Zhang Zhengguang

Biography

Zhang Zhengguang, PhD, Professor, PhD supervisor. National Outstanding Youth Science Foundation (2013), Jiangsu Province Distinguished Professor (2013), Ministry of science and technology of young and middle-aged science and technology innovation leader (2015).     2002 Ph.D. in Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University. 2000.4-2000.12 State Key Laboratory of Protein Engineering and Plant Genetic Engineering engaged in Phytophthora capsici non-host resistance molecular mechanisms; 2005-2006 Louise Anna State University Health Research Center engaged in fungal biology and signaling postdoctoral research. Now committed to the mechanism and control of rice blast disease and molecular mechanisms of interaction between plants and pathogens, presided over the National Natural Science Foundation of key projects, the National 863 Program, the National Natural Science Foundation of the project more than 30 items. He has published over 100 research papers at home and abroad, including nearly 50 SCI papers by correspondence / first author, including 4 papers on PLoS Pathogens.     He has been selected as the academic leader of "133 Talents Project" of Nanjing Agricultural University, outstanding backbone teacher of "Qinglan Project" in Jiangsu Province, outstanding talent in the new century of Ministry of Education and 333th talent in Jiangsu Province. In 2011, he was awarded the Youth Science and Technology Award of Jiangsu Province. As the primary finisher won the first prize of progress in education and science and technology, the first prize of natural sciences and the second prize of each one. International journal PLoS One and Current Genetics academic editorial board.  

Research Interest

1. Blast disaster mechanism and control research 2. Molecular mechanisms of plant non-host resistance to Phytophthora infestans