A lab is a nurturing environment that aims to maximize the potential of students as scientists and as human beings. — Uri Alon.

Ya (Allen) Cui, PhD

Assistant Researcher (Research Assistant Professor)

PhD in Computational Biology, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China (09/2018)

Xueyi Teng, PhD

Hewitt Foundation for Medical Research Postdoctoral Fellow

PhD in Bioinformatics, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China (7/2022)

Zhuoxing Wu, PhD

Hewitt Foundation for Medical Research Postdoctoral Fellow

PhD in Bioinformatics, Sun Yat-Sen University (7/2022)

Wenbin Ye, PhD

Postdoctoral Scholar

PhD in Systems Engineering, Xiamen University (9/2021)50

Jason Sheng Li

PhD student

PhD in Cancer & Cell Biology, UC Irvine

Chaorong Chen

PhD student

PhD in Mathematical, Computational & Systems Biology, UC Irvine

Tanye Wen

PhD student

PhD student in Biomedical Engineering, UC Irvine

Peter Ellsworth

PhD student

PhD student in Physiology & Biophysics , UC Irvine

Nima Shajarian

PhD student

PhD student in Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, UC Irvine

Wenwei Gloria Wang, MBA

Lab Manager

MBA in International Management, University of London, Royal Holloway, UK

Ahmed Mohyeldin, MD, PhD

Physician-Scientist Collaborator

MD at George Washington University School of Medicine
Fellowship at Stanford Hospitals & Clinics
Neurosurgeon at UCI health

https://www.ucihealth.org/find-a-doctor/m/ahmed-mohyeldin

Helen Ma, MD

Physician-Scientist Collaborator

MD at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Fellowship at Columbia University
Oncologist at the VA Long Beach

https://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=7034

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)