Chao Zhong(钟超)
Professor(研究员)
Dr. Chao Zhong is currently a Principal Investigator at iSynBio and the center director for the newly established Materials Synthetic Biology Center (MSBC). Dr. Zhong received his B.E. in MSE from Tianjin University and his Ph.D. from Cornell University. He conducted his postdoctoral research at the University of Washington, Seattle, where he developed the first solid-state bioprotonic field-effect transistor. He then worked as a research associate at the MIT Synthetic Biology Center, where he developed self-assembling multi-protein underwater adhesives using a modular genetic design approach. Dr. Zhong has published more than 30 academic papers in international Journals such as Nat. Nano., Nat. Chem. Biol., Science Advances, Nature Communications, National Science Review, Materials Today, Advanced Materials etc. He is the recipient of several awards including ,the “Dawn” Scholar Program of Shanghai Education Commission.

材料合成生物学新兴领域。 课题组当前的研究兴趣包括: 1)活体功能材料; 2)半导合成生物学技术; 3)可编程生物材料及其应用。 
Research field: Material Synthetic Biology.  

Our group’s main research interests include: 1) Living functional materials; 2) Semi-conductor synthetic biology; 3) Programmable biomaterials and applications in biomedicine, bioenergy and bioelectronics. 

钟超,博士,国家杰出青年基金获得者, 2023 年深圳十大杰出青年,科技部重点研发计划合成生物学重点专项项目首席、现任中国科学院深圳先进技术研究院研究员,担任合成生物学研究所材料合成生物学中心主任及副所长,定量合成生物学全国重点实验室副主任和深圳市材料合成生物学重点实验室主任。曾任上海科技大学研究员、博士生导师,物质学院常聘副教授。担任 ACS Synthetic Biology 杂志主题编辑、Materials Today Bio 编委、《合成生物学》编委等国内外知名学术期刊编委。钟博士本科毕业于天津大学,博士毕业于美国康奈尔大学,曾先后在华盛顿大学(西雅图分校)材料系和麻省理工学院合成生物学中心从事博士后工作。

钟博士主要研究领域是新兴的材料合成生物学领域,研究方向是利用合成生物技术开发新材料,包括活体功能材料和蛋白生物材料。已发表 70多篇学术论文,包括发表在 Nature Nanotechnology,Nature Chemical Biology, Nature Reviews Materials、Chemical Reviews 等杂志的一作或通讯论文。相关成果授予美国专利和中国专利各 4 项,在申专利 20 余项。曾获中组部青年千人、上海曙光学者、上海浦江人才等荣誉,作为负责人承担国自然联合基金重点项目及面上项目、国家海洋科学重点实验室开放基金及上海市基础专项重点项目基金等项目。基于相关科研成果,孵化了深圳柏垠生物科技有限公司,融资金额近2亿元。