Xiaodong Zhang
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Xiaodong Zhang FRS is a Professor of Macromolecular Structure and Function at Imperial College London.[2][3][4]
Xiaodong Zhang | |
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| Alma mater | Peking University (BS) Stony Brook University (PhD) |
| Awards | EMBO Member (2016) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | |
| Institutions | Imperial College London Harvard University Francis Crick Institute |
| Thesis | Development and applications of quantitative X-ray microscopy with chemical sensitivity (1995) |
| Doctoral advisor | Janos Kirz David Sayre[1] |
| Other academic advisors | Don Wiley[1] |
| Website | www |
Education
Zhang was educated at Peking University and Stony Brook University where she was awarded a PhD in 1995 on X-ray microscopy[5][6] supervised by Janos Kirz and David Sayre.[1]
Research and career
After a postdoctoral research position at Harvard University with Don Wiley she moved to the Imperial Cancer Research Fund in 1997.[1] She was appointed a lecturer at Imperial College London in 2001, a Reader in 2005 and a Professor in 2008.[1]
Zhang's research investigates structural biology, transcription, DNA repair and AAA proteins, particularly ATPases.[2][7][8][9]
Awards and honours
Zhang was awarded EMBO Membership in 2016[10] and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2024.[11]
References
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