title: Esmail Zanjani
text: # Esmail Zanjani
  
  Esmail D. Zanjani is a professor and medical researcher at the University of Nevada, Reno.
  
  His research involves growing human cells within sheep embryos. In March 2007, it was announced that Zanjani had created a human-sheep chimera. Zanjani has stated that his work involves sheep because of the blood-forming systems of sheep and humans are similar.
  
  He has served as president of the International Society for Experimental Hematology.
  
  ## Education
  
  * Ph.D., Experimental Hematology, New York University, 1969
  * M.S., Biology, New York University, 1966
  * B.S., Biology, New York University, 1964
  