Jianming Hu

Jianming Hu, MD, MS, PhD is a full-time Professor at the Penn State College of Medicine in the Department of Cell and Biological Systems. He is also affiliated with the Penn State Cancer Institute under the Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis Program.

• Research Focus: Virology, Molecular Biology, Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) assembly and replication
• Key Contributions: 104 research outputs, 5 NIH-funded projects since 1999
• Techniques: Structural analysis of viral particles, computational modeling of HBV infection

Recent Research Trends from 2023-2025 show increasing emphasis on:

• High-resolution structural characterization of HBV subviral particles
• Computational modeling of whole-cell viral infection dynamics
• cccDNA formation mechanisms
• Lipid bilayer interactions in viral assembly

Scientific Awards: None explicitly mentioned, but demonstrates long-term NIH funding