Zhuqing Liang, PhD

Dr. Zhuqing Liang is a postdoctoral researcher specializing in lipid metabolism, mitochondrial function, and the molecular mechanisms of genetic disease. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Stomatology from Nanjing Medical University and began her research journey in Dr. Eugene Xu’s lab at the State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine in Nanjing, China. There, she studied the protein Dazl in spermatogenesis, leading to a publication in National Science Review. Dr. Liang completed her Ph.D. from Dr. Miriam Greenberg’s lab in Biological Sciences at Wayne State University, focusing on cardiolipin’s role in Barth syndrome and its regulation of the TCA cycle and pyruvate dehydrogenase. Her work has appeared in Nature Metabolism, JBC, and other leading journals. Driven by a philosophy that science can be fun, rigorous, and accessible to audiences, Dr. Liang is an American Heart Association Fellow and a contributing reviewer for journals like BBA Lipids and MDPI. Dr. Liang is the upcoming co-chair of the 2025 Gordon Research Seminar on Molecular and Cellular Biology of Lipids. She aims to translate her research into clinical advances to improve human health.