Faculty Profiles
Sheng Zhong
Professor, Bioengineering
Shu Chien-Gene Lay Department of Bioengineering at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering
Bioinformatics, genomic technologies, and neuroscience
The Zhong lab develops pioneering single-cell omics technologies and brain organoid models, analyzes human brains, and combats Alzheimer's Disease
Capsule Bio:
Sheng Zhong is a professor in the Shu Chien-Gene Lay Department of Bioengineering at UC San Diego. He received training in applied mathematics, bioinformatics, molecular biology, and genome science from Peking University, Harvard University, and Stanford University. His lab hopes to develop technologies to reveal all molecular interactions in every cell and combat brain aging. He is fortunate to work with outstanding students and postdocs. Nine of his trainees are contributing to science in tenure-track faculty positions. Outside of the laboratory, he enjoys playing tennis and visiting museums.
