Biographical Profile
Interest Background
Professional Preparation
Positions & Appointments
Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships
Publications
Zhu, Jun
Professor
Dr. Zhu's research focuses on understanding the role of central dopaminergic pathways in brain function, with a specific focus on behavior related nicotine addiction. The long-term research goal is to understand molecular and neurobiological mechanisms of behavior related individual differences in vulnerability to drug abuse.
Biographical Profile
- College
- College of Pharmacy
- Department
- Drug Discovery & Biomed Sci.
- Tenure Status
- Tenured
Interest Background
- Do you include students in your research?
- Undergraduates and Graduates
- Interest Keywords
- Drugs of abuse, nicotine, dopamine transporter, environmental enrichment, microRNA, locomotion, self-administration.
- Institutional Focus Areas
- Biomedical Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Health Sciences
- Personal Focus Areas
- role of central dopaminergic pathways in brain function; specific focus on behavior related nicotine, Prefrontal microRNA expression and nicootine dependence
Professional Preparation(Education & Training)
| Dates | Institution | Location | Degree | Field of Study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Fukui Medical University | Fukui, Japan | BS | Medicine |
| 1982 | Zhejiang University | Hangzhou, China | PhD | Biochemistry |
| 1982 | Zhejiang University School of Medicine | Hangzhou, China | MD |
Positions & Appointments
| Dates | Description | Institution/Entity |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 - 1993 | Resident/Fellow/Attending in Pediatrics, Zhejiang Railway Hospital and Shanghai Children's Hospital | |
| 1993 - 1994 | Research Fellow with Professor M. Sudo, Department of Pediatrics, Fukui Medical University, Japan | |
| 04/1998 - 03/2000 | Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Fukui Medical University, Fukui, Japan | |
| 2000 - 2005 | Postdoctoral Fellow/Research Associate/Research Associate Senior with Professor Linda P. Dwoskin, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky | |
| 02/2006 - 07/2007 | Research Assistant Professor, research track, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky | |
| 07/2007 - 05/2009 | Research Associate Professor, research track, Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina | |
| 08/2009 | Adjunct Associate Professor, | Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina |
| 08/2009 - 05/2014 | Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) | Drug Discovery and Biomedical Sicience, College of Pharmacy |
| 05/2015 | Associate Professor | Drug Discovery and Biomedical Science, College of Pharmacy |
Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships
| Dates | Type | Description | Foundation/Entity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Award | Best Poster Award for Bluegrass Chapter of Society for Neuroscience day in Lexington, Kentucky |
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