Deng Zixin

Deng Zixin
Born1957 (age 68–69)
Hubei, China
EducationHuazhong Agricultural University
University of East Anglia
Scientific career
FieldsMicrobiology
WorkplacesShanghai Jiao Tong University
Wuhan University
Huazhong Agricultural University
ThesisA molecular study of a region of the Streptomyces plasmid pIJ101 (1987)
David Hopwood and Tobias Kieser

Deng Zixin (Chinese: 邓子新; born 1957) is a Chinese microbiologist and Professor of Microbiology at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Born in Hubei, China, he graduated from Huazhong Agricultural University with a BSc in microbiology in 1982 and completed his PhD on the genetics of Streptomyces at the University of East Anglia in 1987. He was made a Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2005, a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences in 2006, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology in 2010. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2019. He is currently the dean of School of Pharmacy at Wuhan University and director of Wuhan Institute of Biotechnology.

References

  1. 1 2 "Deng Zixin". Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Archived from the original on 1 November 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "Professor Zixin Deng of Shanghai Jiao Tong University was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry". Shanghai Jiao Tong University. 25 April 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
  3. ↑ "People - Deng Zixin". Wuhan University. Retrieved 27 January 2015.