tools to control the structure, porosity, and functionality of framework materials. Some of his seminal contributions include "bridging-ligand substitution", "ligand-fragment co-assembly", "kinetic analysis and tuning", "linker installation", "linker labilization", "cluster and linker metalation", "linker migration", "domino lattice rearrangement", and "retrosynthetic design". These contributions formed the aforementioned "toolkit" for MOF synthesis, which enables the preparation and functionalization of MOFs for a wide range of applications, especially in gas storage, separation, catalysis, biomedicine, and degradation of recalcitrant pollutants. Recently, he expanded this MOF toolkit into modular design of hierarchically porous MOFs, MOF hybrids, MOF superstructures, and MOF-polymer composites, which formed the basis of "Pore Engineering". The essence of "Pore Engineering" is by controlling the assembly procedure of frameworks, taking advantage of the tunable lability of coordination and dynamic covalent bonds, to make functionalized hierarchical structures from microporous to mesoporous level and beyond. In the MOF research community, Zhou became one of the international leaders. He served as a guest editor (co-editors: Jeffrey Long and Omar Yaghi) for the first Chem. Rev. thematic issue on Metal-Organic Frameworks in 2012. This important volume in MOF research served as a catalyst for the maturation of the MOF field. He has co-edited a themed issue for Chem. Soc. Rev. (coeditor: Susumu Kitagawa) in 2014. In 2008, he co-organized (organizer: Wenbin Lin) an ACS Symposium: Metal-Organic Frameworks: What Are They Good for? In 2013, he organized (co-organizer: Wenbin Lin) another ACS Symposium, Metal-Organic Frameworks: Where Do We Stand? These two symposia brought in record-number of attendees and stimulated new research ideas and activities in MOF community. In 2016, he gave a webinar on MOFs for Gas Storage, which was organized by the Editorial Board of Chem. In 2018, he co-organized (Organizer: Shengqian Ma; co-organizer: Wenbin Lin) the third ACS MOF Symposium, Metal-Organic Frameworks: What Are Next? Honors and awards His awards include a Research Innovation Award from Research Corporation in 2003, an NSF CAREER Award in 2005, a Cottrell Scholar Award from Research Corporation in 2005, the 2006 Miami University Distinguished Scholar-Young Investigator Award, the 2007 Faculty Excellence Award from Air Products, as well as the 2010 DOE Hydrogen Program Special Recognition Award as a main contributor to the Hydrogen Sorption Center of Excellence. In 2014, he received a JSPS Invitation Fellowship. In 2017, he was awarded the Association of Former Students of Texas A&M University Distinguished Achievement Award in Research. Since 2014, he has been listed