Fenglian Xu, Ph.D., is a program director in the Division of Genetics and Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology. She administers research grants on protein synthesis.
Before joining NIGMS, Xu was an associate professor in the department of biology at Saint Louis University (SLU). Her research at SLU focused on the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying neural development and synapse formation.
Xu earned her Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of Alberta in Canada and conducted postdoctoral research at the Hotchkiss Brian Institute at the University of Calgary in Canada.
To contact Xu, send email to fenglian.xu@nih.gov.
If you’re a reporter wishing to interview Xu, contact the NIGMS Communications and Public Liaison Branch.
