Xiaonan Elsa Zhao

Xiaonan Elsa Zhao has a diverse work experience in the field of genetics and genomics. Xiaonan Elsa currently holds the position of Assistant Professor at Baylor College of Medicine, where they have been since 2022. Prior to this, they were an ACGME/ABMGG Laboratory Genetics and Genomics fellow at Baylor College of Medicine from 2020 to 2022.

Before joining Baylor College of Medicine, Xiaonan worked at Baylor Genetics as an Assistant Clinical Lab Director starting in 2022.

From 2015 to 2020, Xiaonan worked at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, where they served as a Genomics Section Lead Scientist for Cancer Genomics Diagnostics. Xiaonan Elsa'sresponsibilities included test development, validation, optimization, troubleshooting, and oversight of clinical genome scientists and technicians. Xiaonan Elsa also played a role in quality control and quality assurance.

Prior to their time at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Xiaonan was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Rockefeller University from 2013 to 2015.

Xiaonan Elsa also worked at Georgia Institute of Technology from 2008 to 2013, first as a Research Assistant and later as a Lecturer. Additionally, they had a brief role as a Guest Lecturer at Georgia State University in 2012.

Xiaonan began their research career as a Research Assistant at the Lab of Molecular Genetics and Molecular Cytogenetics at Nakai University from 2006 to 2008.

Xiaonan Elsa Zhao holds a Bachelor's degree in Biology from Nankai University. Xiaonan Elsa then pursued a PhD in Molecular and Cell Biology at Georgia Institute of Technology. The specific start and end years for these educational experiences were not provided.