2025-，南京大学现代生物研究院，研究员/助理教授

2017-2025，美国德州大学西南医学中心，博士后

2016-2017，美国科罗拉多大学博尔德分校，访问学生

2010-2016，复旦大学，博士

2006-2010，四川大学，本科

2025年入选国家级青年人才项目（海外优青）

[1]. Zhu, X., Cruz, VE., Zhang, H., Erzberger, JP., and Mendell, JT. (2024). Specific tRNAs promote mRNA decay by recruiting the CCR4-NOT complex to translating ribosomes.  Science, 386 (6724), eadq8587

 [2]. Hu, L. Zhang, Y., Guo, L., Zhong, H., Xie, L., Zhou, J., Liao, C., Yao, H., Fang, J., Liu, H., Zhang, C., Zhang, H., Zhu, X., Luo, M., Kriegsheim, AV., Li, B., Luo, ., Zhang, X., Chen, X., Mendell, JT., Xu, L., Kapur, P., Baldwin, AS., Brugarolas, J., Zhang, Q. (2024). Kinome-wide siRNA screen identifies a DCLK2-TBK1 oncogenic signaling axis in clear cell renal cell carcinoma. Molecular Cell, 84(4):776-790.

 [3]. Zhu, X., Zhang, H., Mendell, JT. (2020). Ribosome recycling by ABCE1 links lysosomal function and iron homeostasis to 3ʹ UTR-directed regulation and nonsense-mediated decay. Cell Reports, 32(2):107895.

 [4]. Zhu, X., Xie, S., Xu, T., Wu, X., and Han, M. (2017). Rasal2 deficiency reduces adipogenesis and occurrence of obesity-related disorders. Molecular Metabolism, 6(6):494-502.

[5]. Cui, J., Ding, Y., Chen, S., Zhu, X., Wu, Y., Zhang, M., Zhao, Y., Li, TR., Sun, LV., Zhao, S., Zhuang, Y., Jia, W., Xue, L., Han, M., Xu, T., Wu, X. (2016). Disruption of Gpr45 causes reduced hypothalamic POMC expression and obesity. The Journal of Clinical Investigation, 126(9):3192-206.

[6]. Lei, K., Zhu, X., Xu, R., Shao, C., Xu, T., Zhuang, Y., and Han, M. (2012). Inner Nuclear Envelope Proteins SUN1 and SUN2 Play a Prominent Role in the DNA Damage Response. Current Biology, 22(17):1609–1615.

 [7]. Morimoto, M., Shibuya, H., Zhu, X., Kim, J., Ishiguro, K., Han, M., and Watanabe, Y. (2012). A conserved KASH domain protein associates with telomeres, SUN1, and dynactin during mammalian meiosis. The Journal of Cell Biology, 198(2):165–172.