#  Bo Xia, Ph.D. 

 



**ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS**

Sort09/2025 - 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**

Sort08/2015 - 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