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Zhilei Chen
- Professor
- Focus Area: Protein engineering, biotechnology, infectious diseases, cancer therapeutics, virology
- Office:
- MREB2 room 3340
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Phone:
- 979-436-9404
Education
- Undergraduate Education
- East China Normal University. Physics. B.S. 2000
- Graduate Education
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Biophysics. PhD. 2006
- Rockefeller University, Virology. Postdoc. 2006-2008
Areas of Expertise
- Protein engineering
- Biotechnology
- Virology
- Infectious diseases
- Cancer therapeutics
Professional Summary
The Chen Medicinal Protein Lab aims to accelerate the discovery, development and clinical translation of protein therapeutics through innovative protein engineering research. We believe that better medicine enables a higher quality of living, and protein engineers are charged with creating better medicine for today and tomorrow. We are particularly interested in the engineering of affordable protein therapeutics (e.g. DARPin) to prevent and treat infectious diseases and developing new tools to facilitate protein engineering via directed evolution.