Chief, Structural Virology and Vaccinology Section
Chief, Structural Bioinformatics Core
Chief, Structural Biology Section
Earl-Stadtman Tenure-Track Investigator
Education:
Ph.D., 1994, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
M.S., 1999, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
B.S., 1989, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
Biography
Dr. Tongqing Zhou earned his Ph.D. in cell biology from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1994 and an M.Sc. in electronic and computer controlled systems from Wayne State University School of Engineering in 1999. From 1995 to 2001, he completed postdoctoral training at Wayne State University School of Medicine, specializing in structural biology. In 2001, Dr. Zhou joined the Dale and Betty Bumpers Vaccine Research Center, and in 2024, he was appointed as an NIH Earl Stadtman Tenure-Track Investigator.
Dr. Zhou has led pioneering research in applying structural biology to uncover the mechanisms of viral-host interactions, immune evasion, antibody neutralization, and antibody-guided, structure-based immunogen design. His work has significantly advanced our understanding of viral envelope conformations and sites of vulnerability across a range of viral pathogens, including HIV-1, RSV, influenza, HMPV, HPIV, and SARS-CoV-2. Dr. Zhou’s contributions have earned him multiple NIH Director’s Awards, NIAID Merit Awards, and recognition as a Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher in Microbiology since 2014.