B.S. in Microbiology, Shandong University
Ph.D. in Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Arizona
Postdoctoral Fellow, Endocrinology, University of Pennsylvania

NIH Pathway to Independence Award (NIDDK)
Outstanding New Environmental Scientist (ONES) Award (NIEHS) 
Young Investigator Award, Chinese-American Diabetes Association 
John S Dunn Research Award

    Ding G, Li X, Hou X, Zhou W, Gong Y, Liu F, He Y, Song J, Wang J, Basil P, Li W, Qian S, Saha P, Wang J, Cui C, Yang T, Zou K, Han Y, Amos CI, Xu Y, Chen L, Sun Z. "Rev-erb in GABAergic neurons controls diurnal hepatic insulin sensitivity." Nature. 2021 doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03358-w
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    Zhou W, He Y, Rehman AU, Kong Y, Hong Y, Ding G, Yalamanchili HK, Wan Y-W, Paul B, Wang C, Gong Y, Zhou W, Liu H, Dean J, Scalais E, O’Driscoll M, Morton JEV, DDD study, Hou X, Wu Q, Tong Q, Liu Z, Liu P, Xu Y, Sun Z. "Loss of function of NCOR1 and NCOR2 impairs memory through a novel GABAergic hypothalamus–CA3 projection." Nat Neurosci. 2019 22 (2): 205-217
    Hong S, Zhou W, Fang B, Lu W, Loro E, Damle M, Ding G, Jager J, Zhang S, Zhang Y, Feng D, Chu Q, Dill BD, Molina H, Khurana TS, Rabinowitz JD, Lazar MA, Sun Z. "Dissociation of muscle insulin sensitivity from exercise endurance in mice by HDAC3 depletion." Nat Med. 2017 23 (2): 223-234