Dr. Ling Hao is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at the University of Maryland, College Park. Before joining UMD, She was an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the George Washington University. She has published over 30 articles with over 3K citations and presented at numerous national/international research conferences and invited seminar talks. She also serves as a reviewer for 18 scientific journals in the fields of chemistry and biomedical sciences.
Honors & Awards:
- Rising Star in Proteomics and Metabolomics, Journal of Proteome Research (2024)
- Faculty Early Career Award, George Washington University (2024)
- National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award (2023)
- Cottrell Scholar Award (2023)
- Rising Star Award, Human Proteome Organization (HUPO) (2022)
- Finalist, ECR Manuscript Competition, HUPO 2022 World Congress
- Young Investigator Award, Chinese American Society for Mass Spectrometry (CASMS) (2022)
- Emerging Investigator, Journal of American Society for Mass Spectrometry (2021)
- Named Five of the Future, Alumni Rising Stars, UW-Madison School of Pharmacy (2021)
- Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, ORAU (2020)
- Wisconsin Initiative for Science Literacy Thesis Award (2017)
- Drug Action Travel Award (2016); Vilas Conference Travel Award, UW-Madison (2015)
- Mern Keir Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship (2013)
Academic and Professional Services:
- Editorial Board, Molecular Omics, Royal Society of Chemistry
- Advisory Board, US Human Proteome Organization (US-HUPO)
- NIH Reviewer (Ad hoc, CMAD study section), 2023.
- NSF Reviewer, 2023.
- NIH Reviewer (Ad hoc, EBIT study section), 2021.
- Co-organizer, 19th Annual Conference of US Human Proteome Organization (US-HUPO), 2023.
- Guest Editor, Journal of Visualized Experiments, Special Method Collection, 2022-2023.
“Understanding the Central Nervous System by Mass Spectrometry” - Session Chair, 69th Annual Conference of American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS), 2021.
- Co-Chair, Brain Rewiring in Neurological Disorders Session, 20th Human Proteome Organization (HUPO) World Congress, 2021.
- Co-Chair, Omics of the Central Nervous System Session, 17th Annual Conference of US Human Proteome Organization (US-HUPO), 2021.
- Co-Chair, SCBA DC-Baltimore Chapter Annual Scientific Symposium, 2019.
- Judge, 14th NIH Graduate Student Research Symposium, 2018.
- Co-Chair, American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) UW-Madison Chapter, 2016.
- Organizing Committee, Wisconsin Life Science Career Day, 2014.
- Mentor, Females in Mass Spectrometry Mentorship Program, 2021-2022.
- Member, ASMS, HUPO, US-HUPO, ACS, AAAS.
Education and Training:
- Postdoctoral fellow, National Institutes of Health / National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NIH/NINDS)
(Mentors: Drs. Michael Ward and Richard Youle) - PhD, Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Mentor: Prof. Lingjun Li)
- BS, Chemistry, China Agricultural University; Tsinghua University (Mentor: Prof. Jinming Lin)