Min Du

About Dr. Min Du

 

EDUCATION

2001– 2003:   NSERC Postdoctoral fellow, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta, Canada.

1998 – 2001:  Ph.D. with Distinction, Iowa State University, Ames, IA.

1995 – 1998:  D.Sc. student in Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, China.

1990 – 1993:  Master degree, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, China.

1986 – 1990:  Bachelor degree with honor, Zhejiang University, China.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2023 – Present:  Regents Professor and Endowed (Funded) Chair in Nutrigenomics and Growth Biology, Department of Animal Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.

2016 – 2021:  Affiliated Professor, School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.

2013 – Present:  Affiliated Professor, School of Food Science, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.

2011 – 2023:  Professor and Endowed (Funded) Chair in Nutrigenomics and Growth Biology, Department of Animal Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.

2009 – 2011:     Leader of the Developmental Biology Group, Department of Animal Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY.

2003 – 2011:     Assistant and Associate Professor, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY.

2001 – 2003:     Post-doctoral fellow in Biochemistry and Cell Signaling, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta,  Canada.

1998 – 2001:     Research assistant, Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University.

1995 – 1998:     Head of the Molecular Muscle Biology Laboratory, the College of Food Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.

1993 – 1998:     Faculty member in the College of Food Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.

AWARDS, HONORS AND OTHER EXPERIENCES: 

  • The American Society of Animal Science (ASAS) Award in Animal Physiology and Endocrinology, 2019.
  • Faculty Excellence in Research Award, College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences, WSU, 2018.
  • The American Society of Animal Science (ASAS) Award in Animal Growth and Development, 2017.
  • Distinguished Service Award, Physiological Genomics Group, American Physiological Society, 2017.
  • Standing Member, NIH-NIDDK, (Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases B, DDK-B) Study Section (2016-2020).
  • Fulbright Specialist, Institute of International Education (IIE), the U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC. 2016-2021.
  • Ad hoc Member, NIH-NIAMS, Special Emphasis Grant Review Panel (ZRG1), 2009-2017.
  • Invited Speaker, the Celebration of Science Week, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, May 9 -11, 2012.
  • Early Career Achievement Award, American Society of Animal Science, 2010.
  • Outstanding Advisor Award, College of Agriculture, University of Wyoming, 2008.
  • Young Scientist Award, Western Section American Society of Animal Science, 2008.
  • Research Award, Center for Cardiovascular Research and Alternative Medicine, University of Wyoming, 2007.
  • Research Career Enhancement Award, American Physiological Society, 2006.
  • Postdoctoral fellowship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), 2001.
  • Research Excellence Award, Graduate College, Iowa State University, 2001.
  • Thomas Sutherland Graduate Award for Excellence, Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, 2001.
  • Wilma D. Brewer Award for Excellence in Scientific Writing, Department of Food Science & Human Nutrition, Iowa State University, 2001.
  • Verba S. And Verner H. Nielsen Scholarship Fund, Department of Food Science & Human Nutrition, Iowa State University, 2001.
  • Member of national honor society of agriculture, USA: GAMMA SIGMA DELTA.
  • David R. Griffith Research Excellence Award, Nutritional Sciences Council, Iowa State University, 2000.
  • Ned S. & Esther Raun Graduate Scholarship, Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, 2000.
  • Ensminger Scholarship, Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, 1999.