
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Life Science Laboratories S650E
240 Thatcher Road
Amherst, MA, 01003
(413) 545-8893
jgao@umass.edu
www.umass.edu/engineering/about/directory/jingjing-gao
Gao Research Group
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Working at the interface of material science, chemistry, biology, and biomedical engineering, Dr. Gao aims to promote healthy aging with a materials-centric approach and to innovate the treatments for degenerative diseases. Her research focuses on translational strategies to develop gene therapies for neurological disorders or chronic diseases. Ongoing research projects include 1) Nanoparticle-mediated brain mapping for precision gene therapy; 2) Gene therapy to modulate neuroinflammation; 3) Long-acting delivery of biologics for chronic disease.
The overarching goal of Dr. Gao's laboratory is to promote healthy aging through the innovative creation of drug delivery strategies that maximize the efficacies of biotherapeutics to slow down or stop the progression of degenerative diseases. By leveraging tools of organic chemistry, materials chemistry, micro/nano/macro fabrication, and understanding of tissue/cell-material interactions, she will focus on the delivery of gene therapies toward neurological disorders
Learn more at Gao Research Group
Academic Background
Postdoc, Harvard Medical School, 2023
PhD University of Massachusetts Amherst 2020
MS Shanghai Jiao Tong University 2014
BS South-central Minzu University 2011