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.
2017-present Genome Biology Editor
2017-present The CRISPR Journal Associate Editor-in-chief
2018-present Science China Life Sciences Editor
2020-present Journal of Genetics and Genomics Associate Editor-in-chief
2020-presnet Cell Editor
2020-present Trends in Biotechnology Editor
2020-present Trends in Genetics Editor
2020-present Gene and Genome Editing Editor