Jimmy is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Oral Biology & Medicine at the UCLA School of Dentistry. He received his B.Sc. in Biomedical Sciences from University of Auckland, New Zealand and completed his Ph.D. degree in Genetics in Dr. Cliff Tabin’s laboratory at Harvard University. He then carried out his postdoctoral training in Dr. Ophir Klein’s laboratory at UCSF.

Dr. Hu has a long-standing interest in developmental and stem cell biology and has focused his research on understanding tissue morphogenesis and stem cell-based renewal. Using craniofacial structures as model systems, he and his team investigate how signaling pathways, biomechanical forces, and tissue architecture work in concert to shape organs during development and renew, as well as regenerate, tissues in adults.