Affiliation: NYU Langone Health, Department of Orthopedic Surgery

Dr. Xiangli Zhao earned her PhD from the Department of Biology, Chemistry, and Pharmacy at the Charité - University Medicine Berlin / Free University of Berlin, Germany in 2018. There she worked in the laboratory of Dr. Hua Fan and Dr. Rupert Mutzel and described the important role of CD26 in T cell function and organ transplantation. She is currently a postdoctoral scientist in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at NYU Langone Health. She is working in the laboratory of Dr. Chuanju Liu and her research focuses on the critical role of progranulin in Gaucher disease and inflammatory diseases.