Zhang Mingjie

Zhang Mingjie
Zhang Mingjie
张明杰
Dean of College of Life Science, Southern University of Science and Technology
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 4 December 2020
Preceded by	New title
Dean of School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China
	In office; March 2015 – 2020
Preceded by	Tian Zhigang
Succeeded by	Xue Tian
Personal details
Born	September 1966 (age 58); Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
Alma mater	Fudan University; University of Calgary
Occupation	Structural biologist
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	張明傑
Simplified Chinese	张明杰
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhāng Míngjié

Zhang Mingjie (Chinese: 张明杰; born September 1966) is a Chinese structural biologist. He is Kerry Holdings Professor of Science and the Chair Professor of Biochemistry in the Department of Biochemistry at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). He was an overseas assessor of the Chinese Academy of Science.^[1] His research is focusing on molecular mechanisms of organization and regulation of neuronal signaling complexes and machineries in controlling cell polarity by using protein crystallography and NMR spectroscopy. In 2006, his structural and biochemical studies in signal transduction complex organization was rewarded for the State Natural Science Award (Second Prize), which is one of the most important national awards of science in China.^[2]^[3]

Biography

Zhang was born in Ningbo, Zhejiang in September 1966, when the Cultural Revolution broke out. He obtained his B.Sc. in chemistry from Fudan University in 1988 and earned his Ph.D. in biochemistry from University of Calgary in 1993. On December 4, 2020, he was recruited as dean of the newly founded College of Life Science, Southern University of Science and Technology.^[4]

Awards

1994, President's List, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Doctoral Prize
2002, Outstanding Overseas Young Scientist Award by the Natural Science Foundation of China
2003, the Croucher Foundation Senior Research Fellow Award
2006, The State Natural Science Award (Second Prize)
2011, HLHL Advancement Prize
2018, Croucher Senior Research Fellowships

References

^ 香港科大三位学者担任中科院智囊. Xinhua (in Chinese). 2005-03-03. Archived from the original on 2009-01-08. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
^ "Awards and Honors Received by Faculty Members (at HKUST)". Archived from the original on 2008-12-25. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
^ "The list of the State Natural Science Award in 2006". Archived from the original on 6 January 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
^ Yue Huairang (岳怀让) (2020-12-05). 南科大新设生命科学学院，张明杰院士加盟担任院长. thepaper.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 2020-12-07.

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Educational offices
Previous: Tian Zhigang (田志刚)	Dean of School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China 2015-2020	Next: Xue Tian (薛天)
New title	Dean of College of Life Science, Southern University of Science and Technology 2020	Incumbent

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[1] 香港科大三位学者担任中科院智囊. Xinhua (in Chinese). 2005-03-03. Archived from the original on 2009-01-08. Retrieved 2009-03-04.

[2] "Awards and Honors Received by Faculty Members (at HKUST)". Archived from the original on 2008-12-25. Retrieved 2009-03-04.

[3] "The list of the State Natural Science Award in 2006". Archived from the original on 6 January 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-04.

[4] Yue Huairang (岳怀让) (2020-12-05). 南科大新设生命科学学院，张明杰院士加盟担任院长. thepaper.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 2020-12-07.

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