Ren Sun
Chair Professor of Systems Biology
Director of Immunology and Microbiology Program
Director of Center for Infectious Disease Research
Email： sunren@westlake.edu.cn
Academic Appointment
2022 – Now Chair professor Westlake University
2020 – 2022 Chair Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
2020 – Now Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology & Bioengineering, UCLA
2018 – 2020 Distinguished Professor of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology & Bioengineering, UCLA
2013 – 2020 Professor, Bioengineering, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, UCLA
2007 – 2020 Professor, Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
2003 – 2007 Associate Professor, Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
1998 – 2003 Assistant Professor, Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
1993 – 1997 Post-doctoral fellow, Virology, Yale University
Services/Administration
2022 – Now Senior Advisor to the President, Director of Center for Infectious Disease Research, Director of Immunology and Microbiology Program, Westlake University
2020 – 2021Chair, Task Force for Graduate Studies, The University of Hong Kong
2019 – 2021Senior Advisor to the President, The University of Hong Kong
2017 – 2019 Associate Dean for Postdoctoral Affairs, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
2010 – 2017 Senior Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
2010 – 2020 Associate Vice Provost for Internationalization, UCLA
2008 – 2020 Director, Office for Cross-disciplinary Scholars in Science and Technology, UCLA
2008 – 2020 Chair, Education Committee, California NanoSystems Institute
2007 – 2010 Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
2005 – 2020 Co-Director of the Co-infection and Malignancies Program, UCLA AIDS Institute
2003 – 2006 Director of the Cancer Virology Program, UCLA Cancer Center
2000 – 2003 Co-Director of Viral and Chemical Carcinogenesis Program, UCLA Cancer Center
Education
1989 – 1993 Ph.D. Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University
1986 – 1989 M.Phil. Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University
1981 – 1985 B.S. Biology, Fudan University