Xinjun "Jun" Zhang, Principal Investigator

Jun is an assistant professor at the University of Michigan, as a primary faculty of the Department of Human Genetics and associated with the Center of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics. Prior to joining UM in Feb 2023, Jun was an NIH K99 Postdoctoral Fellow at UCLA (2019-2022) working with Kirk Lohmueller and Sriram Sankararaman. Jun also received postdoctoral training from Emilia Huerta-Sanchez at UC Merced (2018). She holds a PhD degree in Evolutionary Anthropology from UC Davis advised by David Glenn Smith, and a BS degree in Biology from Beijing Normal University. 

When not doing science, Jun most likely can be found traveling and taking pictures. She likes good coffee with good books. She also enjoys hiking, road-tripping, and making puzzles.

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