The research interest in the Zeng lab is to explore the molecular mechanisms of energy homeostasis and diseases. Currently, our major direction is energy balance, including metabolic homeostasis and diseases, neural and immune regulation of metabolism and neuro-inflammation. Understanding these processes may provide key insights into the therapeutics of metabolic related diseases, including obesity, diabetes, and immunological disorders.
1998 - 2002 B.S., Biological Sciences, Tsinghua University, China
2003 - 2009 Ph.D., The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA
2009 - 2011 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Discovery Immunology,
2011 - 2014 Postdoctoral Fellow, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, The Rockefeller University, USA
2014 - present Principal Investigator, School of Medicine & Institute for Immunology, Tsinghua, University, China
2018 - present Associate director, Beijing Key Lab for Immunological Research on Chronic Diseases
2020 - present Associate Professor (Tenured), School of Medicine & Institute for Immunology, Tsinghua, University, China
2018 The National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholar
2018 Young Investigator Award, Lipid Metabolism and Bioenergetics Subsociety of the Biophysical Society of China
2016 Outstanding Young Scholar Award, Qiu-Shi Science & Technologies Foundation
2015 National Young Investigator Award
