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Zheng Ji (biochemist) was born on 6 May, 1900 in China, is a Professor. Discover Zheng Ji (biochemist)'s Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 110 years old?

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Occupation Nutritionist and professor of biochemistry, institute founder, tutor
Age 110 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 6 May 1900
Birthday 6 May
Birthplace Nanxi, Sichuan, China
Date of death (2010-07-29)2010-07-29 Nanjing, Jiangsu, - China
Died Place Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Nationality China

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2010

In 2010, Dr. E. Gordon Gee, president of the Ohio State University visited Zheng(Cheng) in Nanjing.

Zheng turned 110 in May 2010 and at the time was claimed to be the oldest professor living in the world. He spent the greater part of his life teaching at the medical school and biology department of Nanjing University. He died on 29 July 2010. He was list as one of the great minds in China’s biophysics in the older generation of biophysicists in China.

1950

He successively served both as a professor and the director of the Department of Biochemistry in the Medical School of National Central University. Simultaneously, he taught at the Eastern China Military Medical School and at the Number 4 Military Medical College. Since 1950, Cheng had worked both as a biology professor and the head of the Department of Biochemistry department at the Nanjing Medical University.

1945

In 1945, at the Medical School of National Central University, he established a biochemistry research institute to train graduate students. This was the first formal organization in China to teach biochemistry to graduate students, training a large number of students who went on to work in a variety of fields. After turning 70 he began to study the biochemistry of old age, proposing a theory of metabolic imbalance, forming the basis of geriatric biochemistry in China.

1934

Returning to China in 1934, Cheng “took charge of establishing the Department of Physiological Chemistry in the Biological Laboratory of the Science Society of China”

1931

As early as 1931, Cheng became a member of the American Branch of The Science Society of China and had his co-authored research paper “Motor Localization on the Cerebral Cortex of the Guinea-pig (Cavia Cobaya)” published in The Journal of Comparative Neurology.

1930

In 1930 he went to America to study, majoring in biochemistry at Ohio State University and earned his M.S. in 1931. He also attended Yale and Indiana University, and obtained his PhD from Indiana University in 1934.

1924

In 1924 Zheng Ji passed the entrance exam for the National Southeastern University (originally known as the Nanjing Advanced Normal School and renamed the National Central University in 1928, and then the Nanjing University)and studied at the biology department.

1900

Zheng Ji (Chinese: 郑集) (6 May 1900 – 29 July 2010) also known as Libin T. Cheng (his last name was spelled as Cheng in the Wade-Giles system before Pinyin was used to spell the names of Chinese people and places), was a Chinese nutritionist and a pioneering biochemist. He was reputed to be the world's oldest professor and the founder of modern nutrition science in China, having lived to the age of 110.