Deng Zixin (Chinese: 邓子新; born 1957) is a Chinese microbiologist and Professor of Microbiology at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
Deng Zixin | |
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Born | 1957 |
Alma mater | Huazhong Agricultural University University of East Anglia |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Microbiology |
Institutions | Shanghai Jiao Tong University Wuhan University Huazhong Agricultural University |
Thesis | A molecular study of a region of the Streptomyces plasmid pIJ101 (1987) |
Doctoral advisor | David Hopwood and Tobias Kieser[1] |
Born in Hubei, China, he graduated from Huazhong Agricultural University with a BSc in microbiology in 1982 and completed his PhD on the genetics of Streptomyces at the University of East Anglia in 1987.[1] He was made a Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2005, a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences in 2006, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology in 2010. He is currently the dean of School of Pharmacy at Wuhan University and director of Wuhan Institute of Biotechnology.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Deng Zixin". Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Archived from the original on 1 November 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ "People - Deng Zixin". Wuhan University. Retrieved 27 January 2015.