Biography of Jian Zhang

Dr. Jian Zhang received his BS in Pharmacology from Peking University in 2002 and his PhD in Medicinal Chemistry from Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2007. Dr. Zhang joined the faculty at Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine as Professor in 2009 and was rewarded the Changjiang Scholars Program in 2017. Dr. Zhang serves as the Director of the Medicinal Chemistry & Bioinformatics Center at Shanghai Jiaotong University and is the Dean of the School of Pharmacy at Ningxia Medical University.

Dr. Zhang has published 120+ peer-reviewed papers (e.g. Nat Chem Biol, Chem) as the corresponding author, an inventor of 20 issued patents, and hundreds of international invited talks. He was the 2017 top-ten science and technology young scientist in China, was elected as Member of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council in 2020, was awarded as the Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry and Excellent Research Advisor of American Chemical Society in 2022. He is the Associate Editor for RSC Medicinal Chemistry and serves on the editorial board for Medicinal Research Review and other seven international journals.

In addition to his academic role, Dr Zhang is a founder of Nutshell Therapeutics, which were established to develop innovative anticancer medicines with technologies.