Li-Jun Ma

Li-Jun Ma is a research scientist for the Fungal Genome Initiative (FGI) at the Broad Institute. She is responsible for managing and analyzing several of the fungal genomes generated through the FGI.

Li-Jun earned her Ph.D. in fungal genetics from the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry. After receiving her degree, Li-Jun received a postdoctoral fellowship to study protein evolution in Walter Gilbert's laboratory in the department of molecular and cellular biology at Harvard University.