Principal Investigator
Xiaochang Zhang, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Human Genetics
Member, the Neuroscience Institute
Investigator, the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative
Email: xczhang AT uchicago.edu
Postdoctoral Associates
Xiangbin Ruan, Postdoc Associate (2018- )
M.D., Wuhan University; Ph.D, Peking Union Medical College
Email: xiangbinruan AT uchicago.edu
Runwei Yang, Postdoc Associate (2021- )
M.D., Southern Medical University (8yr, Neurosurgery)
Email: yangrunwei AT uchicago.edu
Yalan Yang, Postdoc Associate (2021- )
Ph.D, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Email: yangyalan AT uchicago.edu
Yueya Zhang, Postdoc Associate (2024- )
PhD, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Email: yueyazhang AT uchicago.edu
We are hiring - please drop us an email if you're interested in investigating brain development and disorders.
Graduate Students
Brian Sohn, MSTP student (2025.9 - )
B.A., Biochemistry, Washington University in St. Louis
Email: brian.sohn AT uchicagomedicine.org
Yiru Dong, CON (2026.1- )
B.S., Indiana University; M.S., Neuroscience, Columbia University.
Email: dongyiru AT uchicago.edu
Bowei Kang, Computational Scientist
B.S., Renmin University
Computational Scientist (2020-2022)
PhD - PHS at UChicago in Prof. Lin Chen’s lab (2022- )
Email: kbw AT uchicago.edu
Research Assistants
Jesse Kimball, Research Technologist (2024- )
B.S., Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh
Email: jkimball2 AT uchicago.edu
Jiaming Qiu, Research Analyst (2024- )
M.S. and B.S., Jilin Univeristy
Email: qjm0909 AT uchicago.edu
Undergraduate Students
Dellara Sheibani, University of Chicago, Class of 2026
Quad scholar, 2024-
Email: sheibani AT uchicago.edu
Sophia Lee, University of Chicago, Class of 2028
DNUFO summer 2025
Email: sophialee AT uchicago.edu