He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo in 1995. He also holds an M.Sc. degree from the McMaster University in Canada and an M.Eng. degree from the Southeast University in China. Dr. Zhu is a principal investigator for a number of database research projects funded by sources including NSF and IBM at The University of Michigan. He has over 40 research publications in various journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Zhu has served as a program committee member and session/workshop chair for a number of international conferences. His current research interests include query optimization for advanced database systems, multidatabase systems, Web-based database technology, and data mining.