William Mair is a Professor of Molecular Metabolism at Harvard, and Director of the Harvard TH Chan Healthy Aging Initiative. He received his BSc in Genetics and PhD in Biology from University College London, and completed his postdoctoral training at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, CA. The Mair lab studies mechanisms that mitigate the risks of aging, with a focus on metabolism and how changes to food intake can impact the aging process. They are defining how nutrient and energy sensors in cells become dysfunctional with age, leading to metabolic inflexibility and acerated aging. Dr. Mair’s work aims to develop therapeutics that maintain healthy metabolic function, thereby enabling our bodies to process the food we eat effectively as we age to prolong healthy aging. Dr Mair has won numerous awards for his work on aging and geroscience, including the American Federation Breakthrough in Gerontology Award, the Glenn Medical Foundation for Medical Research Scholar Award and the Ellison Medical Foundation New Scholar in Aging Research Award. He is co-founding director of the MBL Biology of Aging Summer Research Course, and organizes several international conferences on geroscience and aging biology.
