Zhan Qimin

Zhan Qimin (Chinese: 詹启敏; pinyin: Zhān Qǐmǐn; born 22 January 1959) is a Chinese molecular oncologist currently serving as director of Peking University Medicine Department, executive vice-president of Peking University and dean of Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School. He is a member of the Communist Party of China.

Zhan Qimin
Dean of Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 March 2019
Preceded by	Wu Yundong
Executive Vice-President of Peking University
Incumbent
Assumed office April 2018
Vice-President of Peking University
In office August 2017 – April 2018
Director of the Medicine Department of Peking University
Incumbent
Assumed office April 2016
Preceded by	Han Qide
Personal details
Born	January 22, 1959 Leping, Jiangxi, China
Political party	Communist Party of China
Alma mater	Suzhou University Peking Union Medical College
Scientific career
Fields	Molecular oncology
Institutions	Peking University
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	詹啟敏
Simplified Chinese	詹启敏
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhān Qǐmǐn

Biography

Zhan was born in January 22, 1959 in Leping, Jiangxi, while his ancestral home in Wuyuan County.[1] He graduated from the Medical College of Suzhou University in November 1982 and Peking Union Medical College in August 1987, respectively. He carried out postdoctoral research at the Medical School of the University of California, San Francisco, the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and the National Cancer Institute. After university, he became a senior research assistant at the National Cancer Institute. In September 1998 he was assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and held that position until February 2003.[1]

Zhan returned to China in January 2002 and that same year became professor and doctoral supervisor at Peking Union Medical College and director of the State Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. In May 2005, he was promoted to become vice-president of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and vice-president of Peking Union Medical College. In April 2016, he was transferred to Peking University and appointed director of the Department of Medicine. In August 2017, he was elevated to its vice-president and then executive vice-president in April of the following year.[1] He concurrently serves as dean of Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School since March 2019.[2]

Investigation

In July 2020, PubPeer had published 25 papers of Zhan Qimin, which are suspected of academic fraud.[3][4][5] These papers had been exposed in succession, involving the application of the same pictures in different experiments or even different articles, fabricating experimental data and seriously violating animal ethics.[5] The 25 papers were published from 1998 to 2019.[5]

Honours and awards

• 2011 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)

References

1. Zhou Zaiben (周再奔) (25 September 2017). 詹启敏任北京大学副校长 籍贯江西婺源（图）. ifeng.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 26 July 2020.
2. Zhang Yu (张玉) (17 March 2019). 北京大学任命詹启敏担任深圳研究生院院长. Sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 26 July 2020.
3. Fan Shuo (24 July 2020). "Peking University vice president Zhan Qimin publicly responded to external queries: no data fraud was found". tellerreport.com. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
4. "Response of vice president of Peking University: a few marking errors do not involve academic misconduct". jqknews.com. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
5. Cheng Min (程敏) (25 July 2020). 北京大学常务副校长詹启敏被指涉嫌25篇论文造假. qq.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 26 July 2020.