Kazuhiro Aoki

Kazuhiro Aoki, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) and Technical Director of the Translational Metabolomics Shared Resource at the MCW Cancer Center. Previously, he served as faculty at the University of Georgia (2008-2022) and as an invited professor at Lille University of Science and Technology, France (2017). His expertise spans analytical methodologies for multi-Omics studies, mass spectrometry-based technologies, and glycomics research. Dr. Aoki holds a PhD in Life Science from Kyoto University (2001) and advanced training in glycobiology and pharmaceutical assessment.

Education:

• PhD in Life Science, Kyoto University, Japan (2001)
• MS in Science Pedagogy, Shiga University, Japan (2000)
• BS in Science, Shiga University, Japan (1995)

Research Focus: Dr. Aoki develops and applies cutting-edge glycomics tools to study biomolecule structure-function relationships across organisms, including embryonic stem cells, cancer tissues, and microbial systems. His work emphasizes multi-Omics integration, with applications in drug metabolism, disease progression (e.g., Fabry disease), and cell differentiation mechanisms. Key techniques include mass spectrometry-based glycoproteomics and linked-Omics approaches.

Grants & Labs:

• Led development of MicroGlycoDB, a microbial glycan database
• Pioneered tools like DANGO for glycolipidomics analysis
• Collaborates internationally on glycobiology projects

Labs/Teams: Directs the Translational Metabolomics Shared Resource, supporting metabolomic and glycomic analyses for cancer research.