Zhang Yang

Zhang Yang is an Associate Professor at the School of Medical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), with a joint appointment as Visiting Professor at the University of Tokyo starting in July 2024. He holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge's Department of Pathology and an M.Phil. from the University of Hong Kong's HKU-Pasteur Research Center. Previously, he served as an Assistant Professor at Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen) from September 2015 to December 2020.

His research integrates computational and experimental approaches to address challenges in pathogen and cancer research. On the computational side, his work focuses on developing AI-powered microscopic imaging systems, applying deep learning to analyze multi-omics data (including proteins, DNA, miRNAs, LncRNAs, and mRNAs), and utilizing deep learning in cheminformatics for drug discovery. On the experimental side, his laboratory combines imaging, high-throughput sequencing, mass spectrometry, and chemical biology to understand disease mechanisms at the molecular level.

His publication record demonstrates significant impact, with over 50 SCI-indexed papers in high-impact journals including Nature Communications, Briefings in Bioinformatics, Bioinformatics, Analytical Chemistry, and Trends in Biotechnology. His work has been cited by prestigious journals such as Nature Reviews Methods Primers and Nature Communications, with three ESI highly cited papers. His research spans multiple interdisciplinary fields, combining artificial intelligence with biomedical applications to advance diagnostic and therapeutic approaches.

• World's Top 2% Scientists 2021
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology
• Three ESI Highly Cited Papers
• Five authorized national invention patents

As an academic leader, he serves as Associate Editor for BMC Biology and Frontiers in Microbiology, Academic Editor for PLOS Genetics, Editorial Board Member for Communications Biology, and Guest Editor for a Special Issue on AI in analytical chemistry in Trends in Analytical Chemistry. His laboratory actively collaborates with international institutions, with graduates pursuing further studies at Hong Kong Chinese University, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Macau University, and the University of New South Wales. He teaches Introduction to Modern Biology for undergraduates and Bioanalytical Chemistry for graduate students.