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Ken Cheng

Assistant Professor

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20152025

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Personal profile

Dr. Cheng joined the Academy of Pharmacy at XJTLU as an assistant professor in Sep. 2021. She has broad experience in mass spectrometry and NMR-based comprehensive metabolomics and lipidomics studies. She has also been working on biomarker discovery and patient stratification via integrated study of multi-omics data, and investigating the regulatory mechanism of bioactive compounds on health and metabolic disease risk in intervention studies. Contact me via email (ken.cheng@xjtlu.edu.cn) if you are interested in collaboration with us.Research key words:metabolomics, multi-omics, mass spectrometry, biomarker, bioactive compounds in natural products

Research interests

Exploration of novel biomarkers and establishment of diagnostic and predictive models based on multiple omics data, especially metabolome, proteome and gut microbiota, and multi-dimensional data integration approaches.

Regulatory mechanism investigation of bioactive compounds in metabolic diseases.

Mass spectrometry-based analytical methods for comprehensive coverage of metabolome and lipidome.

Experience

Assistant professor, Academy of Pharmacy, XJTLU, Suzhou, 2021-present

Honorary Academic Staff, University of Liverpool, 2021-present

Senior researcher, Shenzhen Digital Life Institute (iCarbonX), Shenzhen, 2018-2021

Postdoc, Department of Food and Nutrition Science, Chalmers Institute of Technology, Goteborg (Sweden), 2017-2018

French translator, I-TEK, Tremeur (France), 2012

Teaching

APH001, Explore Pharmaceutical Sciences (module leader)

APH002, Introduction to Basic Science of Medicine (module leader)

APH004, Brief History of Drug Discovery (module leader)

APH402, Modern Instrumentation Analytical Technologies

APH404, Modern Pharmaceutical Activity Screening

Awards and honours

Shenzhen Longhua Chinese Dragon Plan Talent (level A), 2019

Shenzhen Overseas High-Caliber Personnel (level C), 2019

The Eurofed Lipid Nordic Lipidforum Young Scientist Award, 2017

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 14 - Life Below Water

Education/Academic qualification

Bsc, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, 2005-2009

Master, Universite de Rennes, Rennes, France, 2009-2012

PhD, Swedish University of Agricultural Science, Uppsala, Sweden, 2012-2017

Person Types

  • Staff

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