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ZHAO ZIQING (Winston) is an Assistant Professor and NUS Presidential Young Professor at the Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore (NUS), within the Faculty of Science. His research focuses on integrating optical imaging, molecular biology, and physical chemistry to study chromatin dynamics and nuclear architecture in single human cells. He leads a multidisciplinary group exploring the biophysical mechanisms of genome organization and their implications in health and diseases, particularly cancer and aging-associated disorders.
Education: Ph.D. in Biophysics (Harvard University, 2015); B.Sc. (Honors) in Chemistry and Biology (Caltech, 2008). Prior to NUS, he was a Research Fellow at A*STAR’s Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology and Genome Institute of Singapore (2015–2019).
Research Interests: His work combines super-resolution imaging, single-molecule tracking, omic technologies, and computational analysis to study chromatin remodeling, nuclear membrane-chromatin interactions, and phase-separated biomolecular condensates. Recent breakthroughs include the first live-cell single-molecule quantification of SWI/SNF chromatin remodelers and their cancer-mutant-specific dynamics.
Teaching: AY2024/2025 courses include CM3131 (Applications of Physical Chemistry) and CM4236 (Spectroscopy and Imaging in Biophysical Chemistry). He has received the Faculty Teaching Excellence Award (NUS, 2024).
- Awards: Nobel Committee nomination eligibility (2020–2021), NUS Presidential Young Professorship (2019), Young Individual Research Grant (NMRC, 2019).
- Grants: Multiple grants from Singapore’s National Medical Research Council and international bodies.
Labs/Teams: Heads the Zhao Lab at NUS, specializing in advanced imaging and chromatin dynamics. Collaborates with institutions globally, including Harvard University and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
