Wenheng Zhang named 2018 Biology Faculty of the Year
VCU Biology is thrilled to announce the 2018 Faculty of the Year: Wenheng Zhang!
Wenheng Zhang, PhD is a renaissance person who with sophistication, precision, humility, immense passion, and extending benevolence inspires her students everyday. In addition to teaching undergraduate courses, Zhang has mentored numerous undergraduate and graduate students as an Independent Study, Directed Study, thesis, dissertation, and postdoctoral supervisor. Her major accomplishments include identifying a new rheophytic orchid species, attaining ongoing funding from the National Science Foundation, and publishing in major journals such as PNAS and American Journal of Botany. Her research utilizes evolutionary developmental techniques to elucidate on plant morphologies that have daunted botanists for centuries, causing journals to seek her opinion.
Zhang was awarded the 2018 Faculty of the Year at the 2018 GOBS & ILSSO Picnic. Her name has been placed on the ‘Faculty of the Year’ plaque displayed outside of the VCU Biology main office and she also received a personal plaque.
The picnic was hosted by the Graduate Organization of Biology Students and the Integrative Life Sciences Student Organization.
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