According to the Overseas Chinese News, a few days ago, the School of Science of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced the promotion of five associate professors to tenured professors, including Feng Zhang, a famous Chinese scientist who was only 34 years old. Feng Zhang has now broken Qian Xuesen's record and become the youngest Chinese tenured professor in MIT history. It is understood that Feng Zhang was born in Shijiazhuang on October 22, 1982 and immigrated to the United States with his family in 1994.
Feng Zhang has now broken Qian Xuesen's record and become the youngest Chinese tenured professor in MIT history. Feng Zhang's most famous work is the development and application of gene modification technology CRISPR-Cas9. He took the lead in obtaining an American patent for this and was regarded as one of the popular candidates for the Nobel Prize. Feng Zhang's resume is as follows:
Born in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province in p>1982;
In p>1993, I immigrated to the United States with my family, and began to have great interest in life science research when I was in high school.
In p>24, he obtained a bachelor's degree in chemistry and physics from Harvard University;
In p>29, he obtained a doctorate in chemistry and bioengineering from Stanford University;
in p>211, he joined MIT, and worked in the brain and cognitive science department of McGovern Institute and Broad Institute.
In p>213, his laboratory developed an innovative CRISPR/Cas system, which greatly improved the reliability and efficiency of editing genes, and attracted international attention and won various honors for his breakthrough research results.
In p>214, he was selected as one of the top ten scientific figures in 213 by Nature magazine;
In p>215, he was nominated as "Bostonian of the Year";
In March, 216, it won the Gardiner International Award in Canada;
in January, 216, Thomson Reuters named him as one of the 19 most influential scientists in the world in 215. At the same time, he is the only biomedical engineering scholar on the list and the youngest scientist;
On September 21st, 216, he was shortlisted for the "Citation Laureate Award" in the field of chemistry in Thomson Reuters, and was regarded as a popular candidate for the Nobel Prize.