Research Scientists
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Dr. Shanshan Zhong
Dr. Zhong obtained her PhD degree from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health in 2020. She joined New York University (NYU) Langone Hospital and Yale school of Medicine separately as a visiting student and postgraduate researcher, respectively, from 2019 to 2020. She continued her postdoctoral training at the Center for Excellence in Molecular Biology, CAS, from 2021 to 2022, before joining the Department of Biomedical sciences at City University of Hong Kong in 2023. Her research interest focuses on investigating spatio-temporal regulations of metabolic enzymes in metabolic diseases and cancer.
PhD Students
Yongqiang Wang
PhD student (2020-2025)
Thesis project: Fructose metabolism and liver cancer
B.S. (2017-2021): Shanghai Normal University
Huimin Jiang
PhD student (2020-2025)
Thesis project: Fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase on islet cell function and type 2 diabetes.
B.S. (2016-2020)： Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine
Rui Li
PhD student (2020-2025)
Thesis project: metabolomics and machine learning in hyperuricemia and gout.
Education:
B.S. (2016 – 2020): Wuhan University of Technology
Haoran Ma
PhD student (2021-2026)
Thesis project: Fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase in adipose tissues.
B.S. (2017-2021): East China University of Science and Technology
Hualing Xu
PhD student (2023-2027)
Thesis project: fructose metabolism through gut-liver axis in HCC.
M.S. (2020-2023): Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
B.S. (2016-2020): Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Xiangnan Chen
PhD student: (2022-2026)
Thesis project: spatiotemporal metabolic reprogramming mediated by metabolic enzymes.
B.S. (2018-2022): Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University
Hongfei Wang
PhD student: (2023-2027)
Thesis project: metabolomic enzymes in cell cycle.
Interests: cell cycle and cell metabolism.
M.S. (2020-2023) China Pharmaceutical University
B.S. (2016-2020): Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine
Xiangyang Zhang
Joint PhD student (2023-2027) City University of Hong Kong and Central South University.
Thesis project: Metabolic basis of cancer immunity and immunotherapy
M.S. (2020-2023): Xiangya Hospital, Central South University
B.S. (2015-2020): Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University
Research Assistants
Sakshi SHRIVASTAVA
sshrivast5@cityu.edu.hk
She is dedicated to contributing and advancing in the field of science.
B.S. (2020-2024): City University of Hong Kong