”首席专家。

Prof. Xiong, a Tibetan from Sichuan Province, specializes in Tibetan history, especially in Tibetan art history and the artistic communications between ancient Han Chinese and Tibetan cultures. Before joining CTS in 2015, he had been working at China Tibetology Research Center (CTRC) in Beijing, focusing on the studies and exhibitions on Tibetan history and culture. At present, his research focuses on the study of artistic communication between Han Chinese and Tibetan cultures during the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644). Prof. Xiong has published several monographs, including Mediaeval Tibetan Buddhist Arts: A Study of Murals of the Sku 'Bum Monastery in Gyantse (1994); Research on the Artistic Communications between Tibet and the Interior of China during the Yuan Dynasty (2003), and he coauthored The Development of Tibetan Buddhist Art History (2012). He has also published more than fifty academic articles. He has received many national and provincial awards, include the Mountain Everest award, the highest national award for Tibetan studies in China.