Hans H. Cheng

Dr. Hans Cheng is a Supervisory Research Geneticist at the USDA, ARS, Avian Disease and Oncology Laboratory in East Lansing, MI, where he serves as the Lead Scientist for the Genomics and Immunogenetics CRIS Project. The focus of this group is to identify and characterize genes of importance to the U.S. poultry industry, especially those involved in immunological and genetic resistance to Marek's disease (MD) and avian leucosis virus (ALV). Highlights of Dr. Cheng’s research include the development of the East Lansing genetic map, the identification of QTL and genes conferring resistance to Marek’s disease, and cloning and manipulation of infectious Marek’s disease virus BAC clones. Dr. Cheng received his formal training from the Department of Microbiology, Michigan State University where he received his BS in 1983, and from the Department of Molecular Biology, UC Berkeley where he earned a Ph.D. degree in 1988 (Dr. Harrison Echols, advisor). Prior to joining ARS in 1992, Dr. Cheng spent 2 years as a NSF-funded postdoctoral fellow in Richard Michelmore’s laboratory, UC Davis, and as Head of Molecular Biology for Petoseed, a vegetable seed company in Woodland, CA (Petoseed was acquired by Seminis in 1996, which later merged with Monsanto in 2005).

Biography Updated on 25 November 2008

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