Gengfeng Zheng

Ph.D. (Harvard University, Chemistry)

Advisor: Professor Charles M. Lieber

Biography: Gengfeng Zheng was born in Fuzhou, China in 1979. He received his B.S. degree with honors at Fudan University (China) in 2000, with research advisor Prof. Dongyuan Zhao; and his Ph.D. degree in chemistry at Harvard University in 2006, with research advisor Prof. Charles M. Lieber. His research interests include: synthesis of nanowire along with structural and electrical characterization, development of label-free, real-time, ultra-sensitive and multiplexed detection of biological and chemical species, studies of fundamental biophysical properties of biomolecules such as binding kinetics.

Zheng is a recipent of a number of academic awards, including Monsanto Scholarship (1998), Unilever Scholarship (1999), Shanghai Chemistry & Chemical Society Award (1999), Chun-Tsung Research Fellowship (2000), Material Research Society Graduate Student Gold Award (2006), and American Academy of Nanomedicine Young Investigator Award (2006), NSF-NSEC Outstanding Researcher Award (2009). He was also conferred Distinguished Teaching Award of Harvard University (2003).