
Yu (Tom) Gao, phd
B.S. Peking University HSC, Pharmaceutical Sciences (2004 – 2008)
Ph.D. Scripps Research – Florida (Mentor: Thomas J. Kodadek, 2008 – 2014)
Post-doc Scripps Research – La Jolla (Mentor: John R. Yates III, 2014 – 2018)
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2018 – present
Associate Member, University of Illinois Cancer Center, 2019 – present
Adjunct appointment, Richard and Loan Hill Department of Biomedical Engineering Colleges of Engineering and Medicine, 2022 – present
NIH MIRA Award, 2019
UIC PhLAMES, Faculty of the Year, 2021
UIC Researcher of the year, Rising Star award 2022 – 2023
Complete CV: Click here
Email: yugao@uic.edu
Office phone: 312-996-8087
CURRENT TEAM
Xinhao Shao
B.S. Heilongjiang University
M.S. Illinois Institute of Technology
Graduate Student 2019.1 -
LinkedIn, GitLab
Cory Matsumoto
CVJulia Ekiert
CVChris Grams
B.S. University of Illinois at Chicago, Computer Science
Student researcher 2020.5 -
Jose A Hernandez
CVAngela Mahaffey
Ph.D., Loyola University Chicago
Clinical Assistant Professor, Loyola University
Visiting Scholar in Gao lab 2022 -
Dương Trịnh Ngọc
PhD, RCSI, University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Post-doc Associate at Gao lab since 2023.5 -
GAO LAB ALUMNI

Rahul Narayanan, PhD
Ph.D. from IIT
Post-doc Associate at Gao lab from 2021.10 – 2023.2
Current position: Faculty member at SRM Institute of Science and Technology, India

Liang Chen, PhD
Ph.D. from University of Tasmania
Post-doc Associate at Gao lab from 2021.6 – 2022.8
Current position: Post-doc Associate at PNNL

Xiuyuan Ma, PhD
Ph.D. from Rutgers University
Post-doc Associate at Gao lab from 2019.6 – 2021.5
Current position: Research Scientist at Abbvie

Michael Hollas, PhD
Ph.D. from University of Manchester
Post-doc Associate at Gao lab from 2018.10 – 2019.6
Current position: Staff Scientist at Northwestern University