# Shao-Liang Zheng Director of Center for Crystallographic Studies Lecturer ![zheng_shao_1_1.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_4_5__480x600/public/zheng_shao_1_1.jpg?itok=VsAPdh1w) smartphone [617-495-0787](tel:617-495-0787) email Shao-Liang Zheng joined Harvard in 2009 and supervises all aspects of [X-ray Core](https://chemistry.harvard.edu/pages/x-ray-laboratory). Dr. Zheng also teaches [Chem 255, Practical Crystallography in Chemistry and Materials Science](https://chemistry.harvard.edu/pages/x-ray-laboratory#education) in spring term. Before he joined Harvard, he worked with Professor Philip Coppens at SUNY Buffalo as a research scientist, emphasizing photocrystallographic studies of host-guest crystals. He received his PhD in Inorganic Chemistry in 2003 at Sun Yat-Sen University (China). - ## Administration and Staff [Centers & Instrumentation](/administration-and-staff/centers-instrumentation) - ## Faculty [Lecturer](/affiliates-lecturers-preceptors-and-other-faculty/lecturer)