Affiliation: Stanford University

Dr. Liting Zhai received her BS in Biotechnology from University (P. R. China) in 2009. In 2016, she received her PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Science, under the mentorship of Dr. Song Xiang. There she investigated the characteristics and working mechanisms of enzymes using X-ray crystallographic techniques. Dr. Zhai is currently a postdoctoral researcher in the laboratory of Dr. Laura M.K. Dassama in the Department of Chemistry at Stanford University. Here, she is focusing on the biochemical and biophysical properties of lipid transporters using a combination of techniques, including molecular biology, X-ray crystallography, and biochemical methods. Her research aims at understanding and investigating lipids transport mechanisms used by lipid transporters in bacteria.