A lab is a nurturing environment that aims to maximize the potential of students as scientists and as human beings. — Uri Alon.
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Ya (Allen) Cui, PhD
Assistant Researcher (Research Assistant Professor)
PhD in Computational Biology, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China (09/2018)
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Xueyi Teng, PhD
Hewitt Foundation for Medical Research Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD in Bioinformatics, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China (7/2022)
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Zhuoxing Wu, PhD
Hewitt Foundation for Medical Research Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD in Bioinformatics, Sun Yat-Sen University (7/2022)
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Wenbin Ye, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
PhD in Systems Engineering, Xiamen University (9/2021)50
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Jason Sheng Li
PhD student
PhD in Cancer & Cell Biology, UC Irvine
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Chaorong Chen
PhD student
PhD in Mathematical, Computational & Systems Biology, UC Irvine
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Tanye Wen
PhD student
PhD student in Biomedical Engineering, UC Irvine
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Peter Ellsworth
PhD student
PhD student in Physiology & Biophysics , UC Irvine
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Nima Shajarian
PhD student
PhD student in Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, UC Irvine
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Wenwei Gloria Wang, MBA
Lab Manager
MBA in International Management, University of London, Royal Holloway, UK
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Ahmed Mohyeldin, MD, PhD
Physician-Scientist Collaborator
MD at George Washington University School of Medicine
Fellowship at Stanford Hospitals & Clinics
Neurosurgeon at UCI health
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Helen Ma, MD
Physician-Scientist Collaborator
MD at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Fellowship at Columbia University
Oncologist at the VA Long Beach
Lab Alumni
- Liguo Wang, PhD
PhD in Computational Biology, Beijing Genomics Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Postdoc Fellow: 06/2008 – 06/2012
Current Position: Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics at Mayo Clinic
- Kadir C. Akdemir, PhD
PhD in in Biomedical Sciences (co-mentored with Michelle Barton): 2010-2013
Current Position: Assistant Professor in MD Anderson
- Zeynep Coban Akdemir, PhD
PhD in in Biomedical Sciences (co-mentored with Michelle Barton): 2010-2014
Current Position: Assistant Professor in The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
- Deqiang Sun, PhD
PhD in Condensed Matter Physics, Texas A&M University
Postdoc Fellow: 2010 – 2014
Current Position: Professor at Zhejiang Univ. and Guangzhou Medical Univ. (中国国家青年千人)
- Kaifu Chen, PhD
PhD in Computational Biology, Beijing Genomics Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Postdoc Fellow: 2009 – 2013; instructor: 2013-2015
Current Position: Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital
- Yuanxin Xi, PhD
PhD in Bioinformatics, University of California, Davis
Postdoc/Instructor: 2008 – 2016
Current Position: Assistant Professor at UT Health (declined); now at MD Anderson
- Zheng Xia, PhD 夏铮 (CPRIT Keck Fellow)
PhD in Control Theory and Engineering, Zhejiang University
Postdoc/Instructor: 2011 – 2016
Current Position: Assistant Professor at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)
- Hyun Jung Park, PhD (朴贤正)
PhD in Computer Science, Rice University
Postdoc: 2012 – 2017
Current Position: Assistant Professor at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)
- Benjamin Rodriguez, PhD
PhD in Integrated Biomedial Sciences, The Ohio State University
Postdoc Fellow (co-mentored with Peggy Goodell): 2013-2017
Current Position: Senior Data Scientist, Valo Health
- Jianzhong Su, PhD
PhD in Computational Epigenetics and Biological Mathematics, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Postdoc: 2014 – 2018
Current Position: Professor at Wenzhou Medical University (中国国家青年千人)
- Xueqiu Lin, PhD
PhD in Bioinformatics in the School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, China
PhD Student: 2014 – 2018
Current Position: Assistant Professor at Fred Hutch Cancer Center
- Xin Feng, PhD
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, Stony Brook University
Postdoc: 2016 – 2018
Current Position: Senior Data Scientist & Technical Program Manager at Chevron
- Jie Lyu, PhD
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Postdoc: 2016 – 2019
Current Position: Research Professor at Wenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Jianfeng Xu, PhD
Ph.D. student at Baylor: 2015 – 2020
Current Position: Director of Bioinformatics at Helio Health
- Lei Li, PhD
Ph.D. in Computational Biology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Postdoc: 2016 – 2021
Current Position: Principal Investigator at Shenzhen Bay Laboratory (中国国家青年千人)
- Jiejun Shi, PhD
Ph.D. in Biology, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
Postdoc: 2016 – 2021
Current Position: Professor at Tongji University
- Yumei Li, PhD
Postdoc: 2019 – 2022
Current Position: Professor at Soochow University
- Yipeng Gao, PhD
PhD student at Baylor (2018-2023)
- Fanglue Peng, PhD
PhD student at Baylor (2017-2023)