Lei Zhong

Lei Zhong is a Senior Scientist II at Foundation Medicine, with a career spanning from August 2015 to the present. Prior experience includes roles at Massachusetts General Hospital from September 2007 to August 2015, where Lei served as a leading investigator in significant research on Sirt6, discovering its role in glucose metabolism and transcription regulation, among others. Collaborative efforts resulted in Sirt6's identification as a tumor suppressor and a key regulator in various biological processes. Earlier, positions at Syracuse University involved research on testis-specific proteasomes, which contributed to multiple publications. Lei's professional experience also includes work as an Intellectual Property Officer at United Gene Holdings Ltd and as a Research Assistant at Shanghai Research Center of Biology. Lei holds a Ph.D. in Biology from Syracuse University and a B.S. in Biology from the University of Science and Technology of China.