Ming Zhang
Assistant Professor
University of Georgia
USA
Biography
Dr. Zhang received her Ph.D. (Summa Cum Laude) from University of Gottingen, Germany. She has over a decade experience in infectious diseases, in particular in HIV molecular epidemiology and molecular evolution. She is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at University of Georgia, USA, and affiliated with Faculty of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Bioinformatics, and Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute at University of Georgia. She leads an interdisciplinary research group towards understanding pathogen diversity under various epidemiology settings. She enjoys teaching and educating next generation of critical thinkers and innovators in epidemiology.
Research Interest
Molecular epidemiology of human pathogens, especially HIV, influenza, & HCV Molecular immunology Viral vaccine design Big-data health database, tool development, and algorithm design