Z. Hong Zhou, Ph.D. (周正洪博士)

Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics

Director, Electron Imaging Center for Nanomachines, California NanoSystems

Institute (CNSI)

Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1594, USA

Education:

1/1995  Ph.D., Biochemistry (Keck fellowship in computational biology), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030. Advisor: Wah Chiu

10/1989  M.S. Physics, University of Science & Technology of China (USTC), Hefei,

China. Advisor: Lienchao Tsien (EM pioneer and founder of Electron Microscopy Society in China)

7/1986  B.S., Physics (with BS thesis research in chemistry), USTC, Hefei, China

Academic Appointments:

2/1995 – 6/1997  NLM/NIH sponsored postdoctoral trainee in high performance

computing. Department of Mathematics and Department of Computer Sciences at the University of Houston, TX. Advisor: Dr.Ridgway Scott (Currently at the University of Chicago)

6/1997 – 8/2001  Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory

Medicine, The University of Texas – Health Science Center at Houston, Medical School, Houston, TX

9/2001 – 6/2007  Associate Professor (with tenure), Department of Pathology and

Laboratory Medicine, The University of Texas – Health Science Center at Houston, Medical School, Houston, TX

7/2007 – present  UCLA, Professor of MIMG and director of Electron Imaging Center for Nanomachines at CNSI

Adjunct Positions:

9/1999 – 6/2007  Adjunct Associate (since 2001) and Assistant (1999-2001) Professor, Department of Health Informatics, School of Health

Information Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

6/2000 – 6/2007  Adjunct associate professor, Structural and Computational Biology

and Molecular Biophysics Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

9/1997 – 6/2007  Faculty member of three graduate programs at the Graduate School

of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS) at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston: (1) Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; (2) Virology and Gene Therapy; (3) Molecular Pathology

1998 – 6/2007  Faculty member of two greater-Houston area inter-institutional graduate programs in the Houston area: (1) W. M. Keck Center for Computational Biology; (2) Houston-Area Molecular Biophysics Program (supported by NIH).

Awards and Honors:

2004  Burton Award from the American Microscopy Society

2002  Established Investigator Award from the American Heart Institute

2000  Basil O’Connor Scholar Award of the March of Dimes Foundation

1999  Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences

1995  NLM/NIH-sponsored postdoctoral trainee (1995-1997).

1995  Best Ph.D. Dissertation Award, Rice Univ./Texas Medical Center Sigma Xi Society

1991  W. M. Keck pre-doctoral fellow in computational biology (1991-1995).

1981  全国高等学校入学统考湖南省第二名 (1981)

Journal editorial boards:

International Journal of Virology (2006 - )

International Journal of Biological Chemistry (2007 - )

Publications:（略）