2023 Chi-Bin Chien Award Winner: Peter Fabian, PhD

Peter Fabian, PhD
Masaryk University
Brno, Czech Republic

Dr. Peter Fabian is a researcher in the field of developmental biology with a focus on understanding the fundamental processes that underlie the development and maintenance of vertebrate organs, particularly their relevance to human health. In the fall of 2022, he started working as an assistant professor at the Department of Experimental Biology at Masaryk University. Dr. Fabian began his work in the field of developmental biology during his Ph.D. studies in Zbynek Kozmik's laboratory at Charles University in Prague, where he also studied developmental and evolutionary biology with Robert Cerny. He acquired a skillset in zebrafish genetics, in vivo imaging, and single-cell approaches through his postdoctoral studies in Gage Crump's lab at the University of Southern California. Today, he sees as a priority to share this knowledge to the scientific community both locally (in the Czech Republic) and globally.

The Chi-Bin Chien Award was established by the zebrafish research community and the International Zebrafish Society (IZFS) in memory of Dr. Chi-Bin Chien. The award recognizes outstanding graduate students, postdoctoral trainees, or recently appointed faculty members from any country who have made significant contributions to the field of zebrafish research and have exhibited the generosity and openness that characterized and motivated Chi-Bin Chien. Read more about the CBC Award and its past recipients here.