Xinyi Cynthia Kuang

Xinyi (Cynthia) Kuang is a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Chemistry at Washington University in St. Louis, working in the laboratory of Dr. Michael L. Gross. Her research focuses on developing and applying mass spectrometry-based footprinting techniques, including HDX-MS, XL-MS, and covalent labeling to investigate protein higher-order structures and protein interactions in various biological systems. Her current projects span viral immune evasion mechanisms, Alzheimer’s disease aggregation pathways, and redox signaling in cancer metabolism. She is passionate about advancing integrative structural mass spectrometry approaches and aims to continue research in this area after graduation.