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Huimin Zhao is the Steven L. Miller Chair Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and serves as the director of the NSF AI Institute for Molecule Synthesis and the NSF iBioFoundry. He earned his B.S. in Biology from the University of Science and Technology of China in 1992 and his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the California Institute of Technology in 1998, under the guidance of Nobel Laureate Dr. Frances Arnold. Before joining UIUC in 2000, he was a project leader in the Industrial Biotechnology Laboratory at Dow Chemical Company. Distinguishing himself as a scholar, he has authored or co-authored 460 research articles and holds 30 issued or pending patent applications. He has also delivered 520 plenary, keynote, and invited lectures. Throughout his career, 38 graduate students and postdocs from his group have become professors and principal investigators. Zhao’s research emphasizes the development and application of synthetic biology, machine learning, and laboratory automation tools to address significant societal challenges in health, energy, and sustainability.
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering • Urbana, IL
Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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