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Ken Huaijin Loh, PhD

Assistant Professor in Comparative Medicine
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Yale University

PO Box 27391

West Haven, CT 06516-7392

United States

About

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Assistant Professor in Comparative Medicine

Biography

Ken Loh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Comparative Medicine in the Institute for Biomolecular Design and Discovery at Yale University’s West Campus. A native of Singapore, he received his B.S. in Chemistry from Harvey Mudd College in 2009 and earned his Ph.D in Chemistry with Alice Ting at MIT in 2016, developing chemical-enzymatic methodologies for tagging proteins in cells. Ken next received postdoctoral training with Jeffrey Friedman at Rockefeller University, studying the role of leptin in its regulation of sympathetic nerves in the fat organ, and joined the faculty at Yale in August of 2022. His lab is interested in studying brain-body interactions at a molecular length scale, using tools in chemical biology.

Appointments

Education & Training

NIH Pathway to Independence K99 Fellow
The Rockefeller University (2022)
Helen Hay Whitney Postdoctoral Fellow
The Rockefeller University (2021)
PhD
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chemistry (2016)
BSc
Harvey Mudd College, Chemistry (2009)

Research

Overview

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Autonomic Nervous System; Biochemistry; Diabetes Mellitus; Neurobiology; Obesity; Peripheral Nervous System; Proteomics; Synapses

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Ken Huaijin Loh's published research.

Publications

2022

2020

2017

2016

2013

2012

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

  • honor

    2025 ORAU Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award

  • honor

    Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship Award in Neuroscience

  • honor

    NIH Pathway to Independence Award K99/R00

  • honor

    Helen Hay Whitney Postdoctoral Fellowship

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Contacts

Mailing Address

Yale University

PO Box 27391

West Haven, CT 06516-7392

United States

Administrative Support

Locations

  • Institute of Biomolecular Design and Discovery

    Academic Office

    West Campus Molecular Innovations Center

    600 West Campus Drive, Rm 312D

    West Haven, CT 06516

    Business Office

    203.737.3870

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