Ling Qi, PhD, creating a environment that fosters innovation and excellence

Ling Qi, PhD, Andrew Pisano District distinguished Professor in Physiology, and department chair for Molecular Physiology and of Biological Physics in the laboratory.
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As a project scientist, I'm driven by the curiosity and the thrills of discoveries. I have enjoyed the process of unlocking this, the secrecy of how protein degradation system works in physiology, and how it breaks down in disease. The other aspect I enjoy the most as a basic scientist is the is the training of the next generation. Scientists.
My name is Ling Qi. I am the Andrew Pisano District distinguished Professor in Physiology, and I also serve as a department chair for Molecular physiology and of biological physics in the laboratory. We try to understand how the protein degradation system works in health and disease. My goal is to elevate the department to new heights by creating a environment that fosters innovation and excellence in both research and education.
Our work has impact on human health in two ways. Our work can elucidate how the mechanisms, how this protein degradation system works in health and disease. The second, the most direct ways that we have identified the human patients that carry the genetic mutations in the pathways we study.