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Hailing Shi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Hailing Shi started her lab in Oct 2024 as an assistant professor at the Department of Human Genetics at the Emory University School of Medicine. She is also a member of the Emory Winship Cancer Institute and Emory Center for Neurodegenerative Disease.
Before joining Emory, Hailing conducted research as a Helen Hay Whitney Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and the Department of Chemistry at MIT with Dr. Xiao Wang.
Hailing received her Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Chicago with Dr. Chuan He and her B.S. in Chemistry from Peking University.
Position
2024 - present | Assistant Professor at Emory Human Genetics
Education
2019 - 2024 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Broad Institute & MIT Chemistry
2014 - 2019 | Ph.D. in Chemistry, The University of Chicago
2010 - 2014 | B.S. in Chemistry, Peking UniversityHonors and Awards
2023 | Harvard Chinese Life Science (HCLS) Distinguished Research Award
2022 | Trainee Professional Development Award (TPDA), Society for Neuroscience
2021 - 2024 | Helen Hay Whitney Foundation (HHWF) Postdoctoral Fellowship
2021 | Life Science Research Foundation (LSRF) Postdoctoral Fellowship, Finalist
2020 | Yang Cao-Lan-Xian Best Thesis Award in Organic/Inorganic Chemistry, The University of Chicago
2020 | Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad
2019 | The Elizabeth R. Norton Prize for Excellence in Research in Chemistry, The University of Chicago
2018 | Windt Graduate Student Travel Award, Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago
2017 | Outstanding Student Research Award for Chemistry/Pharmaceutical, First Prize, GLCACS
2016 | The Gustavus F. Swift Fellowship, Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago
2013 | Gold Medal, Best New BioBrick Part (Natural), and Best Parts Collection, iGEM 2013 Asia Regional Competition
2013 | Undergraduate Academic Awards, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering (CCME), Peking University