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

Deng Zixin
Born1957
Alma materHuazhong Agricultural University
University of East Anglia
Scientific career
FieldsMicrobiology
InstitutionsShanghai Jiao Tong University
Huazhong Agricultural University
ThesisA molecular study of a region of the Streptomyces plasmid pIJ101 (1987)
Doctoral advisorDavid Hopwood and Tobias Kieser[1]

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.[1] 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.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Deng Zixin". Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Archived from the original on 1 November 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  2. ^ "People - Deng Zixin". Wuhan University. Retrieved 27 January 2015.