Kun-Liang Guan is a Distinguished Professor of Pharmacology at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). He received his BS from Hangzhou University, China and his PhD from Purdue University. Dr. Guan was a faculty (from Assistant Professor to the Halvor Christensen Professor) at the University of Michigan between 1992-2007. He received the American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Young Investigator Award, the MacArthur Fellowship, and a Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science. His research focuses on cellular signaling in cell growth, organ size control, and cancer development. He has made key contributions to the MAP kinase, mTOR, and Hippo signaling pathways. Dr. Guan has published over 300 peer-reviewed papers and is a highly cited researcher in Molecular Biology and Genetics.