Department of Biomedical Engineering
Life Science Laboratories
240 Thatcher Road
Amherst, MA 01003-9292
(413) 545-8893
jgao@umass.edu
https://www.umass.edu/engineering/about/directory/jingjing-gao
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
The overarching goal of our 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, we will focus on the delivery of gene therapies toward neurological disorders
Current Research
Working at the interface of material science, chemistry, biology, and biomedical engineering, we aim to promote healthy aging with a materials-centric approach, to innovate the treatments for degenerative diseases. Our 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.
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