BIOLOGIST

Shi Zhengli

1964 - Today

Shi Zhengli

Shi Zhengli (simplified Chinese: 石正丽; traditional Chinese: 石正麗; born 26 May 1964) is a Chinese virologist who researches SARS-like coronaviruses of bat origin. Shi directs the Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV). In 2017, Shi and her colleague Cui Jie discovered that the SARS coronavirus likely originated in a population of cave-dwelling horseshoe bats in Xiyang Yi Ethnic Township, Yunnan. She came to prominence in the popular press as "Batwoman" during the COVID-19 pandemic for her work with bat coronaviruses. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shi Zhengli is the 940th most popular biologist (down from 926th in 2019), the 937th most popular biography from China (up from 978th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Chinese Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Shi Zhengli ranks 940 out of 1,097. Before her are Hanna Resvoll-Holmsen, Johann Wilhelm Meigen, Norman I. Platnick, Philipp Christoph Zeller, Alice Catherine Evans, and George Edwards. After her are Walter Buller, Maxine Singer, Maxwell T. Masters, Outram Bangs, Mark Catesby, and Karl Patterson Schmidt.

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Hanna Resvoll-Holmsen
1873 - 1943
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 934
Johann Wilhelm Meigen
1764 - 1845
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 935
Norman I. Platnick
1951 - 2020
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 936
Philipp Christoph Zeller
1808 - 1883
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 937
Alice Catherine Evans
1881 - 1975
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 938
George Edwards
1694 - 1773
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 939
Shi Zhengli
1964 - Present
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 940
Walter Buller
1838 - 1906
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 941
Maxine Singer
1931 - 2024
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 942
Maxwell T. Masters
1833 - 1907
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 943
Outram Bangs
1863 - 1932
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 944
Mark Catesby
1683 - 1749
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 945
Karl Patterson Schmidt
1890 - 1957
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 946

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Shi Zhengli ranks 293. Before her are Dana Plato, Andy Bell, Wiliame Katonivere, Niall Ferguson, Ivan Bella, and Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer. After her are Dieter Hecking, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Věra Jourová, Miroslav Kadlec, Augusto Paolo Lojudice, and Iliana Iotova.

Others Born in 1964

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Dana Plato
ACTOR
1964 - 1999
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 287
Andy Bell
SINGER
1964 - Present
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 288
Wiliame Katonivere
POLITICIAN
1964 - Present
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 289
Niall Ferguson
HISTORIAN
1964 - Present
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 290
Ivan Bella
ASTRONAUT
1964 - Present
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 291
Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer
POLITICIAN
1964 - Present
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 292
Shi Zhengli
BIOLOGIST
1964 - Present
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 293
Dieter Hecking
SOCCER PLAYER
1964 - Present
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 294
Sharif Sheikh Ahmed
POLITICIAN
1964 - Present
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 295
Věra Jourová
POLITICIAN
1964 - Present
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 296
Miroslav Kadlec
SOCCER PLAYER
1964 - Present
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 297
Augusto Paolo Lojudice
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1964 - Present
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 298
Iliana Iotova
POLITICIAN
1964 - Present
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 299