Dr. Zeng is currently a Senior Scientist and microsurgical instructor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison focusing on microsurgical education, neural interfacing, and transplantation. Before coming to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he studied supermicrosurgery and lymphedema reconstruction at the University of Iowa, mentored by Dr. Wei F. Chen. Prior to this, he was an Attending Surgeon in the Division of Hand and Microsurgery at the Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University in Liaoning, China. He has profound surgical experience in clinical practice and research. Dr. Zeng is an active member of the American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery and an international member of the American Society of Plastic Surgery. Dr. Zeng has been committed to and passionate about resident microsurgical education since 2017. Dr. Zeng has developed novel high-realistic simulators and an efficient curriculum for residents in Plastic Surgery, Otolaryngology, Urology, and Neurosurgery. Dr. Zeng’s mentoring helps residents from multiple disciplines gain the confidence and competence needed in the OR. Dr. Zeng also manages the multi-institutional Annual UW Microsurgery Training Course. Dr. Zeng  also actively participates in basic scientific research. Dr. Zeng provides surgical service and support including limb/kidney/liver transplantation, engineering vessel transplantation, neural interface development for grants with over $20million dollars in funding.