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Jian Zheng

Asst Professor

School of Medicine

Orcid identifier0000-0003-0909-128X
  • Asst Professor
    School of Medicine
  • 5028525488
  • University of Louisville, Microbiology and Immunology, 505 South Hancock Street, CTRB Rm 616, Louisville, Kentucky, 40204, United States

BIO

Dr. Jian Zheng joined Microbiology and Immunology as tenure-track Assistant Professor on April 1, 2022.  Jian received his M.D. from Southern University in China and his Ph.D. in Immunology from Hong Kong University.  He carried out his postdoctoral research in Dr. Stanley Perlman’s laboratory at University of Iowa investigating host immune responses to coronaviruses and evaluating potential vaccines as well as anti-viral drugs.  He has published his findings in top tier journals including Cell, PNAS, Science Translational Medicine and Nature.

DEGREES

  • PhD
    University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China30 Aug 2007 - 1 Sep 2011
  • MBBS
    First Military Medical University, Guangzhou, China9 Jan 1998 - 30 Jun 2003

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Postdoc
    University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China1 Jan 2012 - 31 Dec 2014
  • Research Assistant Professor
    University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2016
  • Postdoc
    University of Iowa, Iowa City, United States1 Jan 2017 - 31 Dec 2021
  • Assistant Research Scientist
    University of Iowa, Iowa City, United States1 Jan 2022 - 31 Mar 2022

LANGUAGES

  • Chinese (Mandarin)
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Chinese (Cantonese)
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review