Xiaohui (Frank) Zhang
Email: xiz310@lehigh.edu
Phone: (610) 758-2939
Fax: (610) 758-6224
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics
Appointed to Lehigh Faculty: 2010
Education:
Ph.D. in Physiology and Biophysics, University of Miami School of Medicine, 2003
M.Phil. in Biophysics, The University of Hong Kong, 1999
B.Sc. Major in Physics and Minor in Biology, Sun Yat-sen University, 1995
Related experience - teaching, industrial, etc.:
Principal Investigator, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2008-2010
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School, 2004-2008
Research activities, consulting, patents, etc.:
Research on the biomechanical and biochemical properties of proteins, development of new experimental and diagnostic approaches based on single-molecule manipulation and detection techniques, as well as application of these tools to study cardiovascular diseases and cancer.
Scientific and professional societies of which a member:
Professional Member of American Heart Association (Basic Science Council)
Member of American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Member of Biophysical Society
Member of American Physiological Society
Member of Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine
Sigma Xi
Honors and awards:
2008 Hundred-Talent Program Award, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2005 Postdoctoral Fellowship Grant Award, American Heart Association
2004 Young Investigator Award, Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine
2004 Travel Award, American Society of Investigative Pathology
2003 Award of Academic Merit, University of Miami
2003 Travel Award, University of Miami School of Medicine
2003 Best Research Award from the Medical Faculty Association, University of Miami
2002-04 Predoctoral Fellowship Grant Award, American Heart Association
2002 Travel Award, American Society for Cell Biology
2000 Travel Award, The Research Administration, University of Miami