Education

• 2008      Ph. D.  History of Science, Peking University

• 2007      Overseas Exchange Students, History of Science, Tshinghua University (in Taiwan)

• 2003      B. S. Chemistry, Central China Normal University

Academic Appointments

• 2015 ~ 2016, Visiting Scholar, University of Pennsylvania

• 2012 ~ Present, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, East China Normal University

• 2008 ~ 2012, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, East China Normal University

Research Field

• History of Chemistry and Medicine, Philosophy of Science, Cognitive History, Public Understanding of Science

Teaching

• Introduction to History of Science

• Topics in Sociology of Science

• Scientific Thoughts and Methods

Selected Publications

Journal articles published in English

1. Jing Zhu (2018). “Elixir, Urine and Hormone: A Socio-cultural History of Qiushi (Autumn Mineral),” East Asian Science, Technology, and Medicine, 47, 19-54.

2. Jing Zhu, Dingcheng Ren (2016). “Arsenic Prepared by Chinese Alchemist-pharmacists,” Science China Life Sciences, 59 (10): 1086-1089.

3. Mingwu Ding, Shangjun Yang, Jing Zhu (2004). “New efficient synthesis of 2-substituted 5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-benzothieno[2,3-d]pyrimidin -4(3H)-ones,” Synthesis-Stuttgart, (1): 75-79.

4. Mingwu Ding, Jing Zhu, Sufang Shi, Xiaopeng Liu (2002). “New Facile Synthesis of 2-Aroloxy-5-(2-fururylidene)-4H-imidazoline-4-ones,” Chinese Chemical Letters, 13(10): 942-944.

Journal articles published in Chinese

1. Jing Zhu (2018). “Chinese Medicine in Practice: An Approach to Sociology of Knowledge,” Studies in Philosophy of Science and Technology, 35(6): 116-122.

2. Jing Zhu (2018). “Artificial Intelligence Medicine and Philosophy of Complex Systems,” Philosophical Analysis, 9(5): 27-37.

3. Jing Zhu, Qing Ye (2016). “The Scientific Dimension on the Theory of Resonance Controversies,” Studies in Dialectics of Nature, 32(6): 70-75.

4. Lixin Dai, Kuiling Ding, Jing Zhu (2015). “From Synthesizing Crystalline Bovine Insulin to Synthesizing Our Future,” Chinese Bulletin of Life Sciences, 27(6): 676-680.

5. Jing Zhu (2014). “Qiushi, a Non-aphrodisiac: Medical, Social and Cultural History of the Function and Practice of Qiushi,” Journal of Dialectics of Nature 36. 6:38-43.

6. Jing Zhu (2014). “A Study on Innovation Methods of all the Nobel Prize Laureates in Chemistry,” Studies in Science of Science, 32(10): 1461-1467.

7. Jing Zhu (2013). “The Approach Change for Chinese alchemy Studies: from Protochemistry to the Context in the Society, Culture and Cognition,” Studies in Philosophy of Science and Technology, 30(4): 71-76.

8. Jing Zhu (2009). “Cognitive Styles and Theories in Chinese alchemy,” Journal of Shanxi University, 32(5): 134-138.

9. Jing Zhu, Dingcheng Ren (2008). “Historical Review and Experimental Reexamination of the Preparation of Elemental Arsenic by Europeans,” History of Natural Science, 27(2): 151-165.

10. Jing Zhu (2008). “A History of the Introduction and Improvement of Gunpowder and Firearms in Ancient Korea,” Dongjiang Journal, 23(1): 35-42.

Fellowships and Awards

• Korea Foundation Fellowship, 2005, awarded by Korean Foundation for foreign scholars and professional researchers

• Fellow of the Stanford Program in Beijing, 2006, awarded by Stanford University

• Dharma Drum Humanities and Social Improvement Foundation Fellowship, 2006, awarded for researchers

• Overseas Exchange Fellowship, 2007, awarded by Mainland Affairs Council for researchers

• Cheng Guang Scholar, 2009, awarded by Shanghai Municipal Education Commission and Shanghai Education Development Foundation

• Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Prize, 2010, awarded by Peking University

• Research Project on Innovation Method, 2009, supported by Ministry of Science and Technology of China

• Research Project on Qiushi, 2012, supported by the National Social Science Fund

• Research Project on Institutional History of Chemistry, 2014, supported by China Association for Science and Technology

• State Scholarship Fund, 2015, organized by the China Scholarship Council

• Shanghai Pujiang Program, 2018, awarded by Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission and Shanghai Municipal Human Resources and Social Bureau