Yan Zhu
- UKRI Marie Curie Fellow
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Yan Zhu is a UKRI Marie Curie Fellow at the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge.
Biography
Yan obtained his PhD degree from the University of Michigan supervised by Prof. John Schiefelbein. During his PhD he studied evolution of root epidermal cell patterns across eudicots. Before awarded the fellowship to join the Glover lab, he worked as a postdoc at Hong Kong Baptist University where he assisted Prof. Jianming Li to establish the JC STEM Lab of Plant Biology and studied endoplasmic-reticulum-associated protein degradation (ERAD) of key phytosterol biosynthesis enzymes.
Previous Positions
2024 to 2025 - Post-doctorate Research Fellow - Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Qualifications
2023 - PhD in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology - University of Michigan, Michigan, USA
2016 - BS in Biological Sciences - Fudan University, Shanghai, China