Texas A&M University College of Dentistry

Chi Zhang, PhD

Instructional Assistant Professor Department of Biomedical Sciences | College of Dentistry
Contact Groups and Affiliations

Biography

Career History

  • Postdoctoral Fellow, the Maga Lab, Center for Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA (2021-2023)
  • Instructor, Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA (2020)

Education

  • Ph.D., Biological Anthropology University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA (2020)
  • B.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (joint program with New York Institute of Technology), Nanjing, China (2012)

Publications

2026 SlicerOrbitSurgerySim: An Open-Source Platform for Virtual Registration and Quantitative Comparison of Preformed Orbital Plates.
2025 SlicerMorph photogrammetry: an open-source photogrammetry workflow for reconstructing 3D models.
Thomas, O. O., Zhang, C., & Maga, A. M. (2025). SlicerMorph photogrammetry: an open-source photogrammetry workflow for reconstructing 3D models. Biology Open, 14(8), bio062126.
2023 Examining craniofacial variation among crispant and mutant zebrafish models of human skeletal diseases.
Diamond, K.M., Burtner, A.E., Siddiqui, D., Alvarado, K., Leake, S., Rolfe, S., Zhang, C., Kwon, R.Y. and Maga, A.M., 2023. Examining craniofacial variation among crispant and mutant zebrafish models of human skeletal diseases. Journal of Anatomy, 243(1), pp.66-77.
2023 An open-source photogrammetry workflow for reconstructing 3D models
Zhang, C., & Maga, A. M. (2023). An open-source photogrammetry workflow for reconstructing 3D models. Integrative Organismal Biology, 5(1), obad024 (https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/obad024).
2022 Automated Landmarking via Multiple Templates
Zhang, C., Porto, A., Rolfe, S., Kocatulum, A., & Maga, A. M. (2022). Automated Landmarking via Multiple Templates. PLOS ONE, 17(12), e0278035 (https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0278035).
2018 Soft tissue nasal asymmetry as an indicator of orofacial cleft predisposition
Zhang, C., Miller, S. F., Roosenboom, J., Wehby, G. L., Moreno Uribe, L. M., Hecht, J. T., ... & Weinberg, S. M. (2018). Soft tissue nasal asymmetry as an indicator of orofacial cleft predisposition. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, 176(6), 1296-1303 (10.1002/ajmg.a.38688).
2014 Comment on “A complete skull from Dmanisi, Georgia, and the evolutionary biology of early Homo”
Schwartz, J. H., Tattersall, I., & Zhang, C. (2014). Comment on “A complete skull from Dmanisi, Georgia, and the evolutionary biology of early Homo”, Science, 344(6182), 360 (10.1126/science.1250056)