Prof. Wenwan Zhong joined University of Science and Technology of China as a professor in January 2024.  She obtained her B.S. in Applied Chemistry from University of Science and Technology of China, and Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from Iowa State University (USA). After working at Los Alamos National Laboratory (USA) as a postdoc, she started her independent academic career in University of California, Riverside (UCR) in 2006. She was promoted to Association Professor with Tenure in 2012 and became a full professor in 2016. She also served as the Director of the Environmental Toxicology Graduate Program at UCR from 2018 to 2023. She received the CAREER award from National Science Foundation in 2011, and UCR Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research in 2019. Dr. Zhong’s research is devoted to developing innovative analytical techniques to advance our understanding on how biomolecules function, to improve disease diagnosis and treatment, and to assess the potential impacts from exposure to environmental pollutants. Her group employs synthetic receptors, functional nucleic acids, and nanomaterials, for target recognition and signal amplification; and also uses open-channel separation such as capillary electrophoresis and flow field-flow fractionation, optical spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry, to assist with marker discovery and analysis.