2007 - 2008 Postdoctoral: University of Alabama at Birmingham
2003 - 2005 Postdoctoral: Shandong Agricultural University
1999 - 2002 PhD in Agronomy: Inner Mongolia Agricultural University
1996 - 1999 Master's in Agronomy: Inner Mongolia Agricultural University
1991 - 1996 Bachelor's in Agronomy: Inner Mongolia Agricultural University
2010 - Present - Shandong Agricultural University - Professor
2002 - 2010 - Shandong Agricultural University - Associate Professor
2014 - 2015 - Harvard Medical School - Senior Visiting Scholar
2009 - 2010 - Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine - Senior Visiting Scholar
2005 - 2006 - Ministry of Science and Technology Rural Center - Project Director
State Council Special Government Allowance Scholar (2020)
National Hundred, Thousand, and Ten Thousand Talent Project (2019)
National Outstanding Young and Middle-aged Expert with Outstanding Contributions (2019)
Shandong Province Excellent Graduate Supervisor (2019)
Taian City Top Talent (2017)
Taian City Advanced Science and Technology Worker (2016)
Shandong Province Outstanding Young and Middle-aged Expert with Outstanding Contributions (2015)
Instructor of the Special Prize in the 'China Wings' Competition (2022)
Research
Mechanisms and control of immunosuppressive diseases in poultry Mechanisms and control of avian tumor diseases Identification and mechanisms of emerging and sudden diseases Purification and control of vertically transmitted diseases Pathogenic mechanisms of immunosuppressive viruses in poultry Development of new recombinant vaccines, epitope vaccines, subunit and DNA vaccines Research on new natural defense factor drugs and peptide drugs Purification techniques for vertically transmitted diseases
Tumor cell cross talk with tumor-associated leukocytes leads to induction of tumor exosomal fibronectin and promotes tumor progression, Deng Z, Cheng Z, Xiang X, Yan J, Zhuang X, Liu C, Jiang H, Ju S, Zhang L, Grizzle W, Mobley J, Roman J, Miller D, Zhang HG, 2012
Multifunctional Fe₃O₄ core/Ni-Al layered double hydroxides shell nanospheres as labels for ultrasensitive electrochemical immunoassay of subgroup J of avian leukosis virus, Shang K, Zhu J, Meng X, Cheng Z*, Ai S, 2012
β-cyclodextrin-ferrocene host-guest complex multifunctional labeling triple amplification strategy for electrochemical immunoassay of subgroup J of avian leukosis viruses, Shang K, Wang X, Sun B, Cheng Z*, Ai S*, 2013
Identification of two novel multiple recombinant avian leukosis viruses in two different lines of layer chicken, Cai L, Shen Y, Wang G, Guo H, Liu J, Cheng Z*, 2013
Genetic mutations of avian leukosis virus subgroup J strains extended their host range, Shen Y, Cai L, Wang Y, Wei R, He M, Wang S, Wang G, Cheng Z*, 2014
Identification of a variant antigenic neutralizing epitope in hypervariable region 1 of avian leukosis virus subgroup J, Hou M, Zhou D, Li G, Guo H, Liu J, Wang G, Zheng Q, Cheng Z*, 2016
Inhibition of avian tumor virus replication by CCCH-type zinc finger antiviral protein, Zhu M, Ma X, Cui X, Zhou J, Li C, Huang L, Shang Y, Cheng Z*, 2017
A novel multi-variant epitope ensemble vaccine against avian leukosis virus subgroup J, Wang X, Zhou D, Wang G, Huang L, Zheng Q, Li C, Cheng Z*, 2017
