国家杰青，现任中山大学附属第一医院副院长、神经外科学科带头人。中华医学会神经外科分会全国青年委员、中国医师协会胶质瘤专业委员会青委会副主任委员、广东省医学会神经外科分会青年委员会副主任委员。代表作发表在：Cancer Cell（IF=22.844）、J Natl Cancer Inst（IF=11.238）、Nature Communications（IF=12.353）、Clinical Cancer Research（9.697）、Cancer Research（IF=9.578）等杂志；近年主持科技部重点研发计划青年科学家项目（500万）、国家自然科学基金面上项目、广东省自然科学基金杰出青年项目等项目，主持纵向经费1000余万元。

1. Xin Xia, Xixi Li, Fanying Li, Xujia Wu, Maolei Zhang, Huangkai Zhou, Nunu Huang, Xuesong Yang, Feizhe Xiao, Dawei Liu, Lixuan Yang & Nu Zhang*. A novel tumor suppressor protein encoded by circular AKT3 RNA inhibits glioblastoma tumorigenicity by competing with active phosphoinositide-dependent Kinase-1. Mol Cancer. 2019 Aug 30;18(1):131.

2. Maolei Zhang, Kun Zhao, Xiaoping Xu, Yibing Yang, Sheng Yan, Ping Wei, Hui Liu, Jianbo Xu, Feizhe Xiao, Huangkai Zhou, Xuesong Yang, Nunu Huang, Jinglei Liu, Kejun He, Keping Xie, Gong Zhang, Suyun Huang & Nu Zhang*. A peptide encoded by circular form of LINC-PINT suppresses oncogenic transcriptional elongation in glioblastoma. Nat Commun. 2018 Oct 26;9(1):4475.

3. Yang Y, Gao X, Zhang M, Yan S, Sun C, Xiao F, Huang N, Yang X, Zhao K, Zhou H, Huang S, Xie B, Zhang N*. Novel Role of FBXW7 Circular RNA in Repressing Glioma Tumorigenesis. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2018 Mar 1;110(3).

4. Zhang M, Huang N, Yang X, Luo J, Yan S, Xiao F, Chen W, Gao X, Zhao K, Zhou H, Li Z, Liu M, Xie B, Zhang N*. A Novel Protein Encoded by the Circular Form of the SHPRH Gene Suppresses Glioma Tumorigenesis Oncogene.

5. Yang L#, He K#, Yan S#, Yang Y, Gao X, Zhang M, Xia Z, Huang Z, Huang S, Zhang N*. Metadherin/Astrocyte elevated gene-1 positively regulates the stability and function of forkhead box M1 during tumorigenesis. Neuro Oncol. 2017 Mar 1;19(3):352-363.

1. 王忠诚神经外科青年医师奖、吴孟超青年医师奖、广东省特支计划领军人才