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Chuankai (Kai) Zhou, PhD, the first Buck Fellow, joined the Institute directly after his thesis work. Zhou received his PhD in molecular and integrative physiology from the University of Kansas School of Medicine and the Stowers Institute for Medical Research.

Zhou has been awarded a prestigious $2.4 million Early Independence Award from the National Institutes of Health. As part of the NIH Director’s Award in the High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, this five-year grant allows Zhou to skip traditional postdoctoral training and move immediately into independent research.