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Animal Sciences Department

Animal Sciences Department

Dr. Zongliang (Carl) Jiang

Associate Professor

Dr. Jiang received his PhD from the University of Connecticut in 2015, was a Postdoctoral Associate at Yale School of Medicine, and then from 2017-2022, he worked as Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Doyle Chambers Distinguished Professor at Louisiana State University. Currently, he is an Associate Professor at the University of Florida and a Member of the UF Genetics Institute. Dr. Jiang holds research and teaching appointments in the UF/IFAS Department of Animal Sciences.

 

ACADEMIC POSITIONS SINCE FINAL DEGREE

  • 2022 - Present, Associate Professor, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Florida
  • 2022 - 2022, Doyle Chambers Distinguished Professor, AgCenter, Louisiana State University
  • 2022 - 2022, Associate Professor, School of Animal Sciences, Louisiana State University
  • 2017 - 2022, Assistant Professor, School of Animal Sciences, Louisiana State University
  • 2016 - 2017, Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Medicine, Yale University
  • 2015 - 2016, Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Connecticut

Programs

  • Research

    Dr. Jiang’s laboratory conducts basic and applied research with a direct impact on animal and human reproductive health. The main research interests at UF include:

    • Molecular and cellular programs underlying pre-implantation development.
    • Stem cells in livestock species.
    • Placental trophoblast differentiation and function, and diseases of pregnancy.
    • Environmental stress effects on reproductive function and epigenetics and the long-range consequences.
  • Teaching
    • Animal Epigenetics (Fall semester Monday/Wednesday)
    • Reproductive Biotechnology Journal Club (Fall semester Friday)
    • *Physiology of Reproduction (Fall semester Tuesday/Thursday, *Co-instructor)

 

Dr. Zongliang (Carl) Jiang Headshot

Cancer & Genetics Research Bldg, Room 303
2033 Mowry Rd, PO Box 103610, Gainesville, FL 32610

Animal Sciences Room 210, Building 459
2250 Shealy, Drive, Gainesville, FL 32608


Phone: 352-273-6388
Email: z.jiang1@ufl.edu

  • Education
    • 2015, Ph.D. Reproductive Physiology, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut
    • 2013, M.S. Reproductive Physiology, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut
    • 2008, B.S. Animal Sciences, Department of Animal Sciences, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
  • Publications
  • Professional Service and Awards

    AWARDS, HONORS, AND RECOGNITIONS

    • UF/IFAS Large grant leadership award (2024)
    • Recipient of 2023 IETS Early Career Achievement Award (2023)
    • Doyle Chambers Distinguished Professorship LSU Agricultural Center (2022)
    • Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship Award, University of Connecticut (2014)

     

    EDITORSHIPS AND REVIEW PANELS

    • NIH Ad hoc member, ZRG1 F06-J (20) (2024)
    • NIH/NICHD Ad hoc member, Pregnancy and Neonatology (PN) Study Section (2021, 2022)
    • NIH/NICHD Ad hoc member, ZRG1, Endocrinology, Metabolism, Nutrition and Reproductive Sciences (EMNR) -D (02) (2021)
    • NIH/NIDDK Catalyst Award (DP1) ZDK1 GRB-S (O1) (2021)
    • Associate Editor, Frontiers in Veterinary Sciences - Animal Reproduction
    • Associate Editor, Frontiers in Genetics
    • Associate Editor, Animal Advances
    • Editorial Borad, Reprod. Dev. Med.
    • Reviewer Editor, Biology of Reproduction

     

    PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

    • International Embryo Transfer Society (IETS)
    • Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR)
    • International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR)
    • American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM)
    • Society for Reproductive Investigation (SRI)