Hongyuan Zhou joins the group as a master's student
September 2026
We are pleased to welcome Hongyuan Zhou, who joined the group in September 2026 as a member of the 2026 master’s cohort. Hongyuan brings together a biotechnology background, laboratory experience and an interest in reliable AI for scientific research.
Hongyuan studied Biotechnology through the Strong Foundation Program at South China University of Technology, with a minor in Economics. His experience spans protein expression and purification, computational protein analysis, causal inference and AI agent development.
As a student leader of the silver-medal-winning SCUT-China team at iGEM 2025, he coordinated computational and experimental work on protein production. His other projects have examined protein language-model predictions against known biological constraints and developed AI research workflows that connect claims to source evidence.
In the group, Hongyuan is interested in connecting biological experiments with model evaluation, asking when AI predictions are sufficiently supported to guide the next scientific decision.
Welcome to the group, Hongyuan!