Mingjie Zhang

Who is Mingjie Zhang?

Mingjie Zhang, born in Ningbo, is a famous structural biologist in China. He is the Chair Professor of Biochemistry in the Department of Biochemistry at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He was an overseas assessor of the Chinese Academy of Science. His research is focusing on molecular mechanisms of organization and regulation of neuronal signaling complexes and machinaries in controlling cell polarity by using protein crystallography and NMR spectroscopy. In 2006, his structural and biochemical studies in signal transduction complex organization was rewarded for the State Natural Science Award, which is one of the most important national awards of science in China.