{"id":533,"date":"2025-10-20T03:30:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T03:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/tom-lin-lab\/?page_id=533"},"modified":"2026-04-20T20:16:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T20:16:41","slug":"members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/tom-lin-lab\/members\/","title":{"rendered":"Members"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-806 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/tom-lin-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1469\/2026\/04\/Lin-2026-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Tom Lin, PhD<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Principal Investigator<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Email: tom.z.lin at rutgers.edu<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Zongtao (Tom) Lin has a profound research interest in Medicinal Proteomics. He is investigating PTM functions and biology to develop novel therapeutic strategies fighting against human diseases such as cancers and neurodegenerative diseases (e.g. AD). Using the state-of-the-art technologies including proteomics, medicinal chemistry, chemical probes, and cell biology, Tom aims to make breakthroughs in protein modifications, PTM-targeted protein degradation, and drug discovery.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Education &amp; Training<\/strong><br \/>\n2023.08-2025.08\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Instructor, Washington University in St Louis<br \/>\n2021.11-2023.07\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Staff Scientist, Washington University in St Louis<br \/>\n2017.09-2021.10\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Postdoc, University of Pennsylvania<br \/>\n2012.08-2017.08\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0PhD, University of Tennessee HSC<br \/>\n2009.09-2012.07\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0MS, Peking University<br \/>\n2005.09-2009.07\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0BS, Zhengzhou University<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Lin, PhD Principal Investigator Email: tom.z.lin at rutgers.edu &nbsp; Zongtao (Tom) Lin has a profound research interest in Medicinal Proteomics. 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