Dr. Gao received her Ph.D. degree from the China Agricultural University in 1997. From 1997 to 2009, she served as a Research Scientist at DLF’s biotechnology group in Denmark, where she worked on plant genetic transformation and molecular biology. Now she is a Principal Investigator at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Her research group focuses on developing precision genome editing technologies and establishing foundational methods on using genome editing to breed for new and sustainable crops. She has developed new crops that are more nutritious, disease resistant, and stress tolerant. Her research was selected as one of 2016 MIT Technology Review’s 10 Breakthrough Technologies and one of the most cited Nature Biotechnology papers over its 20 year history in 2016. Also in 2016, Caixia was selected as one of Nature’s ten science stars of China.
Since 2023 Board of Reviewing Editors, Science
Since 2023 Advisory Board, Molecular Cell
Since 2023 Associate Editor, SCIENCE CHINA Life Sciences
Since 2020 Advisory Board, Cell
Since 2020 Editorial Board, Gene and Genome Editing
Since 2020 Advisory Board, Trends in Biotechnology
Since 2020 Advisory Board, Trends in Genetics
Since 2017 Editorial Board, Genome Biology
2018-2020 Editorial Board, The CRISPR Journal
2017-2020 Editorial Board, Plant Biotechnology Journal