Xingquan Zhu, Professor

Dr Xing-Quan Zhu is Distinguished Professor of Parasitology in the College of Veterinary Medicine, Shanxi Agricultural University, China. He was the recipient of the prestigious China National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, and he was a Distinguished Professor of Changjiang Scholars Program of China. His current research integrates “multi-omics”, molecular and immunological approaches to study parasite biology and parasite-host interactions, focusing on the molecular mechanisms underlying the infection and pathogenesis of important zoonotic parasitic diseases. His work has been recognized internationally through numerous scientific publications in well-regarded international journals including Lancet Infectious Diseases, Clinical Microbiology Reviews, Nature Communications, Trends in Parasitology and PLoS Pathogens. He has been a “Highly Cited Chinese Researcher” for 10 years consecutively since 2014 as awarded by Elsevier. He serves as the subject editor for the section “Parasite genetics, genomics and proteomics” of Parasites & Vectors, a well-regarded international parasitology journal.