Hewen Zheng

Hewen Zheng has a solid background in research and development, with a focus on drug discovery and bioactive drug molecules. After completing a research assistant role and teaching assistant role at Syracuse University, Hewen joined LifeUnit LLC as a Research Scientist. In this position, they designed and synthesized bioactive drug molecules and developed motility assays to study the effects of synthetic drugs and antibiotics on biofilm. They then moved on to work as a Research Scientist at Affinity Research Chemicals, Inc, where their responsibilities included design, synthesis, and purification of drug analogs. They also engaged in laboratory scale organic synthesis and drug and chemical product research. Most recently, Hewen started working at Synnovation Therapeutics as a Sr. Research Investigator. No end date was provided, indicating that they are currently employed in this role.

Hewen Zheng completed a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Chemistry from Syracuse University, where they studied from 2013 to 2018. Prior to that, they obtained a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry from Dalian University of Technology, which they attended from 2009 to 2013.