Zhiyong Ma, Professor

Prof. Zhiyong Ma is the general director of Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, CAAS. He received his Ph.D. in Veterinary Medicine from the Yamaguchi University, Japan in 2003 and carried out research at the University of Cincinnati, USA as a postdoctoral fellow. He is recruited to the Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute in 2006 as a senior scientist. He mainly works on Japanese encephalitis as well as other swine diseases to understand the basis of pathogenesis and immune response against viral infection and to developing better control strategies. He has published more than 100 articles.