Prof. Hongjie ZHANG

Prof. Zhang has more than 30 years of research experience in the isolation, identification, structure elucidation, analysis, synthesis and biological evaluation of small molecules of natural products, leading to publication of more than 150 peer reviewed papers and dozens of granted patents. Many of these compounds showed biological activities against cancer, viruses, bacteria, fungi and malaria, and some of them have been evaluated in in vivo studies. His current research interest is focused on natural products drug discovery and development from natural resources, as well as the development of botanical dietary supplements from herbal medicines. Specifically, Prof. Zhang is interested in finding natural lead compounds from the plants in Lingnan region; and in developing dietary supplements from traditional herbal medicines against different disease targets and pathogens such as cancer, human immnodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), flu viruses, Ebola/Marburg viruses, athlete foot fungi, tuberculosis (TB), dental bacteria, and cancer chemoprevention.