Summary
Peng Gao is an analytical chemist and exposure scientist with nine years of interdisciplinary experience spanning environmental health, exposomics, analytical chemistry, and metagenomics. Trained with a PhD from the University of Florida and postdoctoral experience on human exposome projects at Stanford Medicine, he now serves as an Assistant Professor at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and holds affiliations with Broad Institute and Dana‑Farber/Harvard Cancer Center. He has authored nearly forty peer‑reviewed articles, reviewed almost 400 manuscripts, and sits on editorial boards for multiple top environmental science journals, reflecting deep influence on the field’s scholarly standards. Peng’s work bridges environmental chemistry and biomedical applications, translating high‑resolution analytical methods into population‑level exposure and toxicology insights. He brings an uncommon blend of bench expertise and systems‑level thinking—equally comfortable developing analytical workflows and shaping disciplinary directions through peer review and editorial leadership. Based in Boston, he continues to expand collaborative networks across academia and cancer research centers to tackle complex exposome questions.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree Chemistry, Master’s Degree Chemistry at Case Western Reserve University
Bachelor’s Degree Chemistry, Bachelor’s Degree Chemistry at China Agricultural University
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Soil and Water Sciences Minors: Toxicology & Environmental Engineering Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Soil and Water Sciences Minors: Toxicology & Environmental Engineering Sciences at University of Florida
English, Chinese, Chinese