Dr. Feifei Luo

Name: Feifei Luo
Office Location: Pinn Hall, Rm. 4017
Email: vcg8vv@virginia.edu

I have a background in microbial metabolism and drug analysis. I’m interested in techniques of disease diagnosis and treatment. My current study is focused on the targeted therapy for cancers lacking specific surface antigens. In my spare time, I love to draw pictures and go traveling.

Current position:

Research Associate 07/2024-present

Previous Education and Professional Experiences:

Senior researcher II. Henlius Biologics Co., Ltd, Shanghai, China 08/2021-06/2024
Analytic method development of small molecular impurities and charge variants of antibodies in biopharmaceuticals

Postdoctoral training. Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China 09/2019-07/2021
The effects of pipecolic acid biosynthesized from rhizosphere fungus on plant growth and immunity

Lecturer. Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China 02/2018-08/2019
The effects of branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) metabolism on the conidial germination of insect pathogenic fungus Metarhizium robertsii

Ph.D. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 09/2013-01/2018
School of Bioengineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
Advisor: Chengshu Wang and Huizhan Zhang
Thesis titled “Elucidations of the biosynthetic pathways of the anti-tumor metabolites swainsonine in entomopathogenic fungi.”

M.S. Microbiology 09/2010-06/2013
School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China
Advisor: Fenglin Hu
Thesis titled “Metabolomic analysis of the impacts of exogenous genes, as well as plant and insect components on the metabolism of Beauveria bassiana.”

B.S. Biological science 09/2006-06/2010
School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China

Publications:

See Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=kqvdI6UAAAAJ&hl=en