女，1959年出生、博士。1978-1979年就读华北农业机械化学院（后更名北京农业机械化学院）农业机械化系；1979-1980年就读赴日留学生预备学校（东北师范大学）；1980年首批国家公派本科生赴日本留学，就读日本神户大学资源生物；1990年获得KOBE大学理学博士。1991年回国。1992-1993年华东师范大学生物学任教，1993-1995年复旦大学遗传所从事博士后研究，1995-2000年遗传所，2001年至今发育生物学研究所副教授。

用模式生物（果蝇、小鼠等）进行发育生物学、基因功能学的研究。

教育部优秀骨干教师奖(Excellence Backbone Teacher, Ministry of Education, China).

 1.Ma Xi-Zhi, Cai Li-Jun, Wu Xiao-Hui, Zhao Shou-Yuan, Li Chang-Ben, Deng Kejing* (2003) Overexpression of Human Genes in Drosophila melanogaster by Using Gal4-UAS System. ACTA BIOCH BIOPH SIN 35(7): 597-600

2.Cai Lijun, Ma Xizhi, Kang Lin, Deng Kejing, Zhao Shouyuan, Li Changben (2003) Detecting Rice stripe virus (RSV) in the small brown planthopper (Laodephac striatellus) with high specificity by RT-PCR. J VIROL METHODS 112: 115-120

3.Yaping Sun, Kejing Deng*, Feng Wang, Jian Zhang, Xin Huang, Shouyi Qiao, Shouyuan Zhao (2004) Two novel isoforms of Adam23 expressed in the developmental process of mouse and human brains. Gene 325: 171-178

4.Yaping Sun, Yingming Wang, Jing Zhang, Jing Tao, Chen Wang, Naihe Jing, Chaoqun Wu,Kejing Deng, Shouyi Qiao (2007) ADAM23 Plays Multiple Roles in Neuronal Differentiationof P19 Embryonal Carcinoma cells.Neurochem Res 32:1217–1223

5.Rong Xu, Kejing Deng*, Yi Zhu, Yue Wu, Jing Ren, Min Wan, Shouyuan Zhao, Xiaohui Wu, Min Han, Yuan Zhuang, Tian Xu (2008) A large-scale functional approach to uncover humangenes and pathways in Drosophila. Cell Research 18:1114-1127 (Cover Story)

6.Yue Wu, Yuan Zhuang, Min Han, Tian Xu, Kejing Deng* (2009) Ras promotes cell survival by antagonizing both JNK and Hid signals in the Drosophila eye. BMC Developmental Biology 2009, 9: 53.