Areas of Focus
- Molecular Sequence Evolution
- Deep Learning in Evolutionary Analysis
- Developmental Evolution Patterns and Mechanisms
Work Experience
- 2020-09~Present - Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Zoology - Research Group Leader, Doctoral Supervisor
- 2017-09~2020-08 - University of Michigan - Postdoctoral Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2013-09--2017-08 PhD: University of Michigan
- 2009-09--2013-08 Bachelor: Peking University
Publications
- The genetics and evolution of eye color in domestic pigeons (Columba livia), Si Si, Xiao Xu, Yan Zhuang, Xiaodong Gao, Honghai Zhang, Zhengting Zou, ShuJin Luo, 2021
- Are Nonsynonymous Transversions Generally More Deleterious than Nonsynonymous Transitions?, Zou, Zhengting, Zhang, Jianzhi, 2021
- Deep Residual Neural Networks Resolve Quartet Molecular Phylogenies, Zou, Zhengting, Zhang, Hongjiu, Guan, Yuanfang, Zhang, Jianzhi, 2020
- Idiosyncratic epistasis creates universals in mutational effects and evolutionary trajectories, Lyons, Daniel M, Zou, Zhengting, Xu, Haiqing, Zhang, Jianzhi, 2020
- Amino acid exchangeabilities vary across the tree of life, Zou, Zhengting, Zhang, Jianzhi, 2019
- Deciphering protein evolution and fitness landscapes with latent space models, Xinqiang Ding, Zhengting Zou, Charles L Brooks III, 2019
- Gene Tree Discordance Does Not Explain Away the Temporal Decline of Convergence in Mammalian Protein Sequence Evolution, Zou, Zhengting, Zhang, Jianzhi, 2017
- Morphological and molecular convergences in mammalian phylogenetics, Zhengting Zou, Jianzhi Zhang, 2016
- No genome-wide convergence for echolocation, Zou Zhengting, 2015
- The development and application of a multiplex short tandem repeat (STR) system for identifying subspecies, individuals and sex in tigers, Zou, ZhengTing, Uphyrkina, Olga V, Fomenko, Pavel, Luo, ShuJin, 2015
- Are Convergent and Parallel Amino Acid Substitutions in Protein Evolution More Prevalent Than Neutral Expectations?, Zou, Zhengting, Zhang, Jianzhi, 2015