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Hello, my name is Chong 翀 Xu 徐. Chong is the first name. In Chinese it means flying high. Unfortunately, it did not automatically make me a flying superman. I was born and grew up in a small rural town in Zhejiang, a province located in southeast China next to Shanghai.
At the age of 16 I went to Zhejiang University for college. Zhejiang University is one of the best and biggest universities in China. It is located in Hangzhou, the capitol of Zhejiang province and a city that has been famous for its natural and cultural beauty for thousands of years. In college I majored in Biological Sciences and Technology. After getting my B.S. degree I went to the Insitute of Molecular Agrobiology (Now ASTAR and Temasek Life Science Laboratory), National University of Singapore(NUS) to work as a research assistant officer and stayed for one year. Singapore is a great city to live in but it's just a little too hot for my taste. Instead of staying in NUS I decided to come to the U.S.A. for gradschool. I am currently a PhD candidate in the Department of Cell Biology (Graduate Program of Cell and Developmental Biology), I love to meet new friends, having fun and try out all kinds of things (read more here). Some friends and I am holding a small seminar where we meet weekly to discuss science, technology and/or whatever interests us (I call this little seminar "Confucius In Everybody" since Confucius always believed that everybody can teach and learn.) During 2003-2004, I served as the president of CSSS (Chinese Stuent&Scholar Society) here in UVa, where I met with a lot of friends. Together we tried our best to help local Chinese students and scholars.
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Chong Xu Department of Cell Biology |
Email: xuchong at virginia dot edu |
