2025- Present Assistant Professor -UAB Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology,
2022-2024 Research Fellow -National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
2018-2022 Post-doctoral Fellow -National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
2015-2018 Dr. rer. nat. in Psychology -TU Dresden, Germany
2009-2014 Diplom in Psychology -Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany
Hometown: Changzhou, China
Email: ruizhang@uabmc.edu
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=2AChEZwAAAAJ&hl=en
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rui-Zhang-55
BA -University of Alabama at Birmingham
Email: amoyana@uabmc.edu
BA in Biology- University of Georgia
Email: crturne2@uab.edu
I graduated from the University of Georgia Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Biology, and minors in Applied Biotechnology, Biomedical Physiology, and Business. In my undergraduate years, I participated in radiation oncology research as well as in clinical neuroscience research focussed on the effects of vaping addictions on craving habits. In the coming year, I will be pursuing clinical neuroscience research in the Sleep, Circadian rhythm & Neuroimaging (SCN) Lab at UAB. I will also be earning my MBA from UAB. In the future, I wish to attend medical school, continue research, and make more time to do the things I love such as fishing, cooking, and golfing.