现任清华大学教授，生物科学与技术系副系主任，系学术委员会副主任，蛋白质科学教育部重点实验室副主任，清华大学海洋科学与工程研究中心副主任，海洋生物学博士点学科负责人，欧洲海洋生物技术学会会员，

1982年，苏州大学医学部医学学士

1993年，南京农业大学博士

1999.9-2000.3 美国俄亥俄大学访问教授

■ 海洋生物化学与分子生物学，重点为海洋生物新功能基因的发现；

■ 海洋生物矿化的分子机理；

■ 海洋生物酶学。

海洋生物技术(国际)杂志编委，北海国发海洋生物产业股份有限公司董事、总工程师，国家“863”计划海洋生物技术主题专家组成员，中国航海医学会海洋生物工程专业委员会委员，中国中西药结合学会实验医学专业委员会委员，珍珠免疫与代谢调控因子发明人之一。

Selected Publications:

■ Ting-He Wu, Ruo-Lin Yang, Li-Ping Xie, Hong-Zhong Wang, Lei Chen, Shuyi Zhang, Yong Zhao, Rong-Qing Zhang; 2006; Inhibition of cell growth and induction of G1-phase cell cycle arrest in hepatoma cells by steroid extract from meretrix; Cancer Letters, 232(2):199-205.

■ Cen Zhang, Liping Xie, Jing Huang, Xiaolei Liu, Rongqing Zhang; 2006; A novel matrix protein family participating in the prismatic layer framework formation of pearl oyster, Pinctada fucata; Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 344: 735–740.

■ Cen Zhang; Jing Huang; Lei Chen; Liping Xie; Rongqing Zhang* , 2006, A novel putative tyrosinase involved in periostracum formation from the pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata) Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 342(2):632-9.

■ Shuo Li, Liping Xie, Zhuojun Ma, Rongqing Zhang*, 2005, A cDNA cloning and characterization of a novel calmodulin like protein from pearl oyster Pinctada fucata. FEBS J，272:4899-4911.

■ Hong-Tao Chen, Li-Ping Xie, Zhen-Yan Yu, Guang-Rui Xu, RongQing Zhang*, 2005, Chemical modification studies on alkaline phosphatase from pearl oyster(Pinctada fucata): a substrate reaction course analysis and involvement of essential arginine and lysine residues at active site. International Journal of Biochemistry \u0026Cell Biology, 37:1446-1457.

■ Lei Chen, Liping Xie, Xunhao Xiong, Yiping Dai, Weimin Fan, Rongqing Zhang*, 2005,Cloning and characterization of a novel G protein beta-subunit of pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata) and its interaction sites with calmodulin. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B, 142:142-152.

■ Lei Chen，Liping Xie，Yiping Dai，Xunhao Xiong，Weimin Fan，Rongqing Zhang*, 2004，Cloning and characterization of an mRNA encoding a novel G protein alpha-subunit abundant in mantle and gill of pearl 牡蛎科 Pinctada fucata. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B, 139(4): 669-679.

■ Shuo Li, Liping Xie, Cen Zhang, Yong Zhang, Mianzhi Gu, Rongqing Zhang* , 2004, Cloning and expression of a pivotal 钙 新陈代谢 regulator:calmodulin involved in shell formation from pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B, 138 (3), 235-243.