Zhou-Feng Chen

Zhou-Feng Chen received his B.S. at Wuhan University, his Ph.D. at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, and his postdoctoral training at Caltech. He subsequently joined Washington University School of Medicine, where he founded the Center for the Study of Itch and Sensory Disorder and held the Russell D. and Mary B. Shelden Professorship. He later joined Shenzhen Bay Laboratory and SMART as a senior investigator. His research focused on the coding mechanisms of somatosensation, and more recently expanded to emotional circuits underlying pleasure, depression, and anxiety.