Wen Zhou, Ph.D.

 

Postdoctoral fellow
Computational Systems Biology Laboratory

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology &

Institute of Bioinformatics 

University of Georgia

 

Email: wzhou@csbl.bmb.uga.edu

Tel: (706) 542-8968; Fax: (706) 542-9751

Mailing address:

A110, Life Science Building
120 East Green St.

Athens, Georgia 30602

 

Research Interests

Computational systems biology and bioinformatics: reaction/pathway networks inference, modeling and analysis. One of the particular applications focuses on the biofuel production through biologicall conversion of biomass, which is supported through the DOE funded BioEnergy Science Center (BESC).

 

Education

Postdoc, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nov. 2006 -

University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Advisor: Regents-GRA Eminent Scholar Prof. Ying Xu

 

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Jan. 2001 - Sep. 2006

University of California, Los Angeles, CA

Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Eng.

Advisor: Dr. Vasilios Manousiouthakis

 

B.E., Chemical Engineering, Sep. 1993 - Jun. 1998

Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Eng.

Advisor: Dr. Shanying Hu

 

Journal Publications

  1. Zhou, W.; Xu, Y. and Schuttler, HB. Cellulose hydrolysis in evolving substrate morphologies III: time scale analysis. (submitted)
  2. Zhou, W.; Hao, Z.; Xu, Y. and Schuttler, HB. Cellulose hydrolysis in evolving substrate morphologies II: numerical results and analysis. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 104, 275-289, 2009.
  3. Zhou, W.; Schuttler, HB.; Hao, Z. and Xu, Y. Cellulose hydrolysis in evolving substrate morphologies I: a general modeling formalism. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 104, 261-274, 2009.
  4. Zhou, W. and Manousiouthakis, V. I. Automating the AR Construction for Non-isothermal Reactor Networks. Computers and Chemical Engineering. 33, 176-180, 2009.
  5. Zhou, W. and Manousiouthakis, V. I. Global capital/total annualized cost minimization of reactor network. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. 47, 3771-3782, 2008.
  6. Zhou, W. and Manousiouthakis, V. I. On dimensionality of Attainable Region construction for isothermal reactor networks. Computers and Chemical Engineering. 32, 439-450, 2008.
  7. Zhou, W. and Manousiouthakis, V. I. Variable density fluid reactor network synthesis - construction of the Attainable Region through the IDEAS approach. Chemical Engineering Journal. 129, 91-103, 2007.
  8. Zhou, W. and Manousiouthakis, V. I. Pollution prevention through reactor network synthesis: the IDEAS approach. International Journal of Environment and Pollution. 29, 206-231, 2007.
  9. Zhou, W. and Manousiouthakis, V. I. Non-ideal reactor network synthesis through IDEAS: Attainable Region construction. Chemical Engineering Science, 61, 6936-6945, 2006.
  10. Zhou, W. and Hu, S. Y. A simulation, on-line parameter estimation and optimization system for fuel-type crude vacuum distillation columns: I) simulation. Petrochemical Industry Technology (in Chinese), Vol. 20 (3), 1999.
  11. Zhou, W. and Hu, S. Y. A simulation, on-line parameter estimation and optimization system for fuel-type crude vacuum distillation columns: II) on-line parameter estimation and optimization. Petrochemical Industry Technology (in Chinese), Vol. 20 (4), 1999.

Presentations

  1. An Integrative Pipeline for Detecting Bacterial Regulation Networks and Its Application to C. Thermocellum Cellulosome Production (Poster), Zhou W, Liu B, Xu Y. Jun. 2009, BESC third science retreat, Asheville NC.
  2. Cellulose Hydrolysis in Evolving Substrate Morphologies I/II (Poster), Zhou W, Hao Z, Xu Y, Schuttler HB. Dec. 2008, BESC second science retreat, Chattanooga, TN.
  3. Non-isothermal reactor network synthesis through IDEAS (Oral), Zhou W (speaker), Manousiouthakis VI. Nov. 2005, AICHE 2005 Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, OH.
  4. Multiphase reaction network synthesis by the IDEAS approach (Oral), Zhou W (speaker), Manousiouthakis VI. Nov. 2005, AICHE 2005 Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, OH.
  5. On dimensionality of the AR construction (Poster), Zhou W, Manousiouthakis VI. Nov. 2005, AICHE 2005 Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, OH.
  6. High dimension AR numerical construction (Oral), Zhou W, Davis BJ, Manousiouthakis VI (speaker). Nov. 2004, AICHE 2004 Annual Meeting, Austin, TX.
  7. Non-isothermal reaction network synthesis (Poster), Zhou W, Manousiouthakis VI. Nov. 2004, AICHE 2004 Annual Meeting, Austin, TX.
  8. Globally optimal synthesis of non-constant density reactor networks using the IDEAS approach. (Poster), Zhou W, Manousiouthakis VI. Nov. 2003, AICHE 2003 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
  9. Capital Cost Minimization for Process Networks Using the IDEAS Approach (Oral), Zhou W, Manousiouthakis VI (speaker). Nov. 2002, AICHE 2002 Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN.

 

 

Modified 9/2009