Jizhong Zhou

Jizhong Zhou is a George Lynn Cross Research Professor and Presidential Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences, and School of Computer Science at University of Oklahoma, where he is also Director of the Institute for Environmental Genomics. Dr. Zhou’s work is in genomics-enabled microbial environmental sciences. He has advanced experimental and computational metagenomic technologies to address environmental, engineering, and ecological questions. He has led in the elucidation and modeling of microbial feedback mechanisms in response to climate change, anthropogenic pollutions, and environmental gradients. Dr. Zhou earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Hunan Agricultural University in China, and a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from Washington State University. He is an Adjunct Senior Scientist ant Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America, the American Academy of Microbiology, International Water Association, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.