Prof. Zhou earned her bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering from Chongqing University, Chongqing, China, in 2001. She completed her Ph.D. at the College of Bioengineering, Chongqing University. In October 2006, she began her postdoctoral research with Dr. Jin-Qiu Zhou at the Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences. In March 2009, she joined Dr. Jeng-Jiann Chiu’s group as a postdoctoral scholar at the Division of Medical Engineering Research, National Health Research Institute, Taiwan. Later, in December 2009, she continued her postdoctoral work at the University of California, San Diego, United States, under Dr. Shu Chien in the Department of Bioengineering and Institute of Engineering and Medicine. She was appointed as an Assistant Project Scientist at UC San Diego in July 2011. In June 2014, Prof. Zhou joined the faculty at the Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China. She has received prestigious honors, including the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars and the National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars. Her research focuses on: 1) Investigating how mechanical microenvironments interact with cells in blood vessel walls, both in vivo and in vitro, and exploring drugs and techniques for potential therapeutic interventions. 2) Identifying and characterizing novel mechanosensory receptor molecules and their mechanisms of sensing mechanical stimuli. 3) Exploring the regulation of vascular function and homeostasis, understanding the pathogenesis of vascular diseases such as atherosclerosis, and developing innovative intervention strategies.