博士，副教授，硕士生导师，吕氏贵宾会0022药学系支部书记，湖南师范大学世承人才，湖南师范大学优秀青年人才计划入选者。担任小分子靶向药物研究与创制湖南省重点实验室主任助理，天然药物研究室主任。担任《Journal of Food Chemistry》、《International Journal of Oncology》等杂志特邀审稿人。
主要研究方向基于化学生物学研究模式，以治疗肿瘤、神经退行性疾病等重大疾病的药物发现为目标，寻找和发现新颖活性天然产物，开展结构修饰和生物学功能研究。先后从卷柏、翠云草、白术、蔓荆子等植物中分离鉴定化合物200余个，新化合物40余个。主持国家自然科学基金项目1项，湖南省自然科学基金项目1项，厅局级项目多项，参与国家自然科学基金、湖南省科技厅项目、湖南省中医药管理局重点项目等科研项目10余项；以第一作者或通讯作者身份发表科研论文20余篇，其中SCI论文12篇，论文发表在《Tetrahedron Letters》、《Hepatology International》、《Fitoterapia》、《Oncology Reports》等期刊。
湖南师范大学青年优秀人才培养计划，ET15108，中药鸡骨草抗肝癌先导化合物的发现、结构表征及构效关系研究，2015.09-2018.06，10万元，项目负责人。
国家自然科学基金青年基金项目，81703199，p62依赖的选择性自噬对实验性矽肺纤维化的作用及机制研究，2018.01-2020.12，20万元，在研，项目主要参与人。
Fuxuan Wu#, Miaomiao Yu#, Wanling Chen, Lu Zhou, Dan Zhang, Yujie Peng, Xifeng Sheng, Hui Zou*, Junjiang Fu*. A New Isoflavonolignan Glycoside from Abrus cantoniensis, Records of Natural Products, 2019,13:(5):418-423.
Miaomiao Yu, Fuxuan Wu, Wanling Chen, Junwei Kuang, Lu Zhou, Junjiang Fu, Xifeng Sheng*, Hui Zou*. A new isoflavone glycoside from Abrus cantoniensis, 2019, online. Doi:10.1080/10286020.2019.1598394.
Ting Tao, Caimei He, Jun Deng, Yanjun Huang, Qiongli Su, Mei Peng, Meiling Yi, Kwame Oteng Darko, Hui Zou*, Xiaoping Yang*. A novel synthetic derivative of quercetin, 8-trifluoromethyl- 3,5,7,3',4'-O-pentamethyl-quercetin, inhibits bladder cancer growth by targeting the AMPK/mTOR signaling pathway. Oncotarget, 2017, 8(42): 71657.
Hui Zou, Pingsheng Xu, Rui Liu, Zhenxing Zou, Jing Li, Aiguo Zhong, Jianzhong Hu, Kangping Xu*, Guishan Tan*. Selacyclicbiflavone A, an unusual macrocyclic biflavone from Selaginella uncinata (Desv.) Spring. Tetrahedron Letters, 2016, 57(8): 892-894.
Hui Zou, Xiaozheng Cao, Qiao Xiao, Xifeng Sheng, Kaiqun Ren, Meifang Quan, Zhenwei Song, Duo Li, Yu Zheng, Wenbing Zeng, Jianguo Cao, Yaojin Peng*. Synergistic inhibition of characteristics of liver cancer stem-like cells with a combination of sorafenib and 8-bromo-7-methoxychrysin in SMMC-7721 cell line. Oncology Reports, 2016, 36(3): 1731-1738.
Xiaozheng Cao, Kaiqun Ren, Zhenwei Song, Duo Li, Meifang Quan, Yu Zheng, Jianguo Cao, Wenbing Zeng, Hui Zou*. 7-Difluoromethoxyl-5,4'-di-n-octyl genistein inhibits the stem-like characteristics of gastric cancer stem-like cells and reverses the phenotype of epithelial-mesenchymal transition in gastric cancer cells. Oncology Reports, 2016, 36(2): 1157-1165.
Xiaocheng Cao#, Hui Zou#, Jianguo Cao, Yinghong Cui, Suwen Sun, Kaiqun Ren, Zhenwei Song, Duo Li, Meifang Quan*. A candidate Chinese medicine preparation-Fructus Viticis Total Flavonoids inhibits stem-like characteristics of lung cancer stem-like cells. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2016, 16: 364.
Hui Zou*, Xing Feng, Jianguo Cao. Twist in hepatocellular carcinoma: pathophysiology and therapeutics. Hepatology International, 2015, 9(3): 399-405.
Hui Zou, Meiling Yi, Kangping Xu, Xifeng Sheng, Guishan Tan*. Two new flavonoids from Selaginella uncinata. Journal of Asian Natural Products Research, 2015, 18(3): 248-252.
Hui Zou, Kangping Xu, Fushuang Li, Zhenxing Zou, Rui Liu, Ruihuan Liu, Jing Li, Leihong Tan, Guishan Tan*. Unciflavones A-F, six novel flavonoids from Selaginella uncinata (Desv.) Spring. Fitoterapia, 2014; 99: 328-333.
Hui Zou, Kangping Xu, Zhenxing Zou, Hongping Long, Hui Wang, Fushuang Li, Jing Li, Junwei Kuang, Guang Li, Guishan Tan. A new flavonoid with 6-phenyl substituent from Selaginella uncinata. Journal of Asian Natural Products Research, 2013, 15(1): 84-88.
Hui Zou, Kangping Xu, Fushuang Li, Zhenxing Zou, Hongping Long, Guang Li, Hui Wang, Guishan Tan*. Uncinataflavone, a new flavonoid with a methyl benzoate substituent from Selaginella uncinata. Journal of Asian Natural Products Research, 2013, 15(4): 408-412.
