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Fengzhu Sun is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Southern California, specializing in Quantitative Computational Biology. He earned his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from the University of Southern California in January 1994, a Master's in Probability Statistics from Peking University in July 1988, and a Bachelor's in Mathematics from Shandong University in July 1983. Sun's research focuses on Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Statistical Genetics, and Mathematical Modeling. His recent interests include protein interaction networks, gene expression, single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP), and applications predicting protein functions and gene regulation networks. He has notable accomplishments in protein domain interaction for protein function prediction, dynamic programming algorithms for haplotype block partition and tag SNP selection, and theoretical studies of polymerase chain reaction-related biotechnologies. Sun is also a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science since December 2012 and has received the Provost Mellon Mentoring Award in 2012.
University of Southern California • Los Angeles, CA
Leading research in Quantitative Computational Biology.
University of Southern California • Los Angeles, CA
Taught courses and conducted research in Computational Biology and Mathematics.
Emory University • Atlanta, GA
Conducted research and taught in the Department of Genetics and Biostatistics.
Shandong University • Shandong, China
Taught courses in Mathematics.
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