Dr. SHEN Zhicheng graduated from Zhejiang Agricultural University in 1986, and got his Ph.D from Kansas State University in Entomology in 1995. He did a postdoc research at the School of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University and then took a research scientist position at Syngenta (formerly Novartis, Reserach Triangle Park, NC) in 1999. Dr. SHEN joined  Athenix Corp (Reserach Triangle Park, NC) in 2003 working in gene discovery for agriculture.  Professor SHEN joined Zhejiang University in 2004.  

     Professor SHEN's research focuses on discovery and utilization of genes for crop improvement. His lab is now a leading group in developing transgenic crops for insect resistance and herbicide tolerance in China.