Feng Zhang, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Feng Zhang

U.S. Synthetic biologist

Date of Birth: 22-Oct-1981

Place of Birth: Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China

Profession: university teacher, biochemist, entomologist, neuroscientist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Feng Zhang (Chinese: ??; pinyin: Zhang Feng; 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 appointment with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard (where he is a core member).
He is most well known for his central role in the development of optogenetics and CRISPR technologies.