Dr. Qing R. Fan is Professor of Molecular Pharmacology, Therapeutics, Pathology and Cell Biology at Columbia University. She received her bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees from Harvard University. Her graduate thesis was completed in the laboratory of the late Professor Don C. Wiley, and she carried out her postdoctoral training under the guidance of Professor Wayne A. Hendrickson at Columbia University. Her research focuses on structural studies of G-protein-coupled receptors, particularly the calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR), with the goal of understanding the mechanisms underlying receptor signaling. She was a Pew Scholar in Biomedical Sciences, McKnight Scholar in Neuroscience, Irma T. Hirschl Career Scientist, and Schaefer Research Scholar.