
Technical Electives at MIT:
- Understanding Current Research in Synthetic Biology - 20.385
- Biomaterials-Tissue Interactions - 2.79
- Cellular & Tissue Biomechanics - 20.310
- Mechanics & Materials - 2.001
- Dynamics and Control - 2.003
- Numerical Computation for Mechanical Engineers - 2.086
Hao Xing
Bachelor of Science in Biological Engineering, MIT, 2016
Professional Experience
Co-founder
- Dualflo
- Co-founded Dualflo, an arterial cannula device that aims to reduce lower limb ischemia incidents in patients receiving ECMO; Responsible for fluid dynamic modeling, prototyping, and regulatory affai
- Received Sparq Innovation Prize and selected as one of four finalists at the Rothberg Catalyzer Prize
Canaan-Yale Fellow
- Canaan Partners
- Executed due diligence on past history and current landscape of gene editing technology and gene therapy; Informed this $5 billion venture capital firm of key criteria of gene therapy for investment opportunities; Created an informative database of 158 gene therapy clinical trials from 2007 to 2017 and analyzed uprising trend in therapeutic area and delivery vectors
- Participated in real-time deals and performed due diligence: evaluated 22 clinical indications and recommended 3 clinical indications to repurpose a peptide asset from a potential investment; deep dived into cytokine and TCR therapeutics in immuno-oncology and consolidated recommendations derived from investigation in clinical landscape, manufacturing, development, and market intere
Intern
- Bain & Company
Intern
- Driver Group
Educational Experience
Academic:
- Teaching Assistant: Electricity and Magnetism - 8.02, Analysis of Biomolecular and Cellular Systems - 20.320, Cell Biology - 7.06
- Tutor: Physical Chemistry of Biomolecular Systems - 20.111
MIT Minor(s):
- Mechanical Engineering
MIT Concentration(s):
- Psychology
Participation in Programs:
- MIT Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program
Undergraduate Research Experiences:
- The Mechanobiology Lab – Investigated tumor-associated macrophage polarization under interstitial flow; Received the 3rd Place Znaty-Merck Prize for Research by Undergraduate in BE
- Weiss Lab for Synthetic Biology – Investigated promoter positional effect on yeast gene expression; Team member of 2013 MIT iGEM team, received silver medal for engineering an exosome-mediated cell-to-cell communication system
Publications/Posters:
- Li, R., Serrano, J., Xing, H., Lee, T. A., Azizgolshani H., & Kamm, R. D. Interstitial Flow Promotes Macrophage Migration and Polarization in 3D ECM. Mol Biol Cell. (2018).
- Morris, A.,Stamer, D., Kunkemoeller, B., Chang, J., Xing, H., Kyriakides, T., Decellularized materials derived from TSP2-KO mice promote enhanced neovascularization and integration in diabetic wounds. Biomaterials 169 (2018): 61-71.
- Morris, A.,Lee, H., Stamer, D., Xing, H., Tan, M., Kyriakides, T., Tunable hydrogels derived from genetically engineered extracellular matrix accelerate diabetic wound healing. (ACS Biomaterials in revision)
- Li, R., Hebert, J. D., Lee, T. A., Xing, H., Boussommier-Calleja, A., Hynes, R. O., ... & Kamm, R. D., Macrophage-secreted TNF-alpha and TGF-beta1 Influence Migration Speed and Persistence of Cancer Cells in 3D Tissue Culture via Independent Pathways. Cancer Research (2016), canres-0442.
Activities, interests and hobbies:
MIT Biotech Group – Co-founder of the undergraduate initiative, Competitive ballroom dancer (pre-collegial national champion in China)