Li I. Zhang, Ph.D.Professor
Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics
Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute
Keck School of Medicine of USC
PIBBS Mentor
Education
College or University Beijing University, B.S., 1994
Graduate School Columbia University, M.A. 1996
Graduate School University of California, San Diego, Ph.D. 2000
Postgraduate University of California, San Francisco, 2004
Honors and Awards
2009 Kavli Fellow (National Academy of Science, Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposium)
2008 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientist and Engineers (PECASE; awarded by the White House and nominated by the National Institute of Health)
2008 Finalist for McKnight Fellowship for Neuroscience
2006-2011 Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering
2005-2008 Searle Scholars Program Award
2005-2008 Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Awards
2004 Research award from National Organization of Hearing Research
2002-2003 NIH Institutional Postdoctoral Training Grant
1994-1996 Faculty fellowship from Columbia University
1992-1994 Guanghua Scholarship from Peking(Beijing) University