Zhen Zeng is a thoracic surgeon with a strong interest in precision oncology. She received both her MD and PhD degrees from Sichuan University and is currently a postdoctoral researcher at West China Hospital. From 2021 to 2022, she had the opportunity to conduct academic exchange and collaborative research as a visiting scholar at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her current research focuses on rare thoracic malignancies, specifically characterizing their genomic landscape. Zhen aims to understand the mechanisms of treatment failure through integrative multi-omics analyses. Ultimately, she hopes to identify novel therapeutic targets that could improve outcomes for patients facing these challenging and understudied cancers.