Jian Zhou

Jian Zhou is an Assistant Professor in the Lyda Hill Department of Bioinformatics at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He holds scholarly positions as a Lupe Murchison Foundation Scholar in Medical Research and CPRIT Scholar. Previously, he was a Flatiron Research Fellow at the Flatiron Institute.

• Current: Assistant Professor at UTSW
• Education: B.S. in Biological Sciences (Peking University), Ph.D. in Quantitative and Computational Biology (Princeton University)

The Zhou Lab focuses on:

• Machine learning methods for genomic regulation
• Deep learning for disease risk prediction
• Evolutionary analysis of regulatory circuits
• Single-cell genomic data interpretation
• Development of biomedical AI tools

His research spans genomics, computational biology, and artificial intelligence, with recent articles emphasizing:

• 3D genome architecture modeling
• Noncoding variant analysis in disease
• Single-cell data frameworks
• Evolutionary regulatory genomics

Awards include:

• Lupe Murchison Foundation Scholar
• CPRIT Scholar

Lab positions available for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows (including remote), data scientists, and undergraduates. The lab provides access to GPU computing clusters at UTSW's South Campus.