hao bao received his m.d. degree from the medical school of nanjing university in 2008. since 2009, he has been working at the national clinical research center of kidney diseases. during 2010-2011, he worked as a visiting scholar at brown university in the united states. he is currently an associate chief physician in the department of nephrology at jinling hospital, and an associate professor and doctoral supervisor at the medical school of nanjing university. he has been recognized as one of the “six peak talents” in jiangsu province and the “peak talents support plan” in nanjing university. his research focuses on the fundamental research and clinical treatment of kidney diseases, as well as biomaterials and kidney diseases.