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• Applied analysis, numerical analysis and scientific computing;
• Mathematical modeling and computational simulation for biological problems: Continuum modeling of molecular electrostatics; Electrostatic mediated molecular diffusion and its applications to molecular transportation, reaction and cell signaling; Continuum modeling of macromolecular conformational change;
• Computational fluid dynaimics; Biofluid modeling and simulation.

• Recent progress in numerical methods for the Poisson-Boltzmann equation in biophysical applications,  B. Lu, Y. C. Zhou, M. Holst and J. Andrew McCammon, Communications in Computational Physics, (3), 973-1009, 2008.
• Continuum Simulations of Acetylcholine Consumption by Acetylcholinesterase: A Poisson-Nernst-Planck Approach,  Y. C. Zhou, B. Lu, G. Huber, M. Holst and J. Andrew McCammon, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, (112), 270-275, 2008.
• Nonlinear elastic modeling of macromolecular conformational change induced by electrostatic forces,  Y. C. Zhou, M. Holst and J. Andrew McCammon, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, (340) 135-164, 2008.
• Electrodiffusion: A continuum-modeling framework for biomolecular systems with realistic spatiotemporal resolution,  B. Lu, Y. C. Zhou,  G. A. Huber, S. D. Bond, M. Holst and J. Andrew McCammon, Journal of Chemical Physics, (127), 135102, 2007.
• Multiresolution molecular surfaces,  G. W. Wei, Yuhui Sun, Y. C. Zhou and Michael Feig, arXiV: math-phy/0511001, Preprint.
• Highly accurate biomolecular electrostatics in continuum dielectric environments,  Y. C. Zhou, Michael Feig and G. W. Wei, Journal of Computational Chemistry, (29), 87-97, 2008.
• Matched interface and boundary (MIB) method for elliptic problems with sharp-edged interfaces,  Sining Yu, Y. C. Zhou and G. W. Wei, Journal of Computational Physics,(224),729-756, 2007.
• On the fictitious-domain and interpolation formulations of the matched interface and boundary (MIB) method,  Y. C. Zhou and G. W. Wei, Journal of Computational Physics, (219), 228-246, 2006.
• High order matched interface and boundary (MIB) method for elliptic equations with discontinuous coefficients and singular sources,  Y. C. Zhou, Shan Zhao, Michael Feig and G. W. Wei, Journal of Computational Physics, (213), 1-30, 2006.
• A practical spectral method for hyperbolic conservation laws,  Yuhui Sun, Y. C. Zhou and G. W. Wei, Journal of Computational Physics, (214), 228-246, 2006.
• High resolution conjugate filters for the simulation of flows,  Y. C. Zhou and G. W. Wei, Journal of Computational Physics, (189), 150-179, 2003.
• DSC solution for flow in a staggered double lid driven cavity,  Y. C. Zhou, B. S. V. Patnaik, D. C. Wan and G. W. Wei, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, (57), 211-234, 2003.
• Controlling flow turbulence,  S. Guan, Y. C. Zhou, G. W. Wei, and C.-H. Lai, Chaos, (13), 64-70, 2003
• Conjugate filters with spectral-like resolution for 2D incompressible flow,  Yun Gu, Y. C. Zhou and G. W. Wei, Computers & Fluids, (33), 777-794, 2003.
• Shock-capturing with natural high frequency oscillations,  Y. C. Zhou, Yun Gu and G. W. Wei, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, (41), 1319-1338, 2003.
• Numerical solution of incompressible flows by discrete singular convolution,  D. C. Wan, Y. C. Zhou and G. W. Wei, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, (38), 789-810, 2002.
• Comparison of the discrete singular convolution algorithm and the Fourier pseudospectral method for solving partial difference equations,  S. Y. Yang, Y. C. Zhou and G. W. Wei, Computer Physics Communications, (143), 113-135, 2002.

• Telluride Science Research Center Workshop - Membrane Biophysics: Experiments and Theory Telluride, 03/01-03/05, 2010
• Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) workshop: Microfluidics: Electrokinetic and Interfacial Phenomena Minneapolis, 12/07-12/11, 2009
• Workshop on Nano-Bio Mathematicso East Lansing, 08/04, 2009
• SIAM 2009 annual conference minisymposium on electrodiffusion Denver, 07/10, 2009
• Midwest Conference on Mathematical Methods for Images and Surfaces East Lansing, 04/18-04/19, 2009
• Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) workshop: Solvation Minneapolis, 12/08-12/12, 2008
• SNP meeting/IMA PI conference: Constitutive Properties of Biomaterials University of Pittsburgh, 09/19-09/21, 2008
• SIAM Conference on Mathematics for Industry: Challenges and Frontiers Philadelphia, 10/09-10/11, 2007
• Applications of Analysis to Mathematical Biology Conference Duke University, 05/21-05/23, 2007
• Midwest Quantitative Biology Conference Michigan State University, 09/29-10/01, 2006
• Mathematics/Biophysics Seminar University of Michigan, 06/07, 2006
• Biocomplexity Workshop: Applications of Methods of Stochastic Systems and Statistical Physics in Biology University of Notre Dame, 10/28-10/30, 2005
• Midwest Numerical Analysis Conference University of Iowa, 05/20-05/22, 2005
• Midwest Computational Structural Biology Workshop Michigan State University, 04/30-05/01, 2005
• IMA Summer Program: Probability and Partial Differential Equations in Modern Applied Mathematics University of Minnesota, 07/21-08/01, 2003

• Paul and Wilma Dressel Endowed Scholarship, Michigan State University, 2005.
• Research Award on Quantitative Biology and Modeling Initiative, Michigan State University, 2004-2005.