BIOLOGIST

Feng Zhang

1981 - Today

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Feng Zhang (Chinese: 张锋; pinyin: Zhāng Fēng; born October 22, 1981) is a Chinese–American biochemist. Zhang currently holds the James and Patricia Poitras Professorship in Neuroscience at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research and in the departments of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and Biological Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also has appointments with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard (where he is a core member). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Feng Zhang has received more than 535,309 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Feng Zhang is the 1,092nd most popular biologist (down from 963rd in 2019), the 1,355th most popular biography from China (down from 1,181st in 2019) and the 6th most popular Chinese Biologist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 540k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Feng Zhang ranks 1,092 out of 1,097. Before him are Peter Piot, Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield, Ben Barres, Gita Ramjee, Peter Dodson, and PZ Myers. After him are Maria Van Kerkhove, Lubna Tahtamouni, Sean B. Carroll, Sunetra Gupta, Cordelia Fine, and Rana Dajani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Feng Zhang ranks 999. Before him are Sidney Samson, Irina Osipova, José Luis Villanueva, Danis Zaripov, Masato Yamazaki, and Piti. After him are Abdelkader Laïfaoui, Tobias Karlsson, Vlad Miriță, Dado Cavalcanti, Dennis Seidenberg, and Łukasz Garguła.

Others Born in 1981

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In China

Among people born in China, Feng Zhang ranks 1,355 out of 1,610. Before him are Han Cong (1992), Zhang Jiewen (1981), Xu Lili (1988), He Bingjiao (1997), Ge Fei (1975), and Chen Yiwen (1999). After him are Yu Yang (1986), Zhang Xin (1985), Zheng Saisai (1994), Meng Guanliang (1977), Sui Wenjing (1995), and Gao Yao (1978).

Others born in China

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  • Photo of Han Cong

    Han Cong

    SKATER

    1992 - Present

    HPI: 39.38

    Rank: 1,349

  • Photo of Zhang Jiewen

    Zhang Jiewen

    BADMINTON PLAYER

    1981 - Present

    HPI: 39.38

    Rank: 1,350

  • Photo of Xu Lili

    Xu Lili

    ATHLETE

    1988 - Present

    HPI: 39.34

    Rank: 1,351

  • Photo of He Bingjiao

    He Bingjiao

    BADMINTON PLAYER

    1997 - Present

    HPI: 39.31

    Rank: 1,352

  • Photo of Ge Fei

    Ge Fei

    BADMINTON PLAYER

    1975 - Present

    HPI: 39.29

    Rank: 1,353

  • Photo of Chen Yiwen

    Chen Yiwen

    ATHLETE

    1999 - Present

    HPI: 39.28

    Rank: 1,354

  • Photo of Feng Zhang

    Feng Zhang

    BIOLOGIST

    1981 - Present

    HPI: 39.27

    Rank: 1,355

  • Photo of Yu Yang

    Yu Yang

    BADMINTON PLAYER

    1986 - Present

    HPI: 39.24

    Rank: 1,356

  • Photo of Zhang Xin

    Zhang Xin

    POLITICIAN

    1985 - Present

    HPI: 39.20

    Rank: 1,357

  • Photo of Zheng Saisai

    Zheng Saisai

    TENNIS PLAYER

    1994 - Present

    HPI: 39.17

    Rank: 1,358

  • Photo of Meng Guanliang

    Meng Guanliang

    ATHLETE

    1977 - Present

    HPI: 39.14

    Rank: 1,359

  • Photo of Sui Wenjing

    Sui Wenjing

    SKATER

    1995 - Present

    HPI: 39.12

    Rank: 1,360

  • Photo of Gao Yao

    Gao Yao

    SOCCER PLAYER

    1978 - Present

    HPI: 39.12

    Rank: 1,361

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Among BIOLOGISTS In China

Among biologists born in China, Feng Zhang ranks 6. Before him are Leizu (null), Yang Zhongjian (1897), Shi Zhengli (1964), Flossie Wong-Staal (1946), and Xu Xing (1969).

Chinese born Biologists

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