Fan Zhao

Fan Zhao has worked in a variety of roles in the science field since 2004. In 2004, they worked as an Undergraduate Researcher at Sichuan University, where they studied copper-coordinated chitosan-based biomaterials for hemoperfusion. In 2006, they were a Campus Ambassador for GE China. From 2007-2008, they worked as a Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant at HKUST, where they did mammalian cells culture and in vitro cytotoxcicity of peptide-based hydrogelators and nanoparticles, as well as synthesis and purification of peptide-based hydrogelators and materials characterization. From 2008-2014, they worked as a Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant at Brandeis University, where they earned their PhD exploring immuno-modulatory self-assembled peptide materials. Finally, from 2014-2019, they worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Senior Scientist/Scientist I at Stanford University School of Medicine, where they studied T cell recognition of pMHC via T-cell receptor and T cell antigen discovery for cancer immunotherapies and autoimmune disorder therapies.

Fan Zhao obtained a Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) in Biomedical Engineering from Sichuan University in 2007. Fan then went on to pursue a Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) in Chemistry at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2008. In 2011, Fan Zhao obtained a certification from the New England Biolabs Molecular Biology Summer Workshop. Finally, Fan Zhao obtained a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Chemistry from Brandeis University in 2014.