Shangheng was born and raised in Guangdong province, China. He is currently a chemistry major undergraduate at UIUC. Before he joined the Denmark group, he worked in Professor David Sarlah’s lab and took part in research on natural product total synthesis. He joined the Denmark group in the summer of 2024 to continue his undergraduate research in organic chemistry. In his free time, he enjoys reading and playing video games

Email Shangheng: zhong38@illinois.edu