Prof. Yi-Hui Zhou holds the position of full professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at North Carolina State University. She serves as a member of the Chancellor’s Faculty Excellence Program connective cluster focusing on high-dimensional integration of biological systems. Dr. Zhou earned her master’s degree in applied mathematics from the University of Maryland and her Ph.D. in biostatistics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research interests are interdisciplinary, spanning high-dimensional data analysis, machine learning, statistical modeling, and computational toxicology, with applications in areas such as cystic fibrosis, microbiome studies, environmental health, and racial health disparities. Prof. Zhou has secured funding for her research team from prestigious institutions including the National Human Genome Research Institute and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Additionally, she has served as a co-investigator on numerous grants from the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.