Rao Zihe, biophysicist, was born on 6 September, 1950 in Nanjing, Jiangsu province. He graduated with a major in Biophysics from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 1977; he gained his Master’s degree from the graduate school of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1982; he obtained his PhD from Melbourne University in 1989. He was engaged in research in the Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, University of Oxford from 1989-1996. He is a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a member of the Third World Academy of Science. and a professor of Tsinghua University. He is currently holds the positions of Director-general of the Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Director of the National Key Laboratory of Biomacromolecules.
