Dr. Zhang Guodong
Guodong is an assistant professor (Step 5) at the Department of Nutrition, University of California Davis. He received his B.S. degree in chemistry (2003) from Xi’an Jiaotong University in China, M.S. degree in chemistry from the National University of Singapore (NUS) (2005), and a Ph.D. degree in food science (2010) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with Prof. Kirk L. Parkin. He held a postdoctoral appointment (2010-2013) at the University of California-Davis with Prof. Bruce D. Hammock. He was an assistant professor (2013-2019) and associate professor (with tenure, 2019-2021) of food science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, associate professor (with tenure) and Dean's Chair associate professor of food science at the National University of Singapore (2021-23). His research focuses on bioactive lipids and environmental compounds' roles in gut microbiota, colonic inflammation, and colon cancer.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Bioactive lipids in inflammation and cancer: PNAS 2013, PNAS 2014, PNAS 2018, Cancer Res. 2019, PNAS 2020.
Environmental toxicology: Sci. Trans. Med. 2018, Gut Microbes 2019, Nat. Comm. 2022.
Oxidized lipids in inflammation and cancer: Free Radic. Biol. Med. 2018, JNB 2019, Redox Biology 2021.
EDUCATION
B.S., Xi’an Jiaotong University, China (1999-2005)
M.S., National University of Singapore (2003-2005)
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison (2005-2010)
Postdoctoral, University of California-Davis (2010-13)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science, UMass-Amherst (2013-19)
Associate Professor (with tenure), Department of Food Science, UMass-Amherst (2019-21)
Faculty member, Molecular and Cell Biology Program, UMass-Amherst (2014-21)
Associate Professor, Department of Food Science and Technology, NUS (2021-Present)
Dean's Chair Associate Professor, NUS (2022-Present)
Assistant Professor (Step 5), Department of Nutrition, University of California Davis
HONORS
Dean's Chair Professorship, NUS (2022)
Samuel Cate Prescott Award, Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) (2020)
Young Scientist Research Award, American Oil Chemists’ Society (AOCS) (2019)
Junior Researcher Travel Award, AOCS Lipid Oxidation and Quality (LOQ) Division (2018)
Travel Award, American Chemical Society (ACS) (2017)
Finalist, Eicosanoid Research Foundation (ERF) Young Scientist Award (2017)
Flex Grant for Teaching/Faculty Development, UMass-Amherst (2016)
Finalist, American Chemical Society (ACS) AGFD Young Scientist Award (2014)
Outstanding Poster Award, the 15th International Winter Eicosanoid Meeting (2014)
Vilas Travel Grant Award, UW-Madison (2009)
Hollister Fellowship, UW-Madison (2005)