Xin Zhou (MRI scientist)

For the Chinese mathemetician, see Xin Zhou.
Xin Zhou
Alma materWuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences、 Harvard University

Xin Zhou (Chinese: 周欣) is a Chinese scientist specializing in magnetic resonance imaging. He holds the position of Professor and currently serves as the President of the Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology (APM) at the Chinese Academy of Sciences since July 2022.[1] APM comprises two state key laboratories: the State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and the State Key Laboratory of Geodesy and Earth's Dynamics. Additionally, it hosts several national platforms, including the National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan.

Education

Zhou obtained his Ph.D. degree in magnetic resonance imaging from Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (WIPM, CAS) in 2004. He then finished his post-doctoral training in department of Radiology at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School between 2005-2007. He joined the University of California Berkeley & Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory as a research fellow between 2007-2009.[2]

Career

Zhou has experience in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and spectroscopy, focusing on ultrasensitive MRI instruments, techniques, and biosensors for medical imaging.[3] He developed the clinically approved Human Lung Gas MRI Instrument, which was applied in the Jinyintan Hospital (Wuhan, China) and the Tongji Hospital for evaluating pulmonary injuries caused by viruses in discharged patients.[4] He also developed multi-nuclei MRI technologies and high sensitivity MRI contrast agents, which are expected to assist with research on lung and brain diseases.[5][6]

Honors

Zhou was awarded Top Ten National Science and Technology Innovative Person(2018),[7] the first XPLORER PRIZE(2019),[8] the National Innovation Award(2020)[9] and Top Ten Annual Innovative Person, CAS(2021)[10]

References

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  4. ^ "Damaged lung gas exchange function of discharged COVID-19 patients detected by hyperpolarized 129Xe MRI". Science Advances.
  5. ^ "In Vivo Nitroreductase Imaging via Fluorescence and Chemical Shift Dependent 19F NMR". Angewandte Chemie International Edition.
  6. ^ "Hyperpolarized Xe NMR Signal Advancement by Metal-organic Framework Entrapment in Aqueous Solution". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
  7. ^ "武汉物数所周欣研究员荣获央视"2018年度科技创新人物"----中国科学院武汉物理与数学研究所". wipm.cas.cn. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  8. ^ "科学探索奖". xplorerprize.org. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  9. ^ "第二届全国创新争先奖全部名单公布--科普中国--人民网". kpzg.people.com.cn. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  10. ^ "周欣：点亮生命之肺". jgdw.cas.cn. Retrieved 2023-01-10.