An International Workshop
Creating the Information Commons for e-Science:
Toward Institutional Policies and Guidelines for Action
 UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France
1-2 September 2005


Xian-En ZHANG - Biography

Dr. Xian-En ZHANG graduated from Hubei University with Bachelor degree in Biology in 1982, and later received Master degree in microbiology and Ph.D in biochemistry in the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (WIV-CAS) and the Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, respectively. He became a full professor in 1993 and deputy director of WIV-CAS in 1992. He has been visiting professor in a few universities. From 1999 to 2001, he acted as the Head of the presidential board of Wuhan Branch, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

He has published about 90 scientific research papers in international and domestic journals in field of analytical biotechnology. He is the author of three books in biosensors and biochips, and the holder of five patents.

Since 2002, he has been served in the Ministry of Science and Technology of China as the director general of basic research department. His current career is management of national major programs for science development, as well as the leader of the working group of China Scientific Data Sharing Program.