# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shi-zhengli
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:24:12.912Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shi-zhengli"
name: "Shi Zhengli"
slug: "shi-zhengli"
description: "Shi Zhengli is a Chinese virologist who researches SARS-like coronaviruses of bat origin. Shi directs the Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV). In 2017, Shi and her colleague Cui Jie discovered that the SARS coronavirus likely originated in a population of cave-dwelling horseshoe bats in Xiyang Yi Ethnic Township, Yunnan. She came to prominence in the popular press as \"Batwoman\" during the COVID-19 pandemic for her work with bat coronaviruses. Shi was included in Time's 100 Most Influential People of 2020."
tagline: "Chinese virologist (1964-)"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "China"
  isoCode: "CN"
birthDate: "1964-05-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump