Dr Zhou is presently a Professor of Pharmacology and Molecular Medicine, Associate Vice President of Global Medical Development, Associate Dean of International Research, and Chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Colleges of Pharmacy and Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. Professor Zhou completed his clinical medical training in China in 1989 and obtained his PhD in 2001 from the School of Medicine, the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Since 2002, After 2 years’ postdoctoral training in the University of Auckland, Dr Zhou has served as an Assistant Professor, Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor and Professor for the National University of Singapore, Queensland University of Technology (Australia), and RMIT University (Australia). Dr Zhou’s major research interests are systems pharmacology, drug metabolism & drug transport, pharmacokinetics & pharmacometrics, pharmacogenomics, nanomedicine and Chinese medicines. He is currently affiliated with the WHO Collaborating Center for Traditional Medicine. Professor Zhou has published more than 320 peer-reviewed papers in various pharmacology and medical journals including New England Journal of Medicine, Cancer Research, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, and Clinical Cancer Research. He has also published 16 books and book chapters and more than 250 conference abstracts. Dr Zhou serves as an editor-in-chief or editor for Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety, Clinical Pharmacology & Biopharmaceutics, Journal of Pharmacogenomics and Pharmacoproteomics, Drug Metabolism Letters, WMC (WebmedCentral) plus Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Current Drug Metabolism and is the editorial board member of 25 medical and pharmacological journals.