Electrochemical immunosensor with nanocellulose-Au composite assisted multiple signal amplification for detection of avian leukosis virus subgroup J, Liu C, Dong J, Waterhouse GIN., Cheng Z*, Ai S*, 2018
Emergence of pathogenic and multiple-antibiotic-resistant Macrococcus caseolyticus in commercial broiler chickens, Li G, Du X, Zhou D, Li C, Huang L, Zheng Q, Cheng Z*, 2018
Emergence of gyrovirus 3 in commercial broiler chickens with transmissible viral proventriculitis, Li G, Yuan S, He M, Zhao M, Hao X, Song M, Zhang L, Qiao C, Huang L, Zhang L, Li C, Wang G, Cheng Z*, 2018
Synergistic viral replication of Marek’s disease virus and avian leukosis virus subgroup J is responsible for the enhanced pathogenicity in superinfection of chickens, Zhou J, Zhao G, Wang X, Du X, Su S, Li C, Venugopal Nair, Yao Y, Cheng Z*, 2018
Reticuloendotheliosis virus and avian leukosis virus subgroup J synergistically increase the accumulation of exosomal miRNAs, Zhou D, Xue J, He S, Du X, Zhou J, Li C, Huang L, Nair V, Yao Y, Cheng Z*, 2018
An electrochemical immunosensor based on an etched zeolitic imidazolate framework for detection of avian leukosis virus subgroup J, Liu C, Dong J, Ning S, Hou J, Waterhouse GIN, Cheng Z*, Ai S*, 2018
Emergence of Morganella morganii subsp. morganii in dairy calves, China, Li G, Niu X, Yuan S, Liang L, Liu Y, Hu L, Liu J, Cheng Z*, 2018
Outbreak of myelocytomatosis caused by mutational avian leukosis virus subgroup J in China, 2018, Zhou D, Xue J, Zhang Y, Wang G, Feng Y, Hu L, Shang Y, Cheng Z*, 2019
Clonal anergy of CD117+chB6+ B cell progenitors induced by avian leukosis virus subgroup J is associated with immunological tolerance, He S, Zheng G, Zhou D, Li G, Zhu M, Du X, Zhou J, Cheng Z*, 2019
Identification and characterization of chicken circovirus from commercial broiler chickens in China, Li G, Yuan S, Yan T, Shan H, Cheng Z*, 2020
CCCH-type zinc finger antiviral protein mediates antiviral immune response by activating T cells, Mingjun Zhu, Jing Zhou, Yanfei Liang, Venugopal Nair, Yongxiu Yao, Ziqiang Cheng*, 2020
Novel Cyclovirus Identified in Broiler Chickens With Transmissible Viral Proventriculitis in China, Yan T, Li G, Zhou D, Yang X, Hu L, Cheng Z, 2020
The Distribution and Localization of Collagen Triple Helix Repeat Containing-1 in Naturally and Experimentally Avian Leukosis Virus Subgroup J-Infected Chickens, Pang Y, Zhou D, Zhou J, Xue J, Wang Y, Cheng Z, 2020
Cross-species pathogenicity of gyrovirus 3 in experimentally infected chickens and mice, Shiyu Yuan, Tianxing Yan, Libo Huang, Xiaojing Hao, Manda Zhao, Shicheng Zhang, Defang Zhou, Ziqiang Cheng, 2021
High-frequency and activation of CD4+CD25+ Tregs maintain persistent immunotolerance induced by congenital ALV-J infection, Shuhai He, Gaoying Zheng, Defang Zhou, li Huang, Jianguo Dong, Ziqiang Cheng, 2021
Kinetic analysis of pathogenicity and tissue tropism of Gyrovirus 3 in experimentally infected chickens, Gen Li, Defang Zhou, Manda Zhao, Qing Liu, Xiaojing Hao, Tianxing Yan, Shiyu Yuan, Shicheng Zhang, Ziqiang Cheng, 2021
CCCH-zinc finger antiviral protein relieves immunosuppression of T cell induced by avian leukosis virus subgroup J via NLP–PKC-δ–NFAT pathway, Mingjun Zhu, Jing Zhou, Defang Zhou, Kunmei Yang and Ziqiang Cheng, 2022
