Hong Qian Professor of Applied Mathematics Adjunct in Bioengineering
Address:	University of Washington Department of Applied Mathematics Box 352420 Seattle, WA 98195-2420 USA
Phone:	206-543-2584
Fax:	206-685-1440
Office:	415E Guggenheim Hall
E-mail:	qian@amath.washington.edu

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Biographical information

Professor Qian (Q=Ch) received his B.A. in Astrophysics from Peking University in China in 1982, and his Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Biophysics from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis in 1989. Subsequently, he worked as postdoctoral researcher at University of Oregon and Caltech on biophysical chemistry and mathematical biology. Before joining the University of Washington, he was an assistant professor of Biomathematics at UCLA School of Medicine. From 1992-1994, he was a fellow with the Program in Mathematics and Molecular Biology (PMMB), a NSF-funded multi-university consortium. Professor Qian's main research interest is the mathematical approach to and physical understanding of biological systems, especially in terms of stochastic mathematics and nonequilibrium statistical physics. His current research areas are computaional systems biology, molecular biophysics, and mathematical biology. These include large-scale metabolic networks, protein interaction networks and signal transduction modeling, protein thermodynamics and folding, and macromolecular mechanics of single molecules (FCS, SPT, AFM, SME) as well as mathematical modeling for motor protein, muscle contraction, cell motility, and cancer metastasis.

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