Huaxi Xu
Professor and Director
Jeanne and Gary Herberger Leadership Chair in Neuroscience R
Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Xu earned his bachelor’s degree in biochemistry at the Xiamen University in Xiamen, China and his doctorate in Cell Biology from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, NY. He completed his postgraduate studies with a fellowship from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and at The Rockefeller University. In 1998 Dr. Xu became an Assistant Professor at the Fisher Center for Research on Alzheimer Disease, Rockefeller University. In 2003 Dr. Xu joined the Neurodegenerative Disease Program at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research as Associate Professor and in 2008 as a Professor. During this time he was Acting Director (2007-2011) of the Neurodegenerative Disease Program. In 2016 Dr. Xu was appointed Director of the Neuroscience Initiative.
Research Interest
Alzheimer’s disease, cognitive functions, Signaling systems
