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Editorial Board

Editorial Board

  • Editor-in-Chief

    • Prof.  Donghai Lin

      Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China.

      Research Interests:
      metabolomics; structural biology; biomolecular NMR; sarcopenia; cancer cachexia.
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  • Editorial Board Members

    • Prof.  Liang Li

      Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

      Research Interests:
      liquid chromatography; mass spectrometry; chemical isotope labeling; analytical chemistry.
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    • Prof.  Yuming Guo

      School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

      Research Interests:
      air pollution; climate change; habitat and health; spatial epidemiology; environmental pollution exposure assessment; AI in environmental epidemiology.
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    • Prof.  Zongwei Cai

      State Key Laboratory of Environmental and Biological Analysis, Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China

      Research Interests:
      metabolomics; environmental toxicology; analytical chemistry.
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    • Prof.  Yu Bai

      College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.

      Research Interests:
      single cell metabolomic analysis; metabolomics; ambient ionization; bio-mass spectrometry.
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    • Prof.  James J. Chou

      Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.

      Research Interests:
      receptor signaling; immunology; protein dynamics; NMR; structural biology.
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    • Prof.  Fangcong Dong

      Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

      Research Interests:
      metabolomics; gut microbes; aryl hydrocarbon receptor; mass spectrometry.
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    • Prof.  Feng Gao

      Key Laboratory of Aerospace Medicine of the Ministry of Education, Aerospace Medicine School, Air Force Medical University (Fourth Military Medical University), Xi’an, Shaanxi, China.

      Research Interests:
      exercise; cardiovascular protection; cardiometabolic health; vascular aging.
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    • Prof.  Haiwei Gu

      Health Through Microbiomes Faculty, Biodesign Center for Health Through Microbiomes, College of Health Solutions, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, USA.

      Research Interests:
      mass spectrometry (MS)-based metabolomics; drug metabolism; biological sciences.
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    • Prof.  Liang Guo

      School of Exercise and Health, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China.

      Research Interests:
      exercise; metabolic health; adipose metabolism; MASLD; glycolipid metabolism.
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    • Dr.  Daniel Hackett

      Faculty of Medicine & Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

      Research Interests:
      neurodegeneration; musculoskeletal conditions; sarcopenia; aging; exercise.
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    • Prof.  M. Brennan Harris

      Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences, William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA.

      Research Interests:
      exercise physiology; vascular physiology; endothelial nitric oxide synthase; hypoxia; stress.
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    • Prof.  Shen Hu

      School of Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, USA.

      Research Interests:
      metabolomics of cancer and autoimmune diseases; multi-omics; nanomedicine.
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    • Prof.  Peng Huang

      State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

      Research Interests:
      cancer metabolism; reactive oxygen species; redox signaling; mitochondria; anticancer agents.
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    • Prof.  Ren Lai

      Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China.

      Research Interests:
      toxin; peptide; disease mechanism; drug development.
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    • Prof.  Tian Lan

      School of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.

      Research Interests:
      new pharmacological targets and innovative drug discovery for metabolic diseases.
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    • Prof.  Ming Lei

      Shanghai Institute of Precision Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.

      Research Interests:
      structure and function of chromosome.
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    • Assoc. Prof.  Jia Li

      Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London, UK.

      Research Interests:
      metabolomics; nutrition; gut microbiome; gut inflammation and cancer.
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    • Prof.  Qinxi Li

      State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China.

      Research Interests:
      metabolism; oncogene; proliferation; cell death.
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    • Prof.  Maofu Liao

      Department of Chemical Biology, School of Life Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.

      Research Interests:
      Cryo-EM; membrane proteins; structural biology.
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    • Prof.  Tiemin Liu

      • 1. Human Phenome Institute, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
      • 2. Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
      • 3. Shanghai Key Laboratory of Metabolic Remodeling and Health, Institute of Metabolism and Integrative Biology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
      Research Interests:
      metabolism; Hypothalamus; obesity; diabetes.
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    • Prof.  Zhiyong Lou

      School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

      Research Interests:
      molecular virology.
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    • Prof.  Haitao Lyu

      School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Traditional Chinese Medicine Phenome Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Environmental and Biological Analysis, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China.

      Research Interests:
      functional metabolomics; precision medicine; gut microbiome; early drug discovery.
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    • Prof.  Weiqin Lu

      Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA.

