Areas of Focus
- Self-assembling nanopores
- Cell structural biology
- Cancer genomics
- Multiscale multidimensional imaging
Work Experience
- 1989-2010: University of Virginia, School of Medicine, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, promoted to full professor in 1998
- 2009-present: Founded and leads the Shanghai Systems Biomedicine Research Center, Executive Deputy Director of Zhiyuan Innovation Center
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1978-1982: Bachelor in Physics, Nanjing University
- 1983-1988: PhD in Physics, University of Chicago
- CUSPEA program participant under Tsung-Dao Lee
Publications
- Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology, Zhifeng Shao
- Advances in Physics, Zhifeng Shao
- Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics, Zhifeng Shao
- Accounts of Chemical Research, Zhifeng Shao
Awards
- 2000: Overseas Distinguished Expert by the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2010: Pujiang Scholar
- 2015: First Prize in Teaching Achievement at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (ranked 9th)
- 2017: Reimagine Education STARS Awards (bronze), USA
- 2017: Special Prize in Teaching Achievement at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (ranked 4th)
- 2017: First Prize in Teaching Achievement by Shanghai City (ranked 9th)
