Linzhao Cheng

Biography

Linzhao Cheng, Ph.D. is the Edythe Harris Lucas and Clara Lucas Lynn Professor of Hematology at John Hopkins University. As a professor of medicine, oncology and gynecology/obstetrics, he is a founding member of the Stem Cell Program in the Institute for Cell Engineering at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Cheng is also the associate director for basic research in the Division of Hematology. He initiated his stem cell research career as a postdoctoral fellow, helping establish mouse pluripotent stem cell lines from primordial germ cells, a landmark study published in Nature in 1992. Since 1994, his research has focused on human stem cell biology and cell engineering. Dr. Cheng led groups within the industry and Johns Hopkins. He has published more than 78 original research papers, including those in Nature Biotechnology, Nature Medicine, Nature Genetics, Cell, Stem Cell, Blood, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. His lab currently focuses on using human stem cells for blood disease modeling and treatment.

Research Interest

 Nature Biotechnology, Nature Medicine, Nature Genetics, Cell, Stem Cell, Pharmacology