University of Southern California
USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Fengzhu SunProfessor of Biological SciencesContact Information E-mail: fsun@usc.edu Phone: (213) 740-2413 Office: RRI 416H LINKS Personal Website |
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 Ph.D. Applied Mathematics, University of Southern California, 1/1994
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M.S. Probability and Statistics, Peking University, 7/1988
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B.S. Mathematics, Shandong University, 7/1983
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Postdoctoral Training |
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Postdoc, University pf Southern California, 08/1994-08/1995
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Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History |
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Professor, University of Souther California, 2006-
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Associate Professor, Program in Molecular and Computational Biology, Department of Biological Scienc, University of Southern California, 01/01/2001-
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Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Southern California, 01/01/2000-
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Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 01/01/1997-01/01/1999
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Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics, School of Medicine, Emory University, 01/01/1995-01/01/1999
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Lecturer, Mathematics Department, Shandong University, 01/01/1988-01/01/1992
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Instructor, Mathematics Department, Shandong University, 01/01/1983-01/01/1985
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Description of Research |
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Summary Statement of Research Interests |
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| Fengzhu Sun is a Professor of Molecular and Computational Biology. His Bachelors in Mathematics is from Shandong University, Masters in Probability and Statistics is from Peking University, and PhD in Applied Mathematics is from University of Southern California. He came back to USC in 2000 as an associate professor after being an assistant professor of genetics and biostatistics at Emory University from 1995 to 2000. He has been a professor since 2006. Professor Sun works in the area of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Statistical Genetics, and Mathematical Modeling. His recent research interests include protein interaction networks, gene expression, single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP), linkage disequilibrium (LD) and their applications in predicting protein functions, gene regulation networks, and disease gene identification. He is also interested in metagenomics, in particular, marine genomics. His previous research accomplishments include: 1) protein domain interaction and protein function prediction integrating multiple data sources, 2) dynamic programming algorithms for haplotype block partition and tag SNP selection, 3) 1-TDT: transmission disequilibrium test when one parent is available, and 3) theoretical studies of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) related biotechnologies. | |
Affiliations with Research Centers, Labs, and Other Institutions |
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Center for Computational and Experimental Genomics,http://www.cmb.usc.edu
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NIH Center for Excellence in Genomic Sciences at USC, Investigator,http://cegs.usc.edu/
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Honors and Awards |
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American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow, Fellow, 12/1/2012-
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Provost Mellon Mentoring Award, 2012-
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Astor Visiting Lectureship of Oxford, 2011-2012
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Service to the Profession |
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Professional Memberships |
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American Statistical Assiciation, 2004-
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