The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) has announced the appointment of Huimin Zhao as editor-in-chief of ACS Synthetic Biology. Zhao previously served as a founding associate editor of ACS Catalysis, a position he held from 2011–22.
At UIUC, Zhao is the Steven L. Miller Chair professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, with additional affiliations with the Institute for Genomic Biology, Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, and Biotechnology Center. He also holds appointments as the Qiushi visiting chair professor at Zhejiang University and is the director of the Molecule Maker Lab Institute, a National Science Foundation AI Institute for Molecular Discovery, Synthetic Strategy, and Manufacturing. Zhao's research focuses on developing and applying synthetic biology approaches, with particular attention to directed evolution to engineer functionally improved or novel proteins, pathways, and genomes. His work centers on drug discovery and development, mammalian synthetic biology, industrial biotechnology, and foundational tool development.
ACS Synthetic Biology publishes content across the broad scope of synthetic biology, including design, synthesis, and engineering of genetic systems; protein and metabolic engineering; computation; and automation. The journal publishes research on cell-free systems, microbes, plants, mammals, and more.
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