      Research Interests:
      pancreatic cancer; cancer metabolism; RAS.
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    • Prof.  Lifeng Pan

      Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.

      Research Interests:
      structural biology and chemical biology of proteins.
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    • Prof.  Lijun Shi

      Department of Exercise Physiology, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, China.

      Research Interests:
      exercise; cardiovascular; blood pressure; ion channel; obesity.
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    • Prof.  Guanghou Shui

      Guangzhou Laboratory, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

      Research Interests:
      lipidomics; metabolomics; disease biomarkers.
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    • Assist. Prof.  Binu P. Thomas

      Advanced Imaging Research Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.

      Research Interests:
      aging; mild cognitive impairment; Alzheimer's; cerebral blood flow; cerebrovascular physiology; BBB permeability.
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    • Prof.  Feng Tang

      Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.

      Research Interests:
      interaction proteomics; DNA damage sequencing; environmental toxicology; epigenetics.
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    • Prof.  Zhenjun Tian

      Institute of Sports and Exercise Biology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.

      Research Interests:
      exercise; cardiovascular health; brain-body interaction; exerkines; cytokines.
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    • Prof.  Simon W. Chan

      Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong, China.

      Research Interests:
      food; chemical toxicology.
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    • Prof.  Jianbo Wan

      State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, China.

      Research Interests:
      metabolomics; chemical derivatization; chemoselective; quality evaluation of Chinese medicines.
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    • Prof.  Yanan Wang

      Med-X Institute, Center for Immunological and Metabolic Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China.

      Research Interests:
      obesity-related disorders; energy metabolism; gut microbiota and metabolites; adipose tissue function.
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    • Prof.  Yanli Wang

      Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

      Research Interests:
      mechanism of CRISPR/Cas system; structure and function of the argonaute silencing complex.
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    • Prof.  Yulan Wang

      Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine,Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

      Research Interests:
      metabolomics; nutrition and health; intestinal flora.
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    • Prof.  Yunxing Wang

      Protein-Nucleic Acid Interaction Section, Center for Structural Biology, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, USA.

      Research Interests:
      RNA structural biology; RNA structural dynamics; lncRNA; RNA structure and conformation space prediction; RNA devices.
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    • Prof.  Xiangxi Wang

      Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

      Research Interests:
      innate immunity; host-pathogen interaction.
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    • Prof.  Zhiliang Wei

      Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.

      Research Interests:
      brain physiology; pathophysiological mechanism; Alzheimer's disease; vascular dementia.
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    • Prof.  Bin Xia

      College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.

      Research Interests:
      structural biology; biomolecular NMR; transcription regulation; bacterial xenogeneic silencing and counter-silencing.
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    • Prof.  Liwei Xie

      Shenzhen University of Advanced Technology, Guangdong, China

      Research Interests:
      skeletal muscle; brown adipose tissue; beige adipocyte; probiototics; postbiotics.
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    • Prof.  Huaqiang Xu

      Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.

      Research Interests:
      structure and function of hormone receptors and drug development.
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    • Prof.  Zhen Yan

      Department of Human Nutrition, Food and Exercise, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA.

      Research Interests:
      exercise; healthspan; skeletal muscle adaptation; synaptic plasticity; mitochondrial remodeling.
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    • Prof.  Baoru Yang

      Food sciences, Department of life technologies, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.

      Research Interests:
      biochemistry and chemistry of lipids; food metabolomics.
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    • Prof.  Xiaojun Yao

      Faculty of Applied Sciences, Macao Polytechnic University, Macao, China.

      Research Interests:
      molecular modeling; bioinformatics; artificial intelligence driven drug discovery.
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    • Prof.  Huiyong Yin

      Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Biomedicine, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.

      Research Interests:
      metabolomics; redox biology; lipid peroxidation; hepatocellular carcinoma; cardiovascular disease.
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    • Prof.  Shimin Zhao

      State Key Lab of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences Obstetrics & Gynecology Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

      Research Interests:
      metabolites; sensing; cell signaling.
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    • Prof.  Lemin Zheng

      Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China.

      Research Interests:
      metabolism; cardiovascular; gut microbiota; translational medicine.
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    • Prof.  Jian Zhang

      Molecular Design Laboratory, Institute of Medical Science, Department of Pharmaceutical and Artificial-Intelligence Sciences, Medical Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China.

      Research Interests:
      AI drug design; chemical biology; allosteric activators and inhibitors.
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    • Prof.  Xiaojiao Zheng

      Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.

