Journal of Nutrition and Health Sciences

Dr. Zhang is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Nutrition, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University. He received his PhD in Chemistry from Nanjing University in China. He did his first postdoctoral research in Ghent University (Belgium) on enhancing folates in rice. In the meanwhile, he received his second master degree on Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. His second postdoctoral research with Dr. Henri Brunengraber was on the metabolism of 4-hydroxyac ids including the drug of abuse and lipid peroxidation products. After he became independent researcher at Case Western Reserve University, his research work concentrates on the metabolomics study of lipid peroxidation and its impact on energy metabolism in the heart, and their regulation by diets.

• Oxidative stress and energy metabolism in the ischemia/reperfusion, diet-induced obese and aging heart
• Impact of w-3 and w-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids enriched diets on the lipid membrane composition in the heart and heart function
• Regulation of catabolic disposal of lipid peroxidation products and its diseases relevance