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Zhao Zhang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology at Duke University. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts Medical School in 2014 and began leading his own research group at the Carnegie Institution for Science, Department of Embryology, affiliated with Johns Hopkins University, without undergoing postdoctoral training. Zhang was recruited as an inaugural Duke Science Technology Scholar in 2019. His lab focuses on the study of transposons and circular DNA in relation to development and tumorigenesis, earning him multiple awards, including the NIH Director's Early Independence Award and the Pew Biomedical Scholar designation. His ongoing research aims to advance understanding of genomic parasites in glioblastoma immunotherapy and how transposable elements impact spermatogenesis in Drosophila. Dr. Zhang has received substantial grants from the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Defense for his pioneering work in the field.
Department of Biomedical Engineering (MS program)