Qiyun Zhu

Qiyun Zhu is an Assistant Professor in the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University (ASU), affiliated with the Biodesign Center for Fundamental & Applied Microbiomics and the College of Health Solutions. He leads the Qiyun Lab, focusing on computational microbiomics, developing tools like Woltka and BinaRena for microbiome data analysis. His research spans phylogenomics, metagenomics, and microbiome interactions with hosts and environments.

Education:

• Ph.D. Biological Sciences, University at Buffalo (2014)
• M.S. Biological Sciences, University at Buffalo (2009)
• B.S. Biological Sciences, Fudan University (2007)

Research Interests:

His work emphasizes computational tool development for microbiome analytics, host/environment microbiome studies, and microbial evolution. Key projects include reference phylogeny construction (WoL2) and phylogeny-guided metagenomic analysis. Collaborations with interdisciplinary teams drive innovations in microbiome science.

Awards: No specific awards listed, but contributions to high-impact tools and studies are noted.

Advising & Grants: Advises students in courses like Microbiome Data Science and Computational Molecular Biology. Active in grant-funded research projects, including those involving microbiome-trait associations and cancer microbiome analysis.

Labs & Teams: Leads the Qiyun Lab, part of ASU's Center for Evolution & Medicine and Center for Mechanisms of Evolution. Collaborates with the Jensen Lab and the ASUpopgen.org group on evolutionary genomics.