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Yujun George Zheng, PhD
Assistant Professor
Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Scholar
Department of Chemistry (primary appointment)
Department of Biology (joint appointment)
Faculty member, Georgia State University Center for Biotechnology and Drug Design
Faculty member, Georgia State University Molecular Basis of Disease Program
Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
Office phone:404-413-5491
Lab hone: 404-413-5523
Fax:404-413-5505
Office:Room 416, Natural Science Center
Email: yzheng@gsu.edu
Education:
B.S., 1995, Peking University
M.S., 1998, Peking University
Ph.D., 2002, University of Miami
Post-Doc, 2002~2006, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Areas of Research Interest:
Chemical biology; medicinal chemistry; biochemistry; enzymology; organic chemistry; combinatorial chemistry; histone modifications;
epigenetic mechanism of disease; protein chemistry; chemical probes; diagnostic sensors.
Honors and Awards:
Invited reviewer for scientific journals: ACS Chemical Biology, ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, Analytical Chemistry, Biomacromolecules, Biochemistry, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, Cell Biology International (UK), Chemistry & Biology, ChemBioChem, ChemMedChem, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, European Journal of Chemistry, European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, International Journal of Analytical Chemistry, Journal of the American Chemical Society, European Journal of Chemistry, Journal of Biotechnology, The Journal of Physical Chemistry, Medicinal Research Reviews, Organic Letters, Sensors, Synlett, etc.
Editorial Board of Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology, 2009-
Marquis Who's Who in America 2011 (65th Edition).
Program Discussion Leader, 22nd Enzyme Mechanism Conference, Tampa, Florida. Jan 2011
GSU Faculty Award for Undergraduate Research, 2010
American Heart Association Beginning-Grant-in-Aid Award, 2009
Interdisciplinary Research Team Grant Award at GSU, 2009
Research Initiation Award at GSU, 2008
Membership of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2007-
Georgia Cancer Coalition (GCC) Distinguished Cancer Scholar Award, 2007
Professional membership of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), 2006-
William M. Keck Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University, 2004
Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, 2003
Nominee of Victor Lamer Award of American Chemical Society. 2003
Award of Academic Excellence, Graduate School, University of Miami, 2002
WHO'S WHO Award among Students in American Universities & Colleges. 2002
Second Place in the Fifth Annual University of Miami Graduate Student Research and Creativity Forum, University of Miami. 2001
Provost's Graduate Student Travel Award, University of Miami. 2001
Max and Peggy Kriloff Graduate Student Travel Scholarship, University of Miami. 2001
Mailing address:
Dr. George Zheng
Department of Chemistry
P.O. Box 4098
Atlanta, Georgia 30302-4098
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