Dr. Evandro F. Fang is a molecular gerontologist, leading an international anti-aging laboratory at the University of Oslo; his team is composed of 15+ trainees from 7+ countries. He did his PhD with Chair Professor Tzi Bun Ng at the Chinese University of Hong Kong on anti-cancer drug development, and his postdoc with Profs. Vilhelm Bohr and Mark Mattson at the National Institute on Ageing, Baltimore USA on the molecular mechanisms of ageing and Alzheimer’s disease. 

On the 2nd Oct. 2017, Dr. Evandro F. Fang established his independent laboratory at the University of Oslo, Norway. His laboratory is focused on the molecular mechanisms of human ageing and age-predisposed neurodegeneration. More specifically, the Fang lab are working on the molecular mechanisms of how cells clear their damaged and aged mitochondria, a process called “mitophagy”, as well as the roles of mitophagy in Alzheimer’s disease. He is fascinated with and actively engaged in moving his laboratory findings to translational applications, with the overarching goal to establish novel and safe biological approaches to promote longer and healthier human lives. Based on the discoveries of the efficacy of boosting NAD+ and turning up mitophagy on promoting healthy longevity and memory by himself and co-workers, he has been involved in 5+ clinical trials (including leading 1).