{"id":202,"date":"2026-05-10T13:06:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T13:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/gao-lab\/?page_id=202"},"modified":"2026-05-30T12:22:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T12:22:15","slug":"pi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/gao-lab\/pi\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-id202_761ee8-24 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id202_761ee8-24 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id202_761ee8-24 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:600px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-xxl, 5rem);padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-xs, 1rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-xs, 1rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 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style=\"margin-top:0.3rem;margin-bottom:0.3rem;line-height:1.5;text-transform:none\"><strong>Postdoctoral scholar<\/strong>, James Franck Institute, Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0.3rem;margin-bottom:0.3rem;line-height:1.5;text-transform:none\"><strong>Assistant professor<\/strong>, Department of Chemistry, Department of engineering, Boston College<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0.3rem;margin-bottom:0.3rem;line-height:1.5;text-transform:none\"><strong>Contact Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0.3rem;margin-bottom:0.3rem;line-height:1.5;text-transform:none\"><strong>Office<\/strong>: 245 Beacon Street Room 503, Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0.3rem;margin-bottom:0.3rem;line-height:1.5;text-transform:none\"><strong>Email<\/strong>: mengyu[dot]gao[at]bc[dot]edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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