Bo Xia, Ph.D.

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

09/2025 - present
Member of Faculty, Harvard Medical School & Massachusetts General Hospital
09/2025 - present
Associate Member, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
07/2022 - present
Junior Fellow of the Society of Fellows, Harvard University
07/2022 - 08/2025
Gene Regulation Observatory Fellow & Principal Investigator, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
07/2013 - 07/2015

Research Associate, Dr. Chengqi Yi’s laboratory

Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University

 

EDUCATION & TRAINING

08/2015 - 02/2022    

Ph.D., Computational Biology & Stem Cell Biology, Vilcek Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences

NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Advisors: Dr. Itai Yanai, Dr. Jef Boeke

08/2015 - 09/2017

M.S./M.Phil., Vilcek Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences

NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Advisors: Dr. Itai Yanai, Dr. Jef Boeke

09/2009 - 06/2013

B.S., Biological Sciences, Honors Program

China Agricultural University

Advisor: Dr. Chengqi Yi (Peking University)

 

HONORS & AWARDS                     

2024                           MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 (Pioneers) - Asia Pacific

2022                           NIH Director's Early Independence Award (DP5)

2022                           The Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award

2022                           Junior Fellow, Society of Fellows, Harvard University

2022                           Genetics Society of America (GSA) James F. Crow Early Career Researcher Award, finalist

2022                           Extraordinary Prize, Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad

2020                           Grand prize winner, The 8th Regeneron Prize for Creative Innovation

2020                           New York State Stem Cell Science (NYSTEM) Pre-doctoral Training Fellowship

2020                           Science Alliance Leadership Training (SALT) Fellow at the New York Academy of Sciences

2019                           Tony B. Academic Travel Award, 2019 Annual Meeting of Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening

2018                           Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening Graduate Education Fellowship Grant, finalist

2018                           Charles J. Epstein Trainee Award for Excellence in Human Genetics Research – Semifinalist and Travel Award, 68th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics

2016                           Outstanding Poster Presentation Award, The 7th Annual Helen L. and Martin S. Kimmel Center for Stem Cell Biology Retreat

2016                           F1000 Outstanding Presentation Prize, The New York Academy of Sciences: Chemical Biology Discussion Group Year-End Symposium

2013                           Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award (≤3%), CAU

2010-2012                  Excellent Academic Performance Scholarship, CAU

2011, 2010                  National Endeavor Scholarship, CAU

2011                            First Prize, CAU 5th ‘Challenge Cup’ Undergraduate Research

2008, 2007                 Second Prize, National Chemistry Olympiad