Elaine Hsiao, Ph.D.
De Logi Associate Professor of Biological Sciences Director, UCLA Goodman-Luskin Center, University of California, Los Angeles
Hsiao is a director of the UCLA Goodman-Luskin Microbiome Center and De Logi associate professor of biological sciences at UCLA, where she is interested in all things microbial, neural and immune. She completed her B.S. in Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics at UCLA, which sparked her love for molecular biology and bacteria. She went on to complete her Ph.D. in Neurobiology at Caltech, where she studied the neurobiological bases of autism and schizophrenia with a focus on maternal effects on fetal development and neuroimmune and microbial contributions to behavioral disorders. Inspired by the amazing and complex interactions between body systems, the Hsiao laboratory is investigating how peripheral changes in the immune system and resident microbiota impact the nervous system.