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Feng Zhang

1981 - Today

Feng Zhang

Feng Zhang (Chinese: 张锋; pinyin: Zhāng Fēng; born October 22, 1981) is a Chinese-born American biochemist and neuroscientist. He is the James and Patricia Poitras Professor of Neuroscience at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a core institute member of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. He also holds appointments as an investigator at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research, as a professor in the MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and Department of Biological Engineering, and as an HHMI investigator. Zhang is most well known for his central role in the development of optogenetics and CRISPR technologies. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Feng Zhang is the 1,102nd most popular biologist (down from 1,092nd in 2024), the 1,452nd most popular biography from China (down from 1,353rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Chinese Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Feng Zhang ranks 1,102 out of 1,097. Before him are Suzana Herculano-Houzel, Cornelia Bargmann, Pardis Sabeti, Gretchen Daily, Riin Tamm, and Maria Van Kerkhove. After him are Valerie Masson-Delmotte, Sean B. Carroll, Quarraisha Abdool Karim, David Reich, Karl Deisseroth, and Cordelia Fine.

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Suzana Herculano-Houzel
HPI: 42.95
Rank: 1,096
Cornelia Bargmann
1961 - Present
HPI: 42.45
Rank: 1,097
Pardis Sabeti
1975 - Present
HPI: 42.36
Rank: 1,098
Gretchen Daily
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.01
Rank: 1,099
Riin Tamm
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.66
Rank: 1,100
Maria Van Kerkhove
1977 - Present
HPI: 40.45
Rank: 1,101
Feng Zhang
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.24
Rank: 1,102
Valerie Masson-Delmotte
1971 - Present
HPI: 40.23
Rank: 1,103
Sean B. Carroll
1960 - Present
HPI: 39.75
Rank: 1,104
Quarraisha Abdool Karim
1960 - Present
HPI: 39.46
Rank: 1,105
David Reich
1974 - Present
HPI: 38.12
Rank: 1,106
Karl Deisseroth
1971 - Present
HPI: 38.11
Rank: 1,107
Cordelia Fine
1975 - Present
HPI: 37.31
Rank: 1,108

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Feng Zhang ranks 1,143. Before him are Malek Mouath, Élodie Ouédraogo, Daniel Carvalho da Silva, Radek Šírl, Catherine Reitman, and Liz McClarnon. After him are Kirk Hinrich, Ross Thomas, Masayuki Ochiai, Deividas Česnauskis, Manuela d'Ávila, and Jéssica Augusto.

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Malek Mouath
SOCCER PLAYER
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.26
Rank: 1,137
Élodie Ouédraogo
ATHLETE
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.26
Rank: 1,138
Daniel Carvalho da Silva
SOCCER PLAYER
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.26
Rank: 1,139
Radek Šírl
SOCCER PLAYER
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.25
Rank: 1,140
Catherine Reitman
ACTOR
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.25
Rank: 1,141
Liz McClarnon
SINGER
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.25
Rank: 1,142
Feng Zhang
BIOLOGIST
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.24
Rank: 1,143
Kirk Hinrich
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.24
Rank: 1,144
Ross Thomas
ACTOR
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.20
Rank: 1,145
Masayuki Ochiai
SOCCER PLAYER
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.20
Rank: 1,146
Deividas Česnauskis
SOCCER PLAYER
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.20
Rank: 1,147
Manuela d'Ávila
POLITICIAN
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.17
Rank: 1,148
Jéssica Augusto
ATHLETE
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.17
Rank: 1,149