His research focuses on zync physiology, with particular emphasis on the structure, function and regulation of zinc transporters.Dr. Fu received his undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering from the Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University in Shanghai, China and earned a Ph.D. in physiology and biophysics from Mayo Medical School. He conducted post-doctoral work in membrane biochemistry at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and x-ray crystallography at the University of California-San Francisco School of Medicine.Dr. Fu received the National Research Service Award from the National Institutes of Health from 1998-2000. He has published several peer-reviewed articles and has presented his work at several conferences.