What happened to Qian Xuesen’s record?

According to the American "Qiao Bao" report, the School of Science of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) recently announced the promotion of five associate professors to tenured professors, including a famous Chinese who is only 34 years old. Scientist Zhang Feng. In the history of MIT, Qian Xuesen was promoted to tenured professor at the age of 35, and for a long time was the record holder of the youngest Chinese tenured professor at MIT. Now it has been broken by Zhang Feng.

Zhang Feng’s main research field is nervous system function and disease. He has made cutting-edge exploration in the development of gene editing tools using natural microbial CRISPR systems for eukaryotic cells, including human cells. Through CRISPR and other methods, Zhang Feng conducts in-depth research on how genes and genetic mechanisms are related to various diseases, especially neurological disorders.

Born on October 22, 1982 in Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province.

In 1994, he immigrated to the United States with his family and became interested in life science research when he was in high school.

Received a bachelor's degree in chemistry and physics from Harvard University in 2004

Received a doctorate in chemical and biological engineering from Stanford University in 2009.

Joined MIT in 2011 and simultaneously engaged in scientific research in the Brain and Cognitive Sciences Department of the McGovern Institute and the Broad Institute.

In 2013, his laboratory developed the innovative CRISPR/Cas system, which greatly improved the reliability and efficiency of gene editing and attracted international attention. For his breakthrough research results, he received Many honors.

In 2014, Zhang Feng was selected as one of the top ten scientific figures in 2013 by Nature magazine.

Nominated for "Bostonian of the Year" in 2015.

Won the Canadian Gairdner International Award in March 2016.