Deng Zixin
Deng Zixin | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1957 |
| Alma mater | Huazhong Agricultural University University of East Anglia |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Microbiology |
| Institutions | Shanghai Jiao Tong University Wuhan University Huazhong Agricultural University |
| Thesis | A molecular study of a region of the Streptomyces plasmid pIJ101 (1987) |
| Doctoral advisor | 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 is currently the dean of School of Pharmacy at Wuhan University and director of Wuhan Institute of Biotechnology.