Former Lab Members:
Yalan Yang, Postdoc Associate (2021-2026 ) Ph.D, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences > PI at AGIS - CAAS
Kaining Hu, Postdoc Associate (2021-2026 ) Ph.D, Huazhong Agricultural University > Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, CAS
Cai Qi, Postdoc Associate (2018-2021) Ph.D, Peking University Health Science Center > Research Scientist at Yale University
Research Assistants:
Jiaming Qiu, Research Analyst (2024-2026) M.S. and B.S., Jilin Univ. > PhD at U of Illinois
Jesse Kimball, Research Technologist (2024-2026) B.S. U Pitt > PhD at Case Western
Rong Zhong, Ph.D, Research Professional (2020-2022) > Retired
Graduate students:
Yiru Dong, rotation (CON), UofC (2026)
Pinky Lee, DRSB, 2022-2023 > O'Malley lab
Hang Chen, GGSB, 2022-2023 > Z. Zhang lab
Max Chu, rotation (CMB), UofC (2022)
Kay Lapre, rotation (CON), UofC (2022)
Duhman Muhtaseb, rotation (HG), UofC (2021)
Ashleigh Polo, rotation (CON), UofC (2020)
Shalise Burch, rotation (DRSB), UofC (2020)
Nikita Mehta, rotation (CON), UofC (2020)
Xinran Feng, graduate student (HG), UofC (2019)
Wenhe Lin, rotation (HG), UofC (2019)
Zhuoyue Shi, rotation (GGSB), UofC (2018)
College Students:
Sophia Lee, University of Chicago, Class of 2028 DNUFO summer 2025
Dellara Sheibani, University of Chicago, Quad Research Scholar (2024-2026)
Jessica Tanouye, undergraduate at UChicago, DNUFO summer program (2024)
Rachel Zhang, UChicago Class of 2024, Odyssey Scholar, Quad Research Scholar, NESTTP Scholar > MD at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Grace Hu, undergraduate at UChicago, DNUFO summer program (2023)
Doris Han, undergraduate at UChicago, DNUFO summer program (2022)
Kevin Li, undergraduate at UC Berkeley (2019)
Jasper Lee, undergraduate at UChicago (2019-2020) — MD training at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine with a full merit-based scholarship
Yuheng Liu, undergraduate from Tsinghua Univ., REU summer program (2019) — PhD candidate at Tsinghua Univ.
Irena Feng, undergraduate at UChicago (2018-2019) — MD-PhD at Boston University
Isadora Kucera, undergraduate at UChicago, DNUFO summer program (2018)
High School Students:
Izzy Ji, U-High, Summer 2025 and 2026
Luke Barth, U-High (Summer 2025) > University of Notre Dame
Maxine Hurst, U-High (Summer 2024) > Cornell University
Nate Westneat, high school student, Summer Link (2018) > University of Chicago