Li-Yao Huang
Cancer Researcher | CRISPR • Genome Engineering | Oxford DPhil • Founder
Experience
Career
2026FinalDose
Chief Scientific Officer · Oxford, England, United Kingdom · 2026 – Present
2020MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine
Postdoctoral Researcher · Oxford, England, United Kingdom · 2020 – 2025
2020The Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford
Postdoctoral Researcher · Oxford, England, United Kingdom · 2020
Bio
Founder at FinalDose (YC P26). DPhil in Biochemistry from Oxford, where he spent 5 years as a postdoctoral researcher at the MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine. Led CRISPR screening projects uncovering new druggable targets in cancer cells and built pipelines reducing hit validation time from months to 7 days. Research focuses on BRCA1-deficient cancers and PARP inhibitor resistance mechanisms.