Pei Gang ( zh, 裴钢, born 1953) is a Chinese molecular biologist and pharmacologist, and a former president of

Tongji University Tongji University () is a comprehensive public research university located in Shanghai. Established in 1907 by the German government together with German physicians in Shanghai, Tongji is one of the longest-standing, most selective, and most pr ...

Early life

Pei was born in

Shenyang Shenyang (, ; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ), formerly known as Fengtian () or by its Manchu language, Manchu name Mukden, is a major China, Chinese sub-provincial city and the List of capitals in China#Province capitals, provincial capital of Lia ...

Liaoning Liaoning () is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region. With its capital at Shenyang, it is located on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea, and is the northernmost ...

in 1953.

Education

In 1977, Pei attended

Shenyang Pharmaceutical University Shenyang Pharmaceutical University (; SPU) is a university in Shenyang, Liaoning, China. It is the first research institute in pharmaceutical sciences in China. History Shenyang Pharmaceutical University has traditions that have brought it to ...

. He acquired his bachelor's degree and master's degree in 1982 and 1984, respectively. Pei enrolled at

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States ...

for doctoral studies, and received his PhD degree in 1991.

Career

After returning to China in 1995, Pei worked in the Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology. He was the director of Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences from 2000 to 2007, and the president of

from 2007 to 2016. Pei was elected as an academician of the

Chinese Academy of Sciences The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); ), known by Academia Sinica in English until the 1980s, is the national academy of the People's Republic of China for natural sciences. It has historical origins in the Academia Sinica during the Republ ...

in 1999. He is also the president of Chinese Society for Cell Biology. Pei's research focuses on

GPCR G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), also known as seven-(pass)-transmembrane domain receptors, 7TM receptors, heptahelical receptors, serpentine receptors, and G protein-linked receptors (GPLR), form a large group of evolutionarily-related p ...

signal transduction pathways. His research group discovered new mechanisms of β-arrestin proteins in cellular signal transduction.

Awards

* HLHL Science and Technology Progress Award (1999) * National Award for Science and Technology Progress, 2nd Class (2002, 2007)

References

External links

Pei's page at Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pei, Gang 1953 births Living people Biologists from Liaoning Shenyang Pharmaceutical University alumni University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni Members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences People from Shenyang Presidents of Tongji University Educators from Liaoning