Upload Avatar (500 x 500)
Zhang Zhi
Life Science
Fudan University
Shanghai
Language: English, Chinese
Neural Regulation
Energy Metabolism
Central Nervous System
Estrogen
Hypothalamus
Body Temperature
Food Intake
Energy Expenditure
Gene Editing
Metabolic Diseases
Areas of Focus
- Neural regulation of energy metabolism by the central nervous system, with a focus on estrogen's role in the hypothalamus in regulating body temperature, food intake, and energy expenditure
Work Experience
- Current - Fudan University - Associate Research Fellow
Academic Background & Achievements
- PhD: University of Amsterdam
- Postdoc: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
- Published 19 SCI papers in journals like Nature Communications, Nature Metabolism, eLife
- Recipient of the Young Scientist Award from the American Women's Health Research Association
- Recipient of the Postdoctoral Award from the American Heart Association
- Nominated for the UCLA Postdoctoral Chancellor's Award
Publications
- The effects of estrogens on neural circuits that control temperature, Zhang Z, DiVittorio R. J, Joseph M. A, Correa M. S., 2021
- Estrogen receptor alpha in the brain mediates tamoxifen-induced changes in physiology in mice, Zhang Z, Park J. W, Ahn I. S., Diamante G., Sivakumar N., Arneson D. V., Yang X., van Veen, J. E.# and Correa, S. M#., 2021
- Estrogen-Sensitive Medial Preoptic Area Neurons Coordinate Torpor in Mice, Zhang Z, Reis FMCV, He Y, Park JW, DiVittorio JR, Sivakumar N, van Veen JE, Pereira S, Shum M, Anderson S, Nichols I, Paul K, Liesa M, Ajijola OA, Xu Y, Adhikari A, Correa SM., 2020
- Administration of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) of male rats mimics the metabolic cold defence response, Zhang Z, Machado F, Zhao L, Heinen CA, Foppen E, Ackermans MT, Zhou J, Bisschop PH, Boelen A, Fliers E, Kalsbeek A., 2018
- Effects of chronic estrogen administration in the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus (VMH) on fat and bone metabolism in ovariectomized rats, Zhang Z, Liu J, Veldhuis-Vlug AG, Su Y, Foppen E, van der Eerden BC, Koedam M, Bravenboer N, Kalsbeek A, Boelen A, Fliers E, Bisschop PH., 2016
- Metabolic effects of chronic T3 administration in the hypothalamic para-ventricular and ventromedial nucleus in male rats, Zhang Z, Foppen E, Su Y, Bisschop PH, Kalsbeek A, Fliers E, Boelen A., 2016
- A model for chronic, intrahypothalamic thyroid hormone administration in rats, Zhang Z, Bisschop PH, Foppen E, van Beeren HC, Kalsbeek A, Boelen A, Fliers E., 2016
Awards
- Young Scientist Award from the American Women's Health Research Association
- Postdoctoral Award from the American Heart Association
- Nominated for the UCLA Postdoctoral Chancellor's Award
