Xiaoai Zhao

Xiaoai Zhao is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Comparative Medicine at Yale University's Yale School of Medicine, with an affiliation to the Yale Center for Molecular and Systems Metabolism. She holds academic positions in Comparative Medicine and is part of the Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program and Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and Physiology departments. Her research focuses on lipid biology's role in aging and age-related diseases, combining molecular biology, biochemistry, and mass spectrometry.

Education & Training:

• MD: Nanjing Medical University (2008)
• PhD in Pathobiology: Brown University (2015)
• Postdoctoral Fellowship: Stanford University (2023), under Anne Brunet

Research Interests:

• Functional lipid regulation in neural stem cell aging
• Organelle-specific lipidomic changes during aging
• Complex lipid roles in systems metabolism
• Mass spectrometry-based technology development for lipid analysis

Key Research Themes: Her lab investigates lipid composition shifts in aging, organelle-specific lipid contributions, and systemic lipid communication. Techniques include lipidomic profiling and novel mass spectrometry methods.

Awards/Grants: No awards explicitly listed in the provided text.

Lab & Collaborations: The Zhao Lab is part of the Yale School of Medicine's Comparative Medicine department, focusing on lipid biology's intersection with aging. Collaborations involve interdisciplinary teams across neuroscience, molecular medicine, and systems metabolism.