Hongyu Zhang Computational biologist Ceres Inc. 1535 Rancho Conejo Blvd Thousand Oaks, CA 91320   WORKING EXPERIENCE: 2002-present, computational biologist at Ceres Inc. 2000-2002, gene discovery scientist and senior software engineer at Celera Genomics 1997-2000, Research Associate, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Maryland, USA 1996-1997, Research Associate, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA   EDUCATION: 1993-1996, Ph.D., Peking University, Beijing, China 1986-1993, Master and Bachelor, Southeast University, Nanjing, China HONORS: Referee of Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics, Bioinformatics, Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing Guang-Hua Prize (1995), Dong-Gang Fellowship (1994-1996) in Peking University. Hu Meng-Hua & Guan Shu-Zhen Prize (1993) in Southeast University. Gifted teenager class in Southeast Univeristy, 1986 Second prize in the National Math Competition of China (1985). Chess contest: No. 1 in Huo-Shan county (1985), No. 3 in Lu-An district and a representative in An-Hui province youth chess tournament (1985) PATENTS: Three pending US patents for novel human genes as potential drug targets. A number of US and European patents pending for plant genes responsible for crop yeald and desease resistance etc. PUBLICATIONS (peer reviewed): "Alignment of BLAST High-scoring Segment Pairs Based on the Longest Increasing Subsequence Algorithm" Zhang H, Bioinformatics, 19:1391-1396, 2003 "The genome sequence of the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae" coauthor with Holt et al, Science, 298:129-149, 2002 "Protein Tertiary Structures: Prediction from Amino Acid Sequences" Zhang H., Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, Macmillan Publishers Ltd, Nature Publishing Group, England, 2002 "The Sequence of the Human Genome" coauthor with Venter et al, Science 291:1304-1351, 2001 "Modeling the third loop of short-chain snake venom neurotoxins: roles of the short-range and long-range interactions" Liu Z, Li W, Zhang H, Han Y, Lai L. Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics, 42:6-16, 2001 "A New Hybrid Monte Carlo Algorithm for Protein Potential Function Test and Structure Refinement" Zhang H. Proteins: Structure Function & Genetics, 34:464-471,1999 "A Fast and Efficient Program for Modeling Protein Loops" Zhang H., Lai L., Wang L., Han Y. and Tang Y., Biopolymers, 41:61-72, 1997 "Conformation Searching of Glycoprotein: A Monte Carlo Simulated Annealing Approach with Soft-Sphere Potential" Zhang H., Yang Y., Lai L. and Tang Y., Carbohydrate Research, 284:25-34, 1996 "Head Group Effect on Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Langmuir Films" (in Chinese) Zhang H. and Wei Y., Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica, 10:998-1003, 1994 "Improvement of Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Langmuir Films" (in Chinese) Zhang H. and Wei Y. Journal Southeast University, 24:8-13, 1994 "Study of Heat Stable Polyimide LB Films" (in Chinese) Zhang H., Gu N., Lu Z. & Wei Y. Journal of Functional Materials, 23:58-62, 1992