Kun-Liang Guan, PhD

Dr. Kun-Liang Guan is an authority on signal transduction in cell growth regulation, organ size control, and tumorigenesis. Dr. Guan demonstrated the role of tuberous sclerosis tumor suppressors in cell growth by inhibiting mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) and contributed to the establishment of the mTOR signaling network. He discovered the signals and receptors for the elusive Hippo/YAP pathway and revealed the biochemical mechanism of its regulation. Dr. Guan was elected Fellow of the AAAS in 2008 for his pioneering contribution to cell biology and signal transduction.

Dr. Guan earned his bachelor degree from Hangzhou University and PhD from Purdue University. He won the Young Investigator Award from the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the MacArthur Fellow from the MacArthur Foundation, and the Distinguished Alumni Award from Purdue University. Dr. Guan is a highly cited researcher in molecular biology and genetics (Thomson Reuter).