Weizhi Ji#
| Membership Number: | 5751 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Affiliated section(s): | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2021 |
| Main Country of Residence: | CHINA |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.lpbr.cn/wji |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-2550-4224 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2019 - present Chairman, Chinese Society for Stem Cell Research, China
- 2017 - present Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
- 2017 - 2021 Member, National Steering Committee of Stem Cell and Translational Research, National Key R&D Plan, China
- 2016 - 2018 Member, Future of Biotechnology Council, Global Future Councils, World Economic Forum
- 2012 - present Director, State Key Laboratory of Primate Biomedical Research, Kunming University of Science and Technology, China
- 2005 - 2010 Board Member, Sino-German Max Planck Society Cooperative Research Committee; 2005 - 2008, Head of Partner Group, Sino-German Max Planck Society Young Researcher Group at Kunming Institute of Zoology, CAS
- 2005 - 2008 Director, Kunming Primate Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
- 1995 - 1997 Visiting Professor, University of Wisconsin - Madison, USA
- 1987 - 1989 Visiting Scholar, The Oregon National Primate Research Center, USA
- 1982 - 2012 Professor, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China; 1996 - 1998, Director, China-US Joint Primate Biology Laboratory, by Kunming Institute of Zoology, CAS and Wisconsin Primate Research Center, US; 1996 - 2012, Director, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China
Fields of Scholarship
- Neurodegeneration
- Reproduction and development biology
- Stem cell pluripotency research
- Gene editing and nonhuman primate models for human diseases
Honours and Awards
- 2019 Award of Scientific and Technological Progress in Life Science, by the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation
- 2018 Yunnan Provincial Science & Technology Achievement Award (First Prize in Natural Science)
- 2017 Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
- 2016 Innovative Research Award, by Chinese Society for Stem Cell Research
- 2015 Lifetime Contribution Award, by Chinese Society for Cell Biology
- 2008 Yunnan Provincial Science & Technology Achievement Award (Second Prize in Natural Science)
- 2007 Yunnan Provincial Science & Technology Excellence Award (Second Prize)
- 2001 Yunnan Provincial Science & Technology Achievement Award (First Prize in Natural Science)
