Dr. Zhang received his B.Eng. in 1982 and M.Eng. in 1984 from Chengdu University of Science & Technology (now Sichuan University), and then a PhD degree in Experimental Medicine from Université Laval in 1993. After a postdoctoral training at the National Research Institute of Bioscience and Human-Technology (AIST) in Japan, he returned to the Saint-François d’Assise Hospital Research Center in Quebec City in 1995 and later became a professor in the Department of Surgery Faculty of Medicine at Université Laval and a researcher at the Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec – Université Laval. Dr. Zhang’s research has been funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), le Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec (FRSQ), and by the industrial partners. He has more than one hundred journal publications, co-edited one book and authored several book chapters. His research interests span biomaterials, conductive polymers, wound healing and cardiovascular implants.