PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

Founder and Chief Scientist (March 2013 – present), Gordon Life Science Institute, Belmont, MA 02478, USA.

Distinguished High Impact Professor (February 2013 – present), Center of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research (CEGMR), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

President and Chief Scientist (September 2003 – March 2013), Gordon Life Science Institute, San Diego, CA 92130, USA.

Advisory Professor (2007-present), Department of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiaotong University. Shanghai 200030, China

Advisory Professor (2007-present), Northwestern Polytechnical University,  Xi’an 710072, Shanxi, China.

Advisory Professor (2007-present), Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530004, China.

Advisory Professor (2007-present), Bioinfo Lab, Jin-De-Zhen Institute, Jing-De-Zhen 333000, China.

Advisory Professor (2004-present), Institute of Image Processing & Pattern Recognition, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200030, China.

Chairman of Scientific Committee and Honorary President (September 2003 – 2006), Tianjin Institute of Bioinformatics & Drug Discovery, Tianjin, China.

Advisory Professor (2004-present), Institute of Image Processing & Pattern Recognition, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200030, China.

Advisory Professor (2004-present), Institute of Bioinformatics, Donghua University, Shanghai 200051, China.

Advisory Professor (2004-present), Department of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University. Shanghai 200030, China.

Advisory Professor (2002-2003), Bio-X Life Science Research Center, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University, Shanghai, China.

Advisory Professor (2000-present), Institute of Life Science & Biotechnology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.

Senior Research Advisor (April 2003 – September 2003), Research & Development, Pfizer, Kalamazoo, MI 49007-4940, USA.

Senior Research Advisor (1999 – 2003), Structural & Computational Chemistry, Research & Development, Pharmacia, Kalamazoo, MI 49007-4940, USA.

Joint/Adjunct Professor (1998-2000), National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Research Advisor (1992 – 1999), Bioinformatics/Computer-Aided Drug Discovery,  Research & Development,  Pharmacia & Upjohn, Kalamazoo, MI 49007-4940, USA.

Senior Principle Scientist (1987 – 1992), Department of Computational Chemistry, Upjohn Laboratories, Kalamazoo, MI 49001, USA. 

Professor (1985 – 1986), Department of Biophysics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA. 

Senior Research Scientist (1984 – 1985), Baker Laboratory of Chemistry, Cornell University, USA.

Visiting Associate Professor (1981 – 1983), Department of Chemistry, Cornell University, USA.

Visiting Associate Professor (1979 – 1980), Chemical Center of Lund University, Sweden, and Max-Planck-Institute of Biophysical Chemistry, Germany.

Associate Professor (1978-1979), Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.    

Junior Scientist (1976 – 1978), Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.    

SERVICES TO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH COMMUNITY

Editor-in-Chief (2008-present), The Open Bioinformatics Journal, http://www.bentham.org/open/tobioij/

Editorial Board (2005 – 2019), Journal of Theoretical Biology,  http://ees.elsevier.com/jtb/

Editorial Board (2008 – 2014), Journal of Biophysics, http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jbp/

Editor for Eastern & Western USA (2006 – present), Protein & Peptide Letters, http://www.bentham.org/ppl

Associate Editor (2004 - present), Medicinal Chemistry, http://www.bentham.org/mc/index.htm 

Editorial Board (2007 – present), Current Proteomics, http://www.bentham.org/cp/index.htm 

Editorial Board (2003 - present), Cancer Therapy, http://www.cancer-therapy.org/ 

Editorial Advisory Board (2007 – present), The Open Biochemistry Journal, http://www.bentham.org/open/tobiocj/ 

Editorial Advisory Board (June 2000 - present), Current Protein and Peptide Science, http://www.bentham.org/cpps/

Editorial Board (2008 – 2014), Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology, http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jbb/editors.html.

Editorial Board (2008 – 2013), Journal of Amino Acids,  http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jaa/editors/

Editorial Board (2008 – present), Interdisciplinary Sciences, http://www.springer.com/life+sci/bioinformatics/journal/12539

Section Editor for Bioinformatics (2004 - 2007), Amino Acids, http://www.springer.com/springerwiennewyork/life+sciences/journal/726

Guest Editor (2004, Vol.16, No.11), Current Medicinal Chemistry, http://www.bentham.org/cmc/

Guest Editor (2005, Vol.6, No.5), Current Protein & Peptide Science, http://www.bentham.org/cpps/

Grant reviewer of Danish National Research Foundation, Demark (2014)

Grant reviewer of NIH, USA (2005)

Grant reviewer of National Science of Foundation, USA (1989).

Grant reviewer of Israel Science Foundation, Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities (1994).

Journal reviewer (1985-present):  Journal of American Chemical Society, PNAS, Nature Protocol, Nature Communications, PLoS ONE, PLoS Computational Biology, Plant Physiology, Journal of Proteome Research, Proteomics, Journal of Molecular Biology, Biochemical Journal, Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, Protein Science,  Proteins, Protein Engineering, European Journal of Biochemistry, Analytical Biochemistry, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Journal of Chemical Information & Computer Science, Journal of Protein Chemistry, Biopolymers, Biophysical Journal, Journal of Computational Chemistry, Macromolecules, Biophysical Chemistry, Journal of Mathematical Chemistry, Journal of Theoretical Biology, Journal of Peptide Research, Journal of Leukocyte Biology, Comparative Biochemistry & Physiology, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Nucleic Acids Research,  Bioinformatics, BMW Bioinformatics, Journal of Physical Chemistry, Peptides, BioTechniques, Cancer Letter, FASEB, FEBS Letters, Current Medicinal Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Current Protein & Peptide Science, International Journal of Peptide & Protein Research, Applied Genomics and Proteomics, Cancer Letters, Progress in Neurobiology, Cell Biology & Toxicology, Pattern Recognition Letters, Biosystem, Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics, Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery, Physica A, Chemical Biology & Drug Discovery, et al.

Co-President of the 1st IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, July 6 to 8, 2007, Wuhan, China

Co-President of the 10th International Congress on Amino Acids and Proteins (ICAAP), August 21 to 26, 2007, Kallithea, Chalkidiki, Greece

Co-President of the 2nd IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, May 16 to 18, 2008, Shanghai, China.

Co-Chair of the 3rd IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, June 11 to 13, 2009, Beijing, China.

Co-Chair of the 4th IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, June 11 to 13, 2010, Chengdu, China.

General Chair of the 5th IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering (iCBBE2011), May 10 to 12, 2011, Wuhan, China.

General Chair of the 6th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering (iCBBE2012), May 17 to 20, 2012, Shanghai, China

General Chair of the 7th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering (iCBBE2013), Sept 26 to 28, 2013, Beijing, China.

Honorary General Chair of the 8th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering (iCBBE2014), Sept 20 to 22, 2014, Suzhou, China.

INVITED TALKS

Over 200 invited presentations at various International Scientific Meetings.

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