Geneticist and computational biologist, Meixia Zhao studies transposable elements — also known as “jumping genes” — using maize as a model system. She joined Miami University in fall 2018 as assistant ...

Meixia Zhao, assistant professor of Biology, has been recognized as one of the top young faculty in her field by the National Science Foundation (NSF) with the award of a $900,094 CAREER grant from ...