Full Name
Zhiyong Cheng
Position
Assistant Professor
Institution
University of Florida
Bio
Dr. Cheng is an Assistant Professor of Nutritional Science at the University of Florida. He received his training as an American Diabetes Association Postdoctoral Fellow (Endocrinology & Metabolism) at Harvard Medical School, and a Postdoctoral Fellow (Enzymology) at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, after he earned a PhD in Analytical Biochemistry at Peking
University.
Dr. Cheng yearns to help students impact communities through designed experiential learning in several courses, including Personalized Nutrition (IDS 2935), Nutrition and Metabolism (HUN 4221), Laboratory Techniques in Molecular Nutrition (HUN 4813C), Macronutrients in Human Nutrition (HUN 6235), and Nutritional Epigenomics (HUN 4936/HUN
6936).
In his teaching activities, Dr. Cheng sets high priority on building students’ critical thinking, problem-solving skills, and servant leadership through experiential learning. He has developed a teaching program that closely connects the classroom with the community. Dr. Cheng‘s research program studies the mechanisms of nutrient and hormonal signals regulating metabolism at the molecular level.
Specifically, his research seeks to address how autophagy regulates adiposity and metabolism, and how environmental factors (e.g., diets or nutrients) regulate epigenetic pathways in metabolic health & disease. His long-term goal is to develop mechanism-based strategies for disease treatment or prevention. Dr. Cheng has been a core member of the ELC for three years.
University.
Dr. Cheng yearns to help students impact communities through designed experiential learning in several courses, including Personalized Nutrition (IDS 2935), Nutrition and Metabolism (HUN 4221), Laboratory Techniques in Molecular Nutrition (HUN 4813C), Macronutrients in Human Nutrition (HUN 6235), and Nutritional Epigenomics (HUN 4936/HUN
6936).
In his teaching activities, Dr. Cheng sets high priority on building students’ critical thinking, problem-solving skills, and servant leadership through experiential learning. He has developed a teaching program that closely connects the classroom with the community. Dr. Cheng‘s research program studies the mechanisms of nutrient and hormonal signals regulating metabolism at the molecular level.
Specifically, his research seeks to address how autophagy regulates adiposity and metabolism, and how environmental factors (e.g., diets or nutrients) regulate epigenetic pathways in metabolic health & disease. His long-term goal is to develop mechanism-based strategies for disease treatment or prevention. Dr. Cheng has been a core member of the ELC for three years.
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