Peng Mao

Peng Mao is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology at the Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook University. His research focuses on DNA damage repair mechanisms in chromatin, transcriptional regulation of repair pathways, and cancer cell adaptation to chemotherapeutic agents.

• Education:
  • BS: Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
  • PhD: Peking University, China
  • Postdoc: Washington State University, Pullman, WA

The Mao Research Lab employs next-generation sequencing (NGS) and bioinformatics to investigate: (1) DNA repair protein dynamics in chromatin; (2) Transcription machinery's impact on DNA repair pathways; (3) Cancer-driven modulation of repair mechanisms to evade chemotherapy. His work bridges genomic instability and cancer therapy resistance.

His recent publications highlight studies on UV-induced mutagenesis, cisplatin resistance, transcription-coupled repair, and chromatin remodeling complexes. These articles span genomic mapping, histone modifications, and transcription factor interactions in DNA repair contexts.

• Labs & Teams:
  • Mao Research Lab, Stony Brook University