Shun Zhang

Department of Psychology, Shandong Normal University

No. 88, East Wenhua Rd., Jinan, China, 250014

Tel: +86 13505408678, Email: yinxingren1986@hotmail.com

EDUCATION

04-08 Bachelor, Department of Biology, Shandong Normal University, China

08-11 Master, Department of Biology, Shandong Normal University, China

11-14 Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Shandong Normal University, China

PUBLICATIONS

1. Zhang, S., & Zhang, J. H. (2016). The association of DRD2 with insight problem solving. Frontiers in Psychology. 7:1865. (SSCI);

2. Zhang, S., & Zhang, J. H. (2016). The association of TPH genes with creative potential. Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts. [Epub ahead of print] doi: 10.1037/aca0000073. (SSCI);

3. Zhang, S., Zhang, M. Z., & Zhang, J. H. (2014). Association of COMT and COMT-DRD2 interaction with creative potential. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8: 216. (SCI);

4. Zhang, S., Zhang, M. Z., & Zhang, J. H. (2014). An exploratory study on DRD2 and creative potential. Creativity Research Journal. 26, 115-123. (SSCI);

5. Zhang, S., Wang, X., Zhang, L., Yang, X. L., Pan, J., & Ren, G. C. (2011). Characterization of monocyte chemoattractant proteins and CC chemokine receptor 2 expression during atherogenesis in apolipoprotein E-null mice. Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis, 18, 846-856. (SCI);

6. Liu, G. R., Zhang, S., Zhang, J. H., Lee, C., Wang, Y., & Brownell, M. (2013). Autonomous motivation and Chinese adolescents’ creative thinking: the moderating role of parental involvement. Creativity Research Journal, 25, 446-456. (SSCI);

7. Wang, Z. H., Shang, Y. Y., Zhang, S., Zhong, M., Wang, X. P., Deng, J. T., Pan, J., Zhang, Y., & Zhang, W. (2012). Silence of TRIB3 suppresses atherosclerosis and stabilizes plaques in diabetic ApoE-/-/LDL receptor-/- mice. Diabetes, 61, 463-473. (SCI);

8. Zhang, L., Geng, Y., Yin, M., Mao, L., Zhang, S., & Pan, J. (2011). Low omega-6/omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid ratios reduce hepatic C-reactive protein expression in apolipoprotein E-null mice. Nutrition, 26, 829-834. (SCI);

PROJECTS

1. The association of dopamine-related genes with insight problem solving. Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province, China (ZR2014CQ017);

2. The relationship between reward and creativity: the moderating effect of COMT gene. Ministry of Education in China) Project of Humanities and Social Sciences (16YJC190030);

3. The genetic basis of creativity in dopamine and 5-hydroxytryptamine pathway and the moderating effect of family environment. National Natural Science Foundation of China (31470999).

TEACHING EXPERIENCES

14-now  Instructor, Department of Psychology, Shandong Normal University

INTERESTED TOPICS

My research mainly focuses on the individual differences in creativity. There are two intriguing questions we are examining:

1. How genetic factors contribute to individual differences in creativity?

2. How these genetic factors interact with environment to affect creativity?