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Ph.D. Students<\/h3>\n

Ru Zheng<\/strong> (12\/2019 – 05\/2025)\u00a0 Amphastar Pharmaceuticals<\/p>\n

Ahsan Ausaf Ali<\/strong> (12\/2019 – 05\/2024)\u00a0 Spear Bio<\/p>\n

Qian Tian<\/strong> (12\/2018 – 01\/2024)\u00a0 Dyne Therapeutics<\/p>\n

Zhining Sun<\/strong> (12\/2017 – 05\/2023)\u00a0 Postdoc at Stanford University<\/p>\n

Rigumula Wu<\/strong> (12\/2016 – 12\/2021)\u00a0 Amgen Inc.<\/p>\n

Puspam Keshri<\/strong> (08\/2018 – 12\/2021) Biocon Bristol Myers Squibb R&D Center (BBRC)<\/p>\n

Yousef Bagheri<\/strong> (02\/2017 – 08\/2021)\u00a0 Postdoc at the University of Michigan<\/p>\n

Qikun Yu<\/strong> (12\/2016 – 08\/2021)\u00a0 Westlake Therapeutics<\/p>\n

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Postdocs & Research Fellows<\/h3>\n

Dr. Mahmoud Amouzadeh Tabrizi <\/strong>(06\/2023 – 05\/2024)<\/p>\n

Dr. Yuanchang Liu<\/strong> (12\/2021 – 12\/2022)<\/p>\n

Dr. Kewei Ren<\/strong> (07\/2018 – 02\/2021)\u00a0 Professor at Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China<\/p>\n

Dr. Bin Zhao<\/strong> (11\/2016 – 11\/2019)\u00a0 Senior Research Fellow at NanoMedicines Lab of University of British Columbia<\/p>\n

Aruni Karunanayake Mudiyanselage<\/strong> (10\/2016 – 3\/2018 & 5\/2020 – 10\/2020)\u00a0 Charles River Laboratories<\/p>\n

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Visiting Scholars<\/h3>\n

Rania Joomun<\/strong> (03\/2023 – 08\/2023)\u00a0 M.S. student at Universit\u00e9 Paris Cit\u00e9<\/p>\n

Dr. Yang Shu<\/strong> (11\/2019 – 10\/2020)\u00a0 Professor at Northeastern University, China<\/p>\n

Nuanfei Zhu<\/strong> (10\/2019 – 10\/2020)\u00a0 Assistant Professor at Jiangsu University<\/p>\n

Fatemeh Shafiei<\/strong> (12\/2018 – 05\/2020)\u00a0 Ph.D. student at Michigan State University<\/p>\n

Manojkumar Narayanan <\/strong>(05\/2019 – 05\/2020)\u00a0 Intellia Therapeutics<\/p>\n

Jing Shi<\/strong> (11\/2016 – 04\/2017)\u00a0 Beijing Office of China Patent Agent (H. K.) Ltd<\/p>\n

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Undergraduate Students<\/h3>\n

Jae Le<\/span><\/strong> (09\/2024 – 12\/2025)<\/p>\n

Qinge Liu<\/strong> (05\/2023 – 05\/2025)\u00a0 Graduate Student at Caltech<\/p>\n

Justin Kieu <\/span><\/strong>(02\/2023 – 05\/2024)<\/p>\n

Raymond Pho <\/strong>(03\/2021 – 05\/2023)\u00a0 Graduate Student at the University of Florida<\/p>\n

Michelle Alexander<\/strong> (01\/2022 – 05\/2023)\u00a0 Medical Student at the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine<\/p>\n

Kevin Alexander<\/strong> (01\/2022 – 12\/2022)\u00a0 Undergrad at UMass Amherst<\/p>\n

Anastasiya Kaltashova<\/strong> (05\/2022 – 08\/2022)\u00a0 Undergrad at McGill University<\/p>\n

Jikun Wang <\/strong>(09\/2019 – 05\/2022)\u00a0 Graduate Student at UPenn<\/p>\n

Saoirse Connolly<\/strong> (09\/2019 – 05\/2022) Medical Student at UMass Chan Medical School<\/p>\n

Jahn Pothier<\/strong> (02\/2021 – 05\/2022)\u00a0 Manufacturing Associate at Moderna<\/p>\n

Simon Kangoun<\/strong> (09\/2021 – 05\/2022) Leica Biosystems<\/p>\n

Sarthak Srivastava<\/strong> (09\/2021 – 05\/2022)\u00a0 Undergrad at UMass Amherst<\/p>\n

Sidrat Siddiqui<\/strong> (12\/2021 – 05\/2022) Medical Assistant at Glamderm<\/p>\n

Anastasia Antropova<\/strong> (05\/2021 – 08\/2021)\u00a0 Undergrad Student at Holyoke Community College<\/p>\n

Rafael De Pillis<\/strong> (01\/2019 – 05\/2021)\u00a0 Undergrad at UMass Amherst<\/p>\n

Alan Chai<\/strong> (01\/2020 – 05\/2020) Pathways to Inclusive Health Care scholar at UMass Chan Medical School<\/p>\n

Zachary Gentile<\/strong> (09\/2019 – 05\/2020)\u00a0 Thermo Fisher Scientific<\/p>\n

David Lutati<\/strong> (09\/2019 – 05\/2020)\u00a0 Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.<\/p>\n

Yiwen Xie <\/strong>(01\/2020 – 05\/2020)\u00a0 Graduate Student at Northwestern University<\/p>\n

Zhixin Mo<\/strong> (01\/2020 – 05\/2020)\u00a0 Undergrad at the University of Michigan<\/p>\n

Kathleen McAuliffe<\/strong> (02\/2018 – 05\/2020)\u00a0 Technician at Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard<\/p>\n

Nicholas Fong<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(05\/2019 – 08\/2019)\u00a0 Lab Technician at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center<\/p>\n

Sara Chedid<\/strong> (01\/2017 – 05\/2019)\u00a0 Graduate Student at the University of Pittsburgh<\/p>\n

Mark Anthony Leon-Duque<\/strong> (01\/2017 – 05\/2019)\u00a0 Graduate Student at Harvard<\/p>\n

Yeonsoo Kum<\/strong> (02\/2018 – 05\/2019)\u00a0 Lab Technician at Weill Cornell Medicine<\/p>\n

Tony Nguyen<\/strong> (09\/2018 – 05\/2019)\u00a0 Medical Laboratory Scientist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center<\/p>\n

Rashad Almadini<\/strong>\u00a0(01\/2018 – 05\/2018)<\/p>\n

Casey O’Brien<\/strong> (11\/2016 – 05\/2018)\u00a0 Medical Student at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth<\/p>\n

Katherine Poisson<\/strong> (10\/2016 – 05\/2018)\u00a0 Scientist at Spectrix Analytical Services<\/p>\n

Alden Richter<\/strong> (01\/2017 – 05\/2017)\u00a0 Lab Technician at Fairbanks Pharmaceuticals<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ph.D. Students Ru Zheng (12\/2019 – 05\/2025)\u00a0 Amphastar Pharmaceuticals Ahsan Ausaf Ali (12\/2019 – 05\/2024)\u00a0 Spear Bio Qian Tian (12\/2018 – 01\/2024)\u00a0 Dyne Therapeutics Zhining Sun (12\/2017 – 05\/2023)\u00a0 Postdoc at Stanford University Rigumula Wu (12\/2016 – 12\/2021)\u00a0 Amgen Inc. …<\/p>\n

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