Zhigang Tian

Zhigang Tian, Ph.D., has served on the scientific advisory board since August 2020. Dr. Tian is a member of Chinese Academy of Engineering and a medical immunologist. Currently, he is a professor at University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), where he also works as a Director of Institute of Immunology, Director of The Key Lab of Innate Immunity and Chronic Diseases of Chinese Academy of Science, and President of the school of Basic Medicine, and the former dean of School of Life Sciences of USTC. Dr. Tian was awarded with The National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars. He is the academic leader of Chang Jiang Scholars Program as well as the Innovation Research Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China. Dr. Tian is Head of National Science and Technology Major Project and Chief Scientist of National Major Research Plan Program.

Dr. Zhigang Tian’s laboratory is credited with seminal discoveries regarding basic knowledge and clinical study of natural killer (NK) cells, particularly liver-resident NK cells, cytokine-producing NK cells, and NK cell-based immunotherapy.