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
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
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
- 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
- Yipeng Gao, PhD
PhD student at Baylor (2018-2023)
- Fanglue Peng, PhD
PhD student at Baylor (2017-2023) - Yumei Li, PhD
Postdoc: 2019 – 2022
Current Position: Professor at Soochow University