Fangfei Qin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Position:
- Core Member at State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology
- Associate Professor at Tianjin University, School of Synthetic Biology and Biomanufacturing
Biography
Dr. Fangfei Qin is a core member of the State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology and an associate professor in the School of Synthetic Biology and Biomanufacturing, Tianjin University. She started her lab in 2025 to develop chemical biology and genomic tools to better understand chromatinized microenvironment for genetic disease therapy.
Qin joined Tianjin University after conducting postdoc research at Whitehead Institute/MIT with Professor Rudolf Jaenisch, where she pursued transposable elements and stem cell study. Qin received her B.S. in Pharmacy in Sun Yat-sen University and her Ph.D. in Chemical Biology from Peking University with Prof. Peng R. Chen.
Education
- 2015-2020: Ph.D. in Chemical Biology, Peking University
- 2022-2024: Postdoc, Whitehead Institute/MIT
- 2008-2012: B.S. in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University
Teaching
- 解码生命 (Decoding Life), Fall semester, 2026-2027
Honors and Awards
- 2025, Tianjin Yingcai Researcher Award (Tianjin University)
- 2025-present, American Chemical Society Membership
- 2024, King Trust Fellowship
- 2020, Outstanding Graduate Award of Beijing
- 2020, Outstanding Graduate Award of Peking University
- 2017, Exceptional Award for Academic Innovation
- 2016, May 4th Scholarship
- 2008, 2009, National Encouragement Scholarship
Contact
- Email: fangfeiqin@tju.edu.cn
- Location: Tianjin University, China