1. One of Top Predictors in the 10 Rounds of the Biennial World-wide CASP Protein Structure Prediction Competition (CASP7-16) from 2006 to 2024;
2. The CAREER Award, National Science Foundation (NSF), 2012;
3. The Junior Faculty Research Award, College of Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, 2012;
4. One of Chancellor's Top Achievers, University of Missouri, Columbia, 2013 and 2016;
5. William and Nancy Thompson Missouri Distinguished Professor of Engineering, 2018;
6. Research Fellow, College of Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, 2019;
7. One of Top 100 AI Leaders in Drug Discovery and Healthcare in the World according to Deep Knowledge Analytics, 2019;
8. The Senior Faculty Research Award, College of Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, 2021;
9. Fellow of American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), 2022;
10. Fellow of Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA), 2022;
11. University of Missouri System Curators' Distinguished Professor, 2023;
12. Fellow, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2023;
13. Outstanding Advisor and Mentor Faculty Award, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, 2024;
14. Diane Shumaker Professor of Bioinformatics, 2025.
Research Experience
Major Projects: Protein Structure, Interaction and Function Prediction; Protein and Drug Design; Biological Network Modeling & Omics Data Analysis.
Education
1. PhD in Information and Computer Science, University of California Irvine, 2006;
2. MS in Computer Science, Utah State University, 2001;
3. BS in Computer Science, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, 1994.
Background
Research Interests: Bioinformatics, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence. Currently, Curators' Distinguished Professor and Director of the Bioinformatics and Machine Learning Lab at the University of Missouri.
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