Feng Zhang
| Feng Zhang | |
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| Born |
October 22, 1982 Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China |
| Residence | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Neuroscience, Bioengineering |
| Institutions | MIT, Broad Institute |
| Alma mater | |
| Academic advisors | Karl Deisseroth |
| Known for | Optogenetics, CRISPR |
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Feng Zhang (Chinese: 张锋; pinyin: Zhāng Fēng; born October 22, 1982) is the James and Patricia Poitras Professor in Neuroscience at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research and in the departments of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and Biological Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also has appointment with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard (where he is a core member). He is most well known for playing a central role in the development of optogenetics and CRISPR technologies.
Zhang was born in China in 1982 and given the name 锋 (Fēng). Both of his parents were computer programmers in China. At age 11, he moved to Iowa with his mother (his father was not able to join them for several years). He attended Theodore Roosevelt High School and Central Academy in Des Moines, graduating in 2000. In 1999 he attended the acclaimed Research Science Institute at MIT, and in 2000 he won 3rd Place in the Intel Science Talent Search. He earned his A.B. in Chemistry and Physics from Harvard University in 2004 where he worked with Xiaowei Zhuang. He then received his Ph.D. in chemical and biological engineering from Stanford University in 2009 under the guidance of Karl Deisseroth where he developed the technologies behind optogenetics with Edward Boyden. He served as an independent Junior Fellow in the Harvard Society of Fellows.
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