About
Ding received his B.S. and M.S. in Chemistry from Peking University in China and obtained his doctoral degree from the University of Washington at Seattle. His research focused on MS-supported biomedical screening of genetic diseases in newborns under Dr. Michael Gelb. During his post-doctoral training with Dr. Peipei Ping at UCLA DGSOM, Ding led and made key contributions to multiple projects involving omics-supported characterization of protein degradation machineries and protein turnover dynamics in heart. Since his promotion as a research faculty of the Physiology Department in 2012, Ding has focused on research areas including oxidative stress and post-translational modifications (PTMs) underlying cardiovascular diseases.