Name:		Zhonghuai Hou
	Address:		Department of Chemical Physics,  Univ. of. Sci. & Tech. of China,  96 Jinzai Road, Hefei, Anhui, 230026. P.R.China
	Tel:		0551-3607880
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	E-mail:		hzhlj@ustc.edu.cn
	Research group:		Http://staff.ustc.edu.cn/~hzhlj

EDUCATION AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

• 1989.09-1994.07 Univ. of Sci.&Tech. of China (USTC), Department of Chemical Physics (DCP), Bachelor
• 1994.09-1998.07 USTC, Department of Chemical Physics, Ph.D
• 1998.09-1999.08 USTC, Center of Nonlinear Science, Postdoc
• 1999.09-2001.12 Cal. Poly. Pomona, USA, Visiting Scholar
• 2002.01-now USTC, Department of Chemical Physics, Professor
• 2004.09-now USTC, Hefei National Lab for Physical Science at Microscale

RESEARCH INTERESTS

He is mainly interested in nonequilibrium statistical mechanics problems in mesoscopic chemical systems, including

• Fluctuation induced phenomena in mesoscopic chemical systems
• Multiscale modeling in complex chemical systems
• Critical phenomena and phase transition kinetics on complex networks
• Simulations of Nonequilibrium self-assembly in active soft matter systems

HONORS AND AWARDS

• 2011, National Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars of China
• 2006, Chinese Chemical Society Prize for young Scientists
• 2003, the first prize for National Science in Anhui Province

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

1. Rui Ma, Jichao Wang, ZhonghuaiHou*, and Haiyan Liu*.Small-number effects: A third stable state in a genetic bistable toggle switch. Phys. Rev. Lett. (Accepted Oct 16, 2012)
2. Wu Ping, Jiang Huijun, Zhang Wenhua, Li Zhenyu*, HouZhonghuai*, Yang Jinglong. Lattice mismatch induced nonlinear growth of graphene. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134(13), 6045 (2012)
3. Hanshuang Chen, Chuansheng Shen, Zhonghuai Hou*, Houwen Xin. Nucleation in Scale Free Networks. Phys. Rev. E 83, 031110(2011)
4. Hanshuang Chen, Zhonghuai Hou*, Houwen Xin, Yijing Yan. Statistically consistent coarse-grained simulations for critical phenomena in complex networks. Phys. Rev. E 82, 011107(2010)
5. Tiejun Xiao, ZhonghuaiHou*, HouwenXin. Stochastic thermodynamics in mesoscopic chemical oscillation systems. J. Phys. Chem. B 113(27), 9316(Jul 2009)
6. Tiejun Xiao, Juan Ma, Zhonghuai Hou*, Houwen Xin. Effects of internal noise in mesoscopic chemical systems near Hopf bifurcation. New. J. Phys. 9, 403(2007)
7. Feng Qi, ZhonghuaiHou*, and HouwenXin. Ordering Chaos by Random Shortcuts. Phys. Rev. Lett.91, 064102(2003)
8. ZhonghuaiHou, HouwenXin. Noise-Sustained Spiral Waves: Effect of Spatial and Temporal Memory. Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 280601(2002)