Faming Zhang

Dr. Zhang received his Ph.D in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Inst. of Biophysics， Chinese Academy of Sciences and an MBA from Kelly Business School， Indiana University. He is also an Assoc. Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Indiana University and has authored more than 30 scientific publications. Prior to joining Crown， Dr. Zhang has spent 12 years at Eli Lilly & Co. While at Lilly， he served as Global Head of Drug Discovery and Development， Statistics and Information Sciences. Prior to that， Dr. Zhang led Lilly’s protein kinase/phosphatase crystal structure platform. He is the co-inventor of several patents in the area of kinase inhibitors and novel anti-obesity protein therapeutics. He also played a major role in the progression of cell cycle kinase inhibitors to the clinic. Now， he is the president of Crown Bioscience Inc.