Yong Zhang, Ph.D.
Professor, Chair of Bioinformatics Department
yzhang {at} tongji.edu.cn

Education, Training & Academic appointments: Peking University (B.S. 2001); Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Ph.D. 2006); Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard School of Public Health (postdoctoral fellow 2006-2009); School of Life Science and Technologies, Tongji University (professor 2009-now; department chair 2019-now)

Honors & Awards: Shanghai Science and Technology Rising Star (2010); New Century Excellent Talents in University (2011); Shanghai Science and Technology Excellent Rising Star (2013); National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars (2013); National Program for Support of Top-notch Young Professionals (2015); Shanghai Subject Chief Scientist (2017); Yangtze River Young Scholar (2018) ; Natural Science Award - Ministry of Education (First Class Prize; 2019); National Natural Science Award (Second Class Prize; 2020); Shanghai Natural Science Award (First Class Prize; 2022); National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (2023)