Short Biography
Infectious Disease Research Centre (IDRC); Institute For Medical Research (IMR), National Institute Of Health (NIH); Malaysia

Summary:
• More than 22 years of experience in Parasitology field in laboratory and fieldwork
• About more than 14 years of experiences in Entomological field
• About more than 18 years involves in teaching of Post graduate student, undergraduates and personal from MOH

Field of Specialisation:
Medical Parasitology, Medical Entomology, Molecular Biology, Physical Biochemistry, Genetic Recombineering.

Dr. Kuo-Chen Chou is the founder of Gordon Life Science Institute, the first Internet Research Institute ever established in the world. He is also a Distinguished High Impact Professor and Advisory Professor of several Universities. As of September 2020, Professor Chou has published over 814 papers with H-index over 164 with more than 77,746 cites. He has been named by Thompson Reuters/Clarivate Analytics as a Highly Cited Researcher in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018, listed in the “World’s Most Influential Minds”. In 2017, he has been further selected by Web of Science and Clarivate Analytics as one of the 21 “Brightest Stars” in science. For more information about his publications, visit his web-page at http://gordonlifescience.org/, and Google Scholar Citation at https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ZA8pE9UAAAAJ&hl=en

His ORCID is: 0000-0001-8857-7063

He holds a PhD in Microbiology from Federal University of Viçosa with a training period at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium (2011). He worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology from Nucleus of Biological Sciences Research (NUPEB) of Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP). Post-doctoral in the Laboratory of Virus from the Microbiology Department of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). He worked as a Researcher at Laboratory of Animal Virology (LPVA) from Veterinary School (UFMG). He has worked as senior researcher at AQUACEN - Central Laboratory for Diagnosis of Aquatic Animal Diseases of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply from 2017 to 2018. Full Professor at Faculty of Education of Minas Gerais (FACEMG) in the period from 03/2016 to 06/2020. He worked as Analyst Biologist, responsible for the technical execution of molecular tests of SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic from June to December 2020. He is currently responsible for the virology sector and the execution of PCR techniques , real-time PCR, cloning, capillary sequencing (ABI3500), automated nucleic acid purification platform, automated electrophoresis platform, automated microorganism identification (Bruker Microflex LT/SH MALDI-TOF Biotyper), experimental veterinary vaccine development and Molecular diagnosis of bacterial and viral diseases. He Has knowledge in laboratory quality control and ISO-17025, experience in genetics, Molecular Biology, applied Microbiology, fermentation processes, Yeast biotechnology, Virology, Animal virology, molecular virology and cell culture.