      Research Interests:
      metabolomics; bile acid; gut microbiota; metabolic diseases.
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    • Prof.  Zhenghong Zhou

      Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, USA.

      Research Interests:
      structural biology; cryoEM; microbiology.
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    • Prof.  Dahai Zhu

      The State Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and School of Basic Medicine, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.

      Research Interests:
      muscle metabolism; muscle stem cells; organ cross talk; anti-obesity drug.
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    • Prof.  Donghui Liu

      Department of Geriatrics, Guangzhou First People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

      Research Interests:
      glucose and lipid metabolism; oxidative stress; inflammation; atherosclerosis; vascular aging.
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    • Prof.  Xinyu Liu

      Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, Liaoning, China.

      Research Interests:
      metabolomics and exposomics.
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  • Youth Editorial Board

    • Dr.  Maria Guadalupe Mora Alvarez

      Developing Brain Institute (DBI), Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, USA.

      Research Interests:
      fMRI; ASL; DTI; tractography.
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    • Assist. Prof.  Kimberly Chan

      Advanced Imaging Research Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.

      Research Interests:
      MR spectroscopy; MR spectroscopic imaging; MRI; brain; GABA; glutamate; glutamine; glioma; major depressive disorder; bipolar disorder; epilepsy; MEGA-PRESS; metabolite mapping; AI; neural networks.
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    • Dr.  Chengyan Chu

      Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.

      Research Interests:
      stem cells; anti-inflammatory drugs.
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    • Dr.  Simon Chong Chu

      The Chu Laboratory, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center, Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

      Research Interests:
      genomic repeat sequences, computational biology.
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    • Prof.  Li Ou

      Vaccine Research Center, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA.

      Research Interests:
      biology; vaccine design; vaccinology; antibody.
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    • Dr.  Vibha Dwivedi

      Protein-Nucleic Acid Interaction Section, Center for Structural Biology, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, USA.

      Research Interests:
      RNA biology; immunotherapy; biochemistry; cell biology; neurodegeneration; cytogenetics; ayurveda.
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    • Dr.  Junping Hong

      The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA.

      Research Interests:
      antibody development; vaccine design; structural biology.
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    • Dr.  Xian Luo

      Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

      Research Interests:
      metabolomics; LC-MS; chemical isotope labeling.
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    • Assist. Prof.  Jutarop Phetcharaburanin

      National Phenome Institute and Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand.

      Research Interests:
      host-microbiota crosstalk in NCDs and cancers.
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    • Assist. Prof.  Seung-Eon Roh

      Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.

      Research Interests:
      Neuroscience; Neural circuits; Synapse; Sleep; Alzheimer’s disease.
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    • Dr.  Rohit K. Srivastava

      Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.

      Research Interests:
      neuroscience; neurodegeneration; molecular biology; pediatric cancer.
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    • Assoc. Prof.  Aline M. Thomas

      Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.

      Research Interests:
      imaging / MRI; amino acid metabolism; cancer immunity; inflammation; autoimmune disease.
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    • Assist. Prof.  Yuto Uchida

      Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.

      Research Interests:
      Alzheimer’s disease; MRI; deep learn technique in MRI.
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    • Dr.  Yahui Wang

      Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.

      Research Interests:
      focuses on using liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry-based metabolomics to understand metabolic reprogramming in diseases, particularly cancer.
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    • Assoc. Prof.  Wei Wei

      Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.

      Research Interests:
      metabolic signaling; secretory factors.
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    • Dr.  Pengzhi Wu

      Department of Biology, Institute of Biochemistry, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

      Research Interests:
      NMR study of RNA; protein-nucleic acid complex.
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    • Dr.  Xiuli Yang

      Department of Neurology/Radiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.

      Research Interests:
      stroke; neurodegenerative diseases; brain imaging; MRI.
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    • Assist. Prof.  Fang (Rose) Zhu

      Department of Entomology, Penn State University, University Park, PA, USA.

      Research Interests:
      metabolomics; pesticide resistance; stress signaling, xenobiotic adaptation; athropod structural biology.
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    • Prof.  Tae-Sik Park

      Department of Life Sciences, Gachon University, Seongnam, Gyeonggido, Republic of Korea.

      Research Interests:
      lipidology, sphingolipid metabolism, liver disease, ligand design, gene delivery.
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