Lehigh UniversityUnited States
Biography
Prof. X. Frank Zhang is a core faculty member in the Department of Bioengineering and the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics at Lehigh University, PA, USA. He received his Ph.D. in Physiology and Biophysics from the University of Miami School of Medicine, FL, USA and completed his postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School, MA, USA. He is an expert in single-molecule detection techniques. His research focuses on the structure and function of cell adhesion molecules, mechanotransduction in the vasculature, and virus-host cell interactions.
Fields of Interest
- Mechanobiology
- Force Spectroscopy
- Virus Biomechanics
- Cell Adhesion and Migration
- Tissue Damage and Repair