About Zhengtao Wang’s work
Based at China Pharmaceutical University, Zhengtao Wang held a Croucher Visitorship at the Chinese University of Hong Kong from January to July 1997.
Biography
Zhengtao Wang received his bachelor’s degree in traditional Chinese medicine from Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, his master’s degree from Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, and his doctorate in pharmacy from China Pharmaceutical University. After graduation, he stayed at China Pharmaceutical University to teach, and was later promoted to professor in the Pharmacognosy Research Office.
Wang served as the Head of the Double First-Class Construction Discipline of the Ministry of Chinese Materia Medica, the Director of the Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, the Director of the Key Laboratory of Standardization of Chinese Medicine of the Ministry of Education, the Director of the Shanghai Research Center for the Standardization of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the editor-in-chief of the English edition of the Chinese Pharmacopoeia, the Director of the Chinese Pharmaceutical Association. Wang was nominated as members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2013 (Department of Medicine and Health). He research interest is in traditional Chinese medicine resources, identification, active ingredients and quality standards, and safety evaluation of toxic traditional Chinese medicines.