Meet the Guest Editor

Tingjun Hou is currently the Professor for the Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM) at Soochow University in Suzhou, T.J. Hou's areas of scientific interest include: developing methods for computer-aided drug design (CADD) and designing potential lead compounds for important drug targets using the CADD techniques; inferring the proteinprotein interaction networks mediated by modular domains using molecular modeling/bioinformatic techniques and biological experiments; investigating the molecular mechanisms of drug resistance and developing computational models for drug resistance. Tingjun holds a B.Sc in Chemistry from Peking University (1997) and Ph.D in Computational Chemistry from Peking University (2002). Tingjun worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow and a Research Scientist, in the College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering at Peking University (2002∼2004) and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UCSD (2004∼2009). In 2009, Tingjun joined Soochow University as a Full Professor. Tingjun has co-authored more than 130 peer reviewed manuscripts, 4 book chapters and 1 multimedia courseware. He is the Associate Editor of Theoretical Biology & Medical Modelling and a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for the journals: Current Pharmaceutical Design, Mini- Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry, Current Computer-Aided Drug Design and Medicinal Chemistry.....