Biography

Dr Yinghong Zhou is a Senior Research Fellow leading the Translational ImmunoEngineering for Regenerative Dentistry research team at the School of Dentistry, University of Queensland. Dr Zhou obtained her PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in 2013. Dr Zhou seeks to understand the mechanisms for bone repair and regeneration, with a particular interest in stem cell-based therapy and biomaterial application. She has been awarded a prestigious NHMRC Early Career Fellowship (2016-2020) to investigate cell signalling cues involved in periodontal tissue regeneration, an Endeavour Research Fellowship (2017) for a collaborative project on cell transformation at Texas A&M University College of Dentistry, and a BridgeTech Program Fellowship (2021) to advance research towards commercialisation.