Weiwen Zhang

Biography

Weiwen Zhang is a Professor of Microbiology and Biochemical Engineering, Head of Laboratory of Synthetic Microbiology in the School of Chemical Engineering and Technology of Tianjin University in China. Prior to joining Tianjin University, he was a faculty with Biodesign Institute and the School of Life Science of Arizona State University for 2007-2011 and a senior scientist at Microbiology Department with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for 2002-2007. He has broad research experience in microbial genetics, physiology and synthetic biology, has authored more than 110 peer-reviewed scientific papers. His recent research focuses on synthetic biology of photosynthetic microorganisms and analysis of microbial consortia. Weiwen Zhang is a Professor of Microbiology and Biochemical Engineering, Head of Laboratory of Synthetic Microbiology in the School of Chemical Engineering and Technology of Tianjin University in China. Prior to joining Tianjin University, he was a faculty with Biodesign Institute and the School of Life Science of Arizona State University for 2007-2011 and a senior scientist at Microbiology Department with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for 2002-2007. He has broad research experience in microbial genetics, physiology and synthetic biology, has authored more than 110 peer-reviewed scientific papers. His recent research focuses on synthetic biology of photosynthetic microorganisms and analysis of microbial consortia.

Research Interest

synthetic biology of photosynthetic microorganisms and analysis of microbial consortia