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Feng Zhang

1981 - Today

Feng Zhang

Feng Zhang (Chinese: 张锋; pinyin: Zhāng Fēng; born October 22, 1981) is a Chinese-born American biochemist and neuroscientist. He is the James and Patricia Poitras Professor of Neuroscience at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a core institute member of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. He also holds appointments as an investigator at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research, as a professor in the MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and Department of Biological Engineering, and as an HHMI investigator. Zhang is most well known for his central role in the development of optogenetics and CRISPR technologies. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Feng Zhang is the 1,094th most popular biologist (down from 1,092nd in 2019), the 1,388th most popular biography from China (down from 1,353rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Chinese Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Feng Zhang ranks 1,094 out of 1,097. Before him are David Bellamy, Peter Piot, Magnus Manske, Lubna Tahtamouni, PZ Myers, and Maria Van Kerkhove. After him are Sean B. Carroll, Cordelia Fine, Sunetra Gupta, and Rana Dajani.

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David Bellamy
1933 - 2019
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 1,088
Peter Piot
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.56
Rank: 1,089
Magnus Manske
1974 - Present
HPI: 44.50
Rank: 1,090
Lubna Tahtamouni
1976 - Present
HPI: 44.02
Rank: 1,091
PZ Myers
1957 - Present
HPI: 43.03
Rank: 1,092
Maria Van Kerkhove
1977 - Present
HPI: 40.45
Rank: 1,093
Feng Zhang
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.24
Rank: 1,094
Sean B. Carroll
1960 - Present
HPI: 39.75
Rank: 1,095
Cordelia Fine
1975 - Present
HPI: 37.31
Rank: 1,096
Sunetra Gupta
1965 - Present
HPI: 37.09
Rank: 1,097
Rana Dajani
2000 - Present
HPI: 36.49
Rank: 1,098

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Feng Zhang ranks 1,068. Before him are Malek Mouath, Élodie Ouédraogo, Daniel Carvalho da Silva, Radek Šírl, Catherine Reitman, and Liz McClarnon. After him are Kirk Hinrich, Ross Thomas, Masayuki Ochiai, Deividas Česnauskis, Jéssica Augusto, and Hiroshi Narazaki.

Others Born in 1981

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Malek Mouath
SOCCER PLAYER
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.26
Rank: 1,062
Élodie Ouédraogo
ATHLETE
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.26
Rank: 1,063
Daniel Carvalho da Silva
SOCCER PLAYER
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.26
Rank: 1,064
Radek Šírl
SOCCER PLAYER
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.25
Rank: 1,065
Catherine Reitman
ACTOR
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.25
Rank: 1,066
Liz McClarnon
SINGER
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.25
Rank: 1,067
Feng Zhang
BIOLOGIST
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.24
Rank: 1,068
Kirk Hinrich
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.24
Rank: 1,069
Ross Thomas
ACTOR
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.20
Rank: 1,070
Masayuki Ochiai
SOCCER PLAYER
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.20
Rank: 1,071
Deividas Česnauskis
SOCCER PLAYER
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.20
Rank: 1,072
Jéssica Augusto
ATHLETE
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.17
Rank: 1,073
Hiroshi Narazaki
SOCCER PLAYER
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.15
Rank: 1,074