Pengwei Zhang
Assistant Professor Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Contact
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pezhang@unmc.edu
Pengwei Zhang, PhD, is an assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology.
As a passionate and experienced virologist, she specialize in virus-cell interactions during intracellular virus trafficking. She is committed to unraveling the molecular mechanisms behind tumor virus infections, employing diverse approaches in molecular virology, cell biology, biochemistry and biophysics.
Her goal is to develop strategies for and approaches to the prevention and treatment of tumor virus infections.
Education
2021
Associate Research Scientist - Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
2020
Postdoctoral Training - Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
2015
PhD - Biology, Rensselaer Polytechic Institute, Troy, NY
2001
MS - Medicine in pathogenic microorganism, School of Medicine, Wuhan University, China
1997
BS - Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, China