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Lab Members


Ya-Mei Hu, Postdoctoral Associate
Education: PhD in Immunology
Taipei Medical University, 2013





Le Zhou, Postdoctoral Associate
Education: PhD in Electrical Engineering
Oklahoma State University, 2023





Tao Ren, Postdoctoral Associate
Education: PhD in Operations Research and Bioinformatics
Institute of Applied Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2024





Faming Zhao, Postdoctoral Associate
Education: PhD in Public Health and Preventive Medicine
Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 2024





Xinxing Yang, Postdoctoral Associate
Education: PhD in Electronic Information
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2024





Canping Chen, BME PhD Student
Education: M.S. in Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, 2022






Xiyue Zhao, BME PhD Student
Education: M.S. in Statistics, Auburn University, 2020






Yi Zhang, BME PhD Student
Education: M.S. in Cell Biology, Zhejiang University, 2021






Xiaofan Zhao, BME PhD Student
Education: M.S. in Bioinformatics, USC, 2019






Reuben Hoffman, T32 Postdoctoral Fellow (co-mentored with Pepper Schedin)
Education: PhD in Genetics
Stony Brook University, 2017





Zachary Hay, T32 Postdoctoral Fellow (co-mentored with Amy Moran)
Education: PhD in Immunology
University of Colorado, Anschutz School of Medicine, 2022







Lab Alumni

Duanchen Sun, Postdoctoral Associate (07/2017 -- 08/2021)
Education: PhD in Operations Research and Bioinformatics, Institute of Applied Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2017
Subsequent Position: Professor of Mathematics, Qilu Scholar, Shandong University





Xiangnan Guan, Postdoctoral Associate (08/2018 -- 09/2020)
Education:PhD in Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University, 2018
Subsequent Position: Associate scientist at Genentech, South San Francisco, CA





Chaojie Wang, Postdoctoral Associate (09/2017 -- 02/2019)
Education:PhD in Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 2017
Subsequent Position: Bioinformatics scientist at Bristol-Myers Squibb, Hopewell NJ





Mary (Zobe) Murray, Summer Intern in Biomedical & Bioinformatics Research Internship and Training Experience (6/2024-8/2024)
Education: Student in Computer Science
Gonzaga University, 2026



Wes Horton, Computational Biologist


Lily Xia, High School Summer Intern (2019 Summer)
High School Student; Now at Stanford


Alan Ma, High School Summer Intern (2021 Summer)
High School Student; Now at Stanford
The summer intern project was awarded as an international finalist in the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF)


Wendy Du, High School Summer Intern (2021 Summer)
High School Student; Now at UCSD


Susan Liu, Visiting student (06/2021 -- 08/2023)
Education: Student in Computer Science, Oregon State University
Subsequent Position: INTEL, Oregon






Michael Walsh, Undergraduate Intern (2017 Summer)
University of Washington