Renyi Zhang | |
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Education | BSc (1983), MSc (1989), PhD (1993) |
Alma mater | Nanjing Institute of Meteorology (BSc), University of Nevada - Reno (MSc), Massacheusetts Institute of Technology (PhD) |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Texas A&M |
Website | www |
Renyi Zhang is an American geoscientist, currently a university distinguished professor and Harold G. Haynes Chair at Texas A&M University [1] and an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science [2] and American Geophysical Union. [3]
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Xin Zhang is a Distinguished Professor of Engineering at Boston University (BU).
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Dipak K Banerjee is an Indian scholar of Biochemistry. He is a professor at the University of Puerto Rico and chairman of his company, DIC India Ltd.
Jin Zhang is a Chinese-American biochemist. She is a professor of pharmacology, chemistry and biochemistry, and biomedical engineering at the University of California, San Diego.
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