Ze Zhang, Ph.D.

Professor 

Université Laval

Dr. Ze Zhang received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Engineering from Chengdu University of Science & Technology in 1982 and 1984, and a PhD degree in Experimental Medicine from Université Laval in 1993. After postdoctoral training in Japan in 1995, he became a professor in the Department of Surgery at Université Laval and a researcher in the Division of Regenerative Medicine of the Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec–Université Laval. His research projects have been supported by public funding agencies and private companies, including The Whitaker Foundation, Fonds du recherché en santé du Québec (FRSQ), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), and St Jude Medical. His recent research has been on biomaterials and their interactions with tissues, the evaluation of vascular and cardiovascular devices, electrically conductive materials and their applications in medicine and energy storage, and drug release.