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Zhang Yong
Entrepreneurs🇸🇬1970–Alive

Zhang Yong

researcher

$8.5Bnet worth

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Zhang Yongzhen, also known as Yong-Zhen Zhang, is a Chinese virologist known for his work relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. A professor at Fudan University, Zhang has discovered numerous RNA viruses and created a network of labs dedicated to monitoring new viruses. He led the team that sequenced and published the genome of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in early January 2020.

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This profile section is complemented from Wikipedia for Zhang Yong. Chinese virologist

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Primary source page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Yongzhen

Timeline

1960s
1965

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2020s
2026

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2026

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