Professor | Yongzhen Zhang | Asia Growth Partners

Name	Yongzhen Zhang
Contact Information	zhangyongzhen@fudan.edu.cn
Language ability	Chinese, English
Province	Shanghai

Name

Yongzhen Zhang

Contact Information

zhangyongzhen@fudan.edu.cn

Language ability

Chinese, English

Province

Shanghai

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	Fudan University
Faculty	Life Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements	1982-1986 Bachelor's Degree: Shihezi University 1992-1995 Master's Degree: South China Agricultural University 1995-1998 Doctorate: Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Led team to discover over 5000 new viruses First to decode the full genome of the novel coronavirus on January 5, 2020
Work Experience	1998-2000 - Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine - Postdoctoral Researcher 2001-2020 - Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention - Research on infectious disease prevention and virus biology 2018-2023 - Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center - Part-time Professor
Awards	2022: Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Award 2020: Nature's 10 People Who Mattered 2020: Time's 100 Most Influential People 2020: The Straits Times Asian of the Year 2020: ICG-15 GigaScience Data Sharing Award 2020: General Symbiosis Award 2020: Falling Walls Global Life Sciences 60 2018: State Council Special Allowance Expert 2017: National Innovation Award

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

Fudan University

Faculty

Life Sciences

Academic Background & Achievements

1982-1986 Bachelor's Degree: Shihezi University
1992-1995 Master's Degree: South China Agricultural University
1995-1998 Doctorate: Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Led team to discover over 5000 new viruses
First to decode the full genome of the novel coronavirus on January 5, 2020

Work Experience

1998-2000 - Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine - Postdoctoral Researcher
2001-2020 - Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention - Research on infectious disease prevention and virus biology
2018-2023 - Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center - Part-time Professor

Awards

2022: Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Award
2020: Nature's 10 People Who Mattered
2020: Time's 100 Most Influential People
2020: The Straits Times Asian of the Year
2020: ICG-15 GigaScience Data Sharing Award
2020: General Symbiosis Award
2020: Falling Walls Global Life Sciences 60
2018: State Council Special Allowance Expert
2017: National Innovation Award

Areas of Focus	New pathogen discovery Viral genetic evolution and ecology Epidemiology Infectious diseases
Publications	Host traits shape virome composition and virus transmission in wild small mammals, Chen YM, Hu SJ, Lin XD, Tian JH, Lv JX, Wang MR, Luo XQ, Pei YY, Hu RX, Song ZG, Holmes EC, Zhang YZ, 2023 RNA viromes from terrestrial sites across China expand environmental viral diversity, Chen YM, Sadiq S, Tian J, Chen X, Lin XD, Shen JJ, Chen H, Hao ZY, Yang WD, Wille M, Zhou ZC, Wu J, Li F, Wang HW, Xu QY, Wang W, Gao WH, Holmes EC, Zhang YZ, 2022 A new coronavirus associated with human respiratory disease in China, Wu F, Zhao S, Yu B, Chen YM, Wang W, Song ZG, Hu Y, Tao ZW, Tian JH, Pei YY, Yuan ML, Zhang YL, Dai FH, Liu Y, Wang QM, Zheng JJ, Xu L, Holmes EC, Zhang YZ, 2020 A genomic perspective on the origin and emergence of SARS-CoV-2, Zhang YZ, Holmes EC, 2020 The novel coronavirus outbreak: What we know and what we don’t, Zhang YZ, Koopmans M, Yuen KY, Andersen K, Perlman S, Hogue B, Eckerle I, 2020 Classify viruses - the gain is worth the pain, Kuhn JH, Wolf YI, Krupovic M, Zhang YZ, Maes P, Dolja VV, Koonin EV, 2019 The evolutionary history of vertebrate RNA viruses, Shi M, Lin XD, Chen X, Tian JH, Chen LJ, Li K, Wang W, Eden JS, Shen JJ, Liu L, Holmes EC, Zhang YZ, 2018 Using metagenomics to characterize an expanding virosphere, Zhang YZ, Shi M, Holmes EC, 2018 Redefining the invertebrate RNA virosphere, Shi M, Lin XD, Tian JH, Chen LJ, Chen X, Li CX, Qin XC, Li J, Cao JP, Eden JS, Buchmann J, Wang W, Xu J, Holmes EC, Zhang YZ, 2016

Areas of Focus

New pathogen discovery
Viral genetic evolution and ecology
Epidemiology
Infectious diseases

Publications

Host traits shape virome composition and virus transmission in wild small mammals, Chen YM, Hu SJ, Lin XD, Tian JH, Lv JX, Wang MR, Luo XQ, Pei YY, Hu RX, Song ZG, Holmes EC, Zhang YZ*, 2023
RNA viromes from terrestrial sites across China expand environmental viral diversity, Chen YM, Sadiq S, Tian J, Chen X, Lin XD, Shen JJ, Chen H, Hao ZY, Yang WD, Wille M, Zhou ZC, Wu J, Li F, Wang HW, Xu QY, Wang W, Gao WH, Holmes EC, Zhang YZ*, 2022
A new coronavirus associated with human respiratory disease in China, Wu F, Zhao S, Yu B, Chen YM, Wang W, Song ZG, Hu Y, Tao ZW, Tian JH, Pei YY, Yuan ML, Zhang YL, Dai FH, Liu Y, Wang QM, Zheng JJ, Xu L, Holmes EC, Zhang YZ*, 2020
A genomic perspective on the origin and emergence of SARS-CoV-2, Zhang YZ, Holmes EC*, 2020
The novel coronavirus outbreak: What we know and what we don’t, Zhang YZ, Koopmans M, Yuen KY, Andersen K, Perlman S, Hogue B, Eckerle I, 2020
Classify viruses - the gain is worth the pain, Kuhn JH*, Wolf YI, Krupovic M, Zhang YZ, Maes P, Dolja VV, Koonin EV, 2019
The evolutionary history of vertebrate RNA viruses, Shi M, Lin XD, Chen X, Tian JH, Chen LJ, Li K, Wang W, Eden JS, Shen JJ, Liu L, Holmes EC, Zhang YZ*, 2018
Using metagenomics to characterize an expanding virosphere, Zhang YZ*, Shi M, Holmes EC, 2018
Redefining the invertebrate RNA virosphere, Shi M, Lin XD, Tian JH, Chen LJ, Chen X, Li CX, Qin XC, Li J, Cao JP, Eden JS, Buchmann J, Wang W, Xu J, Holmes EC, Zhang YZ*, 2016

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