Xiaobo Li, 37Minneapolis, MN

Minneapolis, MN

Higher Education

National University of Singapore
Assistant Professor Lyft May 2017 - Aug 2017
Data Science Intern Target Jun 2016 - Aug 2016
Data Science Graduate Intern University of Minnesota Jun 2016 - Aug 2016
Phd Student Sutd Singapore University of Technology & Design Oct 2012 - Aug 2013
Research Assistant

University of Minnesota 2013 - 2017
Doctorates, Doctor of Philosophy, Industrial Engineering, Philosophy City University of Hong Kong 2010 - 2012
Masters, Management, Philosophy University of Science and Technology of China 2006 - 2010
Bachelors, Bachelor of Science, Physics

Matlab, Latex, Machine Learning, Statistics, Simulations, Data Analysis, Algorithms, Mathematical Modeling, Research, Science, Nanotechnology, Mathematica, Physics, Materials Science

Project Leader at Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution for Science

Stanford, California

Biotechnology

Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution for Science - Stanford, CA since Nov 2012
Project Leader Michigan State University Aug 2007 - Oct 2012
PhD thesis research Xi’an Jiaotong University Mar 2007 - Jul 2007
Bachelor thesis project Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Beijing, China Jun 2006 - Aug 2006
Internship

Michigan State University 2007 - 2012
Ph.D., Plant Biology Xi'an Jiaotong University 2003 - 2007
B.E., Bioengineering

Molecular Cloning, qPCR, Western Blotting, high-throughput mutant screen, Genetic manipulation in algae/yeasts (overexpression, knockout, knockdown), yeast mating and sporulation, Flux analysis by isotope labeling, Lipid analysis by thin-layer chromatography and gas-liquid chromatography, In vitro enzyme assays, Southern blotting, Analysis of large-scale transcriptomic datasets, Genetic Engineering, Fluorescence Microscopy, Protein Purification, Southern Blot, Genetics, Protein Chemistry, Metabolic Engineering, Molecular Biology, Assay Development

biochemistry, genomics, molecular biology, algal biotechnology, lipids, metabolic engineering, photosynthesis

Hans Kende Award
Michigan State University-Department of Energy Plant Research Lab
For best dissertation in plant science at MSU
Bessey Research Award
Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University
For outstanding dissertation research
Travel Award
American Society of Plant Biologists
$750. For attending Plant Biology 2013
Travel Fund
MSU-DOE Plant Research Lab
$400. To support a selected oral presentation at Plant Biology 2011 (American Society of Plant Biologists).
Second Award of Presentation
The 9th Plant Science Graduate Student Research Forum
Paul Taylor Award
Department of Plant Biology, MSU
$540. To support a selected oral presentation at Plant Biology 2011 (American Society of Plant Biologists).
Travel Fund
MSU-DOE Plant Research Lab
$400. To support a presentation on the 14th International Conference on Chlamydomonas
GEDD Fellowship
Gene Expression in Development and Disease Focus Group, MSU
$25, 000. To support the project “Regulatory networks controlling oil biosynthesis and breakdown in the microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii”
Relocation Fellowship
MSU-DOE Plant Research Lab
$1000. For relocation from China to USA.
University Outstanding Graduate
Xi'an Jiaotong University
For excellence in overall achievements during undergraduate study
China National Petroleum Corporation Scholarship
China National Petroleum Corporation
￥3, 000. For excellence in GPA.
Chinese Academy of Sciences Scholarship
Chinese Academy of Sciences
￥5, 000. For excellence in GPA.
National Scholarship
The Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Education, People's Republic of China
￥6, 000 + ￥4, 850 tuition waiver. For excellence in GPA.
First Prize in Contest of Advanced Mathematics of Shaanxi Province
The Mathematic Association of Shaanxi Province
Travel Fund
National Science Foundation
$1080. To present on Gordon Research Conference-Plant lipids