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Tian Hong is an Associate Professor at the Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, with a joint appointment as Research Associate Professor at the Department of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. His research focuses on systems biology, bioinformatics, cancer biology, and mathematical biology, particularly the plasticity and heterogeneity of epithelial and immune cells during development and cancer progression. He develops computational and mathematical models for gene regulatory networks, pattern formation, and dynamical systems.
- Education: PhD in Genetics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology from Virginia Tech; MS in Bioinformatics from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; BS in Biological Sciences from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
- Previous Appointments: Associate Professor (2023–2024) and Assistant Professor (2017–2023) at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
His recent publications explore noncoding RNA-driven oscillations, Turing pattern formation without feedback, and epithelial-mesenchymal transitions using single-cell transcriptomics and mathematical modeling. He has received the Professional Promise in Research and Creative Achievement Award (2024) and the Transdisciplinary Team Science Fellow (2009). His work is funded by NIH grants including R35GM149531 (PI) and R01GM140462 (completed PI).
Dr. Hong advises PhD and Master’s students and collaborates with researchers at the Center for Systems Biology, UT Dallas. His lab (link) actively seeks undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral researchers interested in interdisciplinary computational biology.
