Ping Zhou received a B.S. degree in electrical engineering and an M.S. degree in biomedical engineering from the University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, and a Ph.D. degree in biomedical engineering from Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA. From 1999 to 2014, he was progressively a Research Assistant, Research Associate, Research Assistant Professor, and Research Associate Professor at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Ping Zhou currently is a Professor in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), TX, USA. He directs the NeuroMyo Engineering for Rehabilitation laboratory of TIRR Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, TX, USA, and the Neuromuscular Performance & Rehabilitation laboratory of Guangdong Work Injury Rehabilitation Hospital, Guangzhou, China. His research interests include a biomedical signal (in particular, EMG) processing, motor unit analysis, electrophysiology, myoelectric control, and assistive devices for neurorehabilitation.