Affiliation: University of Maryland, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Dr. Ling Hao is an Associate Professor at the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at the University of Maryland, College Park, USA. She obtained her PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, followed by postdoctoral training at the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NIH/NINDS). She is the recipient of a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award, a Rising Star Award from the Human Proteome Organization (HUPO), a Ralph E Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from Oak Ridge Associated Universities, and a Cottrell Scholar Award from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement. Research in the Hao Lab focuses on developing mass spectrometry-based proteomics, metabolomics, and lipidomics methods to study neuroscience questions. Her team combines analytical chemistry, cell biology, and bioinformatic strategies to understand organelle dynamics, proteostasis, and molecular interactions in human stem cells and stem cell-derived neurons, to decipher molecular mechanisms underlying brain diseases.