Dr. Hao joined the Department of Chemistry at the George Washington University as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in 2019. She has published over 30 articles with over 2K citations and presented at numerous national/international research conferences, as well as invited talks at other institutions. She also serves as a reviewer for 18 scientific journals in the fields of chemistry and biomedical sciences.
Honors & Awards:
- Faculty Early Career Award, George Washington University (2024)
- Rising Star in Proteomics and Metabolomics, Journal of Proteome Research (2024)
- National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award (2023)
- Cottrell Scholar Award (2023)
- Rising Star Award, Human Proteome Organization (HUPO) (2022)
- Finalist, ECR Manuscript Competition, HUPO 2022 World Congress
- Young Investigator Award, Chinese American Society for Mass Spectrometry (CASMS) (2022)
- Emerging Investigator, Journal of American Society for Mass Spectrometry (2021)
- Named Five of the Future, Alumni Rising Stars, UW-Madison School of Pharmacy (2021)
- Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, ORAU (2020)
- Wisconsin Initiative for Science Literacy Thesis Award (2017)
- Drug Action Travel Award (2016); Vilas Conference Travel Award, UW-Madison (2015)
- Mern Keir Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship (2013)
Academic and Professional Services:
- Editorial Board, Molecular Omics, Royal Society of Chemistry
- Advisory Board, US Human Proteome Organization (US-HUPO)
- NIH Reviewer (Ad hoc, CMAD study section), 2023.
- NSF Reviewer, 2023.
- NIH Reviewer (Ad hoc, EBIT study section), 2021.
- Co-organizer, 19th Annual Conference of US Human Proteome Organization (US-HUPO), 2023.
- Guest Editor, Journal of Visualized Experiments, Special Method Collection, 2022-2023.
“Understanding the Central Nervous System by Mass Spectrometry” - Session Chair, 69th Annual Conference of American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS), 2021.
- Co-Chair, Brain Rewiring in Neurological Disorders Session, 20th Human Proteome Organization (HUPO) World Congress, 2021.
- Co-Chair, Omics of the Central Nervous System Session, 17th Annual Conference of US Human Proteome Organization (US-HUPO), 2021.
- Co-Chair, SCBA DC-Baltimore Chapter Annual Scientific Symposium, 2019.
- Judge, 14th NIH Graduate Student Research Symposium, 2018.
- Co-Chair, American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) UW-Madison Chapter, 2016.
- Organizing Committee, Wisconsin Life Science Career Day, 2014.
- Mentor, Females in Mass Spectrometry Mentorship Program, 2021-2022.
- Member, ASMS, HUPO, US-HUPO, ACS, AAAS.
Education and Training:
- Postdoctoral fellow, National Institutes of Health / National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NIH/NINDS)
(Mentors: Drs. Michael Ward and Richard Youle) - PhD, Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Mentor: Prof. Lingjun Li)
- BS, Chemistry, China Agricultural University; Tsinghua University (Mentor: Prof. Jinming Lin)
