Dr. Zhe Cao grew up in Anhui, an inland province of central China. He did his undergraduate at Nanjing University (NJU) and then his PhD with Dr. Ho Yi Mak in Life Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). Using the nematode C. elegans, Zhe investigated conserved mechanisms of lipid droplet expansion and is intrigued by the subcellular plasticity of organelle architecture and functions. In the Hotamışlıgil lab, Zhe will continue to invest his passion on organelle biology and study how organelles are remodelled in adaptation to metabolic stresses.
