実務経験
2004-2008年 ニュージャージー医学大学薬理部 博士研究員
2005年 ニュージャージー医学大学薬理部 青年研究者賞
2006年 ニュージャージー医学大学薬理部 青年研究者賞
2008年 ニュージャージー医学大学薬理部 研究成果賞
2008-2013年 ニュージャージー医学大学薬理部 研究専門家 癌症研究成果賞
2009年 ニュージャージー癌症研究所とニュージャージー癌症研究会
2010年 ニュージャージー医学大学薬理部 研究成果賞
2012-2013年 ニュージャージー医学大学成果転化室 知的財産顧問
2013年 アメリカ弁理士 登録
2013年 嘉権特許商標事務所高級顧問

取扱業務
特許権利化業務、技術譲渡、 知的財産侵害分析 

資格
Patent Agent registered to practice before the USPTO

メンバーシップ
American Intellectual Property Law Association
New York Academy of Science

受賞
Award for Outstanding Research, 2010
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Department of Pharmacology
Gallo Award for Outstanding Cancer Research, 2009
Cancer Institute of New Jersey and New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research
N. Ronald Morris Award for Excellent Research, 2008
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Department of Pharmacology Young Investigator Award, 2006
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Department of Pharmacology Young Investigator Award, 2005
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Department of Pharmacology 

学術発表
1. Yong Zhang et al. Autophagy and adipose tissue biology. Pharmacological Research (2012) 66: 505-512 (Invited review)
2. Scott Goldman, Yong Zhang, et al. Autophagic degradation of mitochondria in white adipose tissue differentiation. Antioxidants & Redox Signaling (2011) 14(10): 1971- 1978 (Invited review)
3. Yong Zhang, et al. Autophagy and adipogenesis: implications in obesity and type II diabetes. Autophagy (2010) 6(1): 179-181. (Co- first author)
4. Scott Goldman, Robert Taylor R, Yong Zhang, et al. Autophagy and the degradation of mitochondria. Mitochondrion (2010) 10(4): 309-315
5. Yong Zhang et al. Adipose-specific deletion of autophagy-related gene 7 (atg7) in mice reveals a role in adipogenesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. (2009) 106(47):19860- 1986. (Cover story)
6. Yong Zhang et al. Targeted deletion of autophagy-related 5 (atg5) impairs adipogenesis in a cellular model and in mice. Autophagy (2009) 5(8): 1118-1130. (Co-first author)
7. Yong Zhang, et al. The role of autophagy in mitochondria maintenance: characterization of mitochondrial functions in autophagy- deficient S. cerevisiae strains. Autophagy (2007) 3(4): 337-346
8. Haiyan Zhang, Claude E. Monken, Yong Zhang, et al. Cellular autophagy machinery is not required for vaccinia virus replication and maturation. Autophagy (2006) 2(2): 91-95.
9. Li Ling, Liping Xie, Yong Zhang, et al. Cloning and analysis of the gene fragment of β-actin from Pinctada fucata. Marine Science (2006) 30(8): 64-70
10. Yong Zhang, et al. Molecular cloning and expression of a pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata) homologue of mammalian putative tumor suppressor QM. Marine Biotechnology (2004) 6 (1): 8-16
11. Suo Li, Liping Xie, Cen Zhang, Yong Zhang, et al. Cloning and expression of a pivotal calcium metabolism regulator: calmodulin involved in shell formation from pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2004) 138: 235-243.
12. Yong Zhang, et al. Extraction and purification of water soluble matrix protein from nacre and its effect on CaCO3 crystallization. Marine Science (2004) 28(1): 33-42
13. Yong Zhang, et al. A novel matrix protein participating in the nacre framework formation of pearl oyster, Pinctada fucata. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2003) 135: 565-573.
14. Yong Zhang, et al. A novel ferritin subunit from pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata) that is involved in shell formation. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2003) 135: 43-54.
15. Tiemin Jiang, Yong Zhang, et al. Isolating and analyzing the gene fragments of 26S proteasome from Pinctada f ucata. Marine Science (2003) 27(4) 28-34
16. Lei Chen, Qiaoli Feng, Huiling Ji, Yong Zhang, et al. Immunohistochemical studies of GnRH and its receptor in gonad and digestive tract in Pinctada f ucata. J Fourth Mil Med Univ. (2003) 24: 2081-2083
17. Hongzhong Wang, Yong Zhang et al. Effects of genistein and daidzein on the cell growth, cell cycle, and differentiation of human and murine melanoma cells. Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry, (2002) 13: 421-426.
18. Yong Zhang, et al. Effects of genistein and daidzein on the proliferation, invasion, and migration and adhesion of melanoma cells. Tsinghua Science and Technology (2002) 7(4): 398-403.
19. Xuya Yu, Liping Xie, Yong Zhang, et al. Multiple suppressive effects of a protein from Caesalpinia minax on murine melanoma cells. Tsinghua Science and Technology (2002) 7(6): 641- 644.
20. Yong Zhang, Qiang Liu. The progress in artificial control system for gene expression. Chinese Science Bulletin (2000) 45(10): 865-870. 

講演
1. Yong Zhang, et al. The role of autophagy in adipogenesis. The 2nd National Postdoc Appreciation Day Symposium (New Jersey, 2010)
2. Yong Zhang, et al. Targeted deletion of atg7 reveals a role of autophagy in adipogenesis and leads to resistance to obesity and diabetes. The 2010 Keystone Symposia Meeting - Adipose Tissue Biology (Keystone, Colorado, 2010) p83
3. Yong Zhang, et al. Autophagy defect impairs white adipogenesis in a cellular model and in mice. The 2009 Annual Retreat on Cancer Research in New Jersey (Piscataway, New Jersey, 2009) p40
4. Haiyan Zhang, Yong Zhang, et al. Autophagy defect increases chromosome instability under metabolic stress. The 2007 Annual Retreat on Cancer Research in New Jersey (Piscataway, New Jersey, 2007) p41
5. Yong Zhang, et al. Autophagy is required for mitochondria degradation and optimal mitochondrial function in S. cerevisiae. The 2006 Annual Retreat on Cancer Research in New Jersey (Princeton, New Jersey, 2006) p43
6. Yong Zhang, et al. Autophagy is required for normal mitochondrial turnover and Functions. 2005 Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research (Anaheim, California, 2005) p2699