New Members
Kristin C. Zhao, Ph.D., M.S.
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

B.A., The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, 1991.
M.S., The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, 1994.
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minn., 2013.
Appointed to the staff of Mayo Clinic, 2018; Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, 2007-present; director, Assistive and Restorative Technology Laboratory, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2013-present; director, Mayo Spinal Cord Injury Research Program, 2016-present; Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, 2017-present; graduate program director, Biomedical Engineering and Physiology Programs, Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 2022-present; Joint appointment, Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, 2023-present; Chair for Research, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2023-present.