Dr. Zeng has nearly 30 years’ experience in research, development and manufacturing of biological products. He has worked 20 years for many reputable biotechnology companies in the United States including Lonza, Shire, GlaxoSmithKline and Dendreon. In the course of his employment as technical leader and department director, he has played important roles in biologics process development, process scale-up, technology transfer, production technical support, and large-scale GMP production for more than ten commercial products (Provenge®, Synflorix®, Vpriv®, Somavert®, Replagal®, Elaprase®, ATRYN®, Increlex®, ONTAK®, Revestive®, FluViral®).
Dr. Zeng returned to China in 2012, before joining in Chime Biologics, he worked in Shanghai Zerun Biotechnology as Executive Vice President and in Yuxi Zerun Biotechnology as General Manager to lead product development, process scale-up, technology transfer, commercial plant construction, drug registration and commercial operation for multiple recombinant vaccines (such as cervical cancer vaccines, VZV vaccine and COVID-19 vaccine). Currently bivalent HPV product (WALRINVAX®) led by Dr. Zeng has successfully be approved for commercial license in China. Meanwhile, 9-valent HPV vaccine has also completed phase 3 process development and scale-up, and will soon enter phase 3 clinical study.
Dr. Zeng graduated from the State University of New York at Buffalo in USA with a Ph.D. in Biochemical Engineering under mentorship of Distinguished Professor Eli Ruckenstein (members of National Academy of Engineering, The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and recipient of President Award in Science and Technology in USA) , and received an MBA from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.