{"id":153,"date":"2017-07-18T20:06:31","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T03:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/du\/?page_id=153"},"modified":"2026-01-09T09:57:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T17:57:07","slug":"min-du","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/du\/min-du\/","title":{"rendered":"Min Du"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--single\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Dr. Min Du<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: inherit\">EDUCATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2001\u2013 2003:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0NSERC Postdoctoral fellow, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta,\u00a0Canada.<\/p>\n<p>1998 \u2013 2001:\u00a0\u00a0Ph.D. with Distinction, Iowa State University, Ames, IA.<\/p>\n<p>1995\u00a0\u2013 1998:\u00a0\u00a0D.Sc. student in Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, China.<\/p>\n<p>1990 \u2013 1993:\u00a0\u00a0M.S., College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, China.<\/p>\n<p>1986 \u2013 1990:\u00a0\u00a0B.S. with honor, Zhejiang University, China.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2024 \u2013 Present: Thelma &amp; Max Baxter Endowed Chair in Beef Research and Education, Department of Animal Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.<\/p>\n<p>2023\u2013 Present: Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Animal Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA<\/p>\n<p>2023 \u2013 Present:\u00a0 Regents Professor and Endowed (Funded) Chair in Nutrigenomics and Growth Biology, Department of Animal Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.<\/p>\n<p>2020 \u2013 Present:\u00a0 Affiliated Professor, Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Washington State University, Spokane, WA.<\/p>\n<p>2016 \u2013 2021:\u00a0 Affiliated Professor, School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.<\/p>\n<p>2013 \u2013 Present:\u00a0 Affiliated Professor, School of Food Science, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.<\/p>\n<p>2011 \u2013 2023:\u00a0 Professor and Endowed (Funded) Chair in Nutrigenomics and Growth Biology, Department of Animal Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.<\/p>\n<p>2009 \u2013 2011: \u00a0 \u00a0 Leader of the Developmental Biology Group, Department of Animal Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY.<\/p>\n<p>2003 \u2013 2011: \u00a0 \u00a0 Assistant and Associate Professor, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY.<\/p>\n<p>2001 \u2013 2003:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Post-doctoral fellow in Biochemistry and Cell Signaling, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta, Canada.<\/p>\n<p>1998 \u2013 2001: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Research assistant, Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University.<\/p>\n<p>1995 \u2013 1998: \u00a0 \u00a0 Head of the Molecular Muscle Biology Laboratory, the College of Food Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.<\/p>\n<p>1993\u00a0\u2013 1998:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Faculty member in the College of Food Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AWARDS,<\/strong> <strong>HONORS AND OTHER EXPERIENCES<\/strong><strong>:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Elected to the <a href=\"https:\/\/washacad.org\/\">Washington State Academy of Sciences<\/a>, 2024.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/provost.wsu.edu\/awards\/regents-professors\/\">Regents Professor<\/a>, Washington State University, 2023-Current.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asas.org\/about\/national-awards\/past-awardees\/award-winner-detail\/animal-physiology-and-endocrinology-award---min-du\">The American Society of Animal Science (ASAS) Award in Animal Physiology and Endocrinology<\/a>, 2019.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/academics\/uncategorized\/2018\/9516\/\">Faculty Excellence in Research Award<\/a>, College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences, WSU, 2018.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asas.org\/about\/national-awards\/past-awardees\/award-winner-detail\/min-du---animal-growth\">The American Society of Animal Science (ASAS) Award in Animal Growth and Development<\/a>, 2017.<\/li>\n<li>Distinguished Service Award, Physiological Genomics Group, American Physiological Society, 2017.<\/li>\n<li>Standing Member, NIH-NIDDK, (Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases B, DDK-B) Study Section (2016-2020).<\/li>\n<li>Fulbright Specialist, Institute of International Education (IIE), the U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC. 2016-2021.<\/li>\n<li>Ad hoc Member, NIH-NIAMS, Special Emphasis Grant Review Panel (ZRG1), 2009-2017.<\/li>\n<li>Invited Speaker, the Celebration of Science Week, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, May 9 -11, 2012.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asas.org\/about\/national-awards\/past-awardees\/award-winner-detail\/min-du\">Early Career Achievement Award, American Society of Animal Science<\/a>, 2010.<\/li>\n<li>Outstanding Advisor Award, College of Agriculture, University of Wyoming, 2008.<\/li>\n<li>Young Scientist Award, Western Section American Society of Animal Science, 2008.<\/li>\n<li>Research Award, Center for Cardiovascular Research and Alternative Medicine, University of Wyoming, 2007.<\/li>\n<li>Research Career Enhancement Award, American Physiological Society, 2006.<\/li>\n<li>Postdoctoral fellowship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), 2001.<\/li>\n<li>Research Excellence Award, Graduate College, Iowa State University, 2001.<\/li>\n<li>Thomas Sutherland Graduate Award for Excellence, Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, 2001.<\/li>\n<li>Wilma D. Brewer Award for Excellence in Scientific Writing, Department of Food Science &amp; Human Nutrition, Iowa State University, 2001.<\/li>\n<li>Verba S. And Verner H. Nielsen Scholarship Fund, Department of Food Science &amp; Human Nutrition, Iowa State University, 2001.<\/li>\n<li>Member of national honor society of agriculture, USA: GAMMA SIGMA DELTA.<\/li>\n<li>David R. Griffith Research Excellence Award, Nutritional Sciences Council, Iowa State University, 2000.<\/li>\n<li>Ned S. &amp; Esther Raun Graduate Scholarship, Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, 2000.<\/li>\n<li>Ensminger Scholarship, Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, 1999.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4263,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/du\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/153"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/du\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/du\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/du\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4263"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/du\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/du\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":408,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/du\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/153\/revisions\/408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/du\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/du\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=153"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/du\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}