Tao is currently the group lead of biomolecule mass spectrometry team at Moderna. Tao joined Moderna in 2016. During his career in Moderna, he pioneered research on LC-MS characterization of mRNA and related biomolecules, including oligonucleotide sequence mapping, intact mRNA LC-MS, and mRNA-lipid adduct analysis. Tao graduated from University of Michigan as a PhD in 2016.