Anthony

K. L.

Leung

,

PhD

Dr. Anthony Leung – a scientist and an inventor – is an expert in the area of RNA, ADP-ribosylation and proteomics. Dr. Leung completed his four-year Master in Biochemistry degree at the Exeter College, University of Oxford. Funded by the Croucher Scholarship from Hong Kong and Overseas Research Scheme from United Kingdom, Dr. Leung earned his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Dundee under the guidance of Dr. Angus I. Lamond. Using quantitative proteomes and imaging approaches, Dr. Leung characterized the nucleolar proteome dynamics and discovered a novel nucleolar localization pathway during his Ph.D. In 2004, Dr. Leung was awarded the Human Frontier Science Program Long-term Fellowship and, subsequently in 2007, a Special Fellowship from The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society to perform postdoctoral research on microRNAs under the mentorship of Nobel Laureate Dr. Phillip A. Sharp at MIT. In 2010, Dr. Leung hold a secondary postdoctoral appointment with Dr. Paul Chang at MIT on investigating a therapeutically important protein modification called ADP-ribosylation. Dysregulation of ADP-ribosylation metabolism results in neurodegenerative disorders, virus infection and cancer susceptibility.

Dr. Leung started his lab in 2011 as an Assistant Professor, and currently an Associate Professor, in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Johns Hopkins University. Funded by the Idea Award from the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program, Dr. Leung developed a novel non-biased technique to identify the sites of ADP-ribosylation – a technical breakthrough of the field. He was since then recognized with numerous accolades: Top 5 Agilent Early Career Professor (2013), the Inaugural Johns Hopkins Catalyst Award (2015), Research Scholar Award from the American Cancer Society (2016), and Top 10 Finalist for the American Society of Cell Biology–Gibco Emerging Leader Prize (2016). Dr. Leung has authored over 40 peer-reviewed publications, invited book chapters and review articles. Because of his expertise, Dr. Leung has been frequently invited to review for many scientific journals, serve on editorial boards, chair scientific sessions and speak at international meetings. Dr. Leung is highly collaborative on multidisciplinary projects and grants with experts in virology (Dr. Diane Griffin), oncology (Dr. Ben Park), chemistry (Dr. Marc Greenberg), biophysics (Dr. Sua Myong), proteomics (Dr. Shao-En Ong) and single molecule diagnostics (Dr. Al Celedon; Scanogen Inc.). In addition, Dr. Leung actively involves in patient education by initiating direct conversations between basic scientists and cancer survivors.