Dr. Merissa Xiao earned her Ph.D. in structural biology and biotechnology from Leiden University and her B.S. in bioengineering from Northeast Agricultural University. Her graduate work focused on antibiotic biosynthesis and drug-target interactions. Dr. Xiao’s main lab competencies lie in molecular biology, chemistry biology and structural biology. In 2021, she joined the lab of Dr. Huilin Li as a postdoctoral fellow.