Zhihong Zhang

Zhihong (Joe) Zhang serves as General Manager at Burning Rock Dx since October 2023 and has held the position of Chief Technology Officer at 燃石医学 Burning Rock Biotech since April 2016. Prior experience includes a tenure at Illumina from January 2008 to March 2016, where responsibilities included leadership in product development for Next Generation Sequencing and sample preparation applications, along with senior roles in TruSeq assay development and data analysis. Earlier roles include Research Associate at Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Senior Fellow at the University of Washington between 2005 and 2007. Zhihong (Joe) Zhang earned a Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology from Duke University, where studies were completed from 2000 to 2005, and holds an MS/BS in Biochemistry from Fudan University, completed in 2000.