Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Current: SEEDs 2023 Scholar
B.S. Biology, Binghamton University
Current: SEEDs 2023 Scholar
B.A. Molecular & Cell Biology and Data Science, University of California, Berkeley
Current: Undergraduate Research Scholar, B.A. Neuroscience, minor in Health Care Management
Current: Instructor, Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania
NIH R25 Postdoctoral Fellowship
Former: M.D., University of Florida College of Medicine
Ph.D. with Dr. Joel Hirschhorn at Harvard Medical School/Broad Institute
Current: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Bioengineering
Former: Ph.D. student with Prof. Jagan Pongubala, University of Hyderabad
Current: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Bioengineering
Former: Ph.D. student with Dr. Kuljeet Singh Sandhu, IISER-Mohali, India
Current: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Bioengineering
Former: Postdoctoral Research Fellow with Dr. Haifan Lin, Yale University
Current: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Bioengineering
Former: Ph.D. student with Dr. Yuejun Chen, Institute of Neuroscience, Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Current: Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Bioengineering
Former: Computational Scientist 1, Department of Bioengineering
M.S. Bioinformatics, Hammer Lab, Georgia Institute of Technology
Current: Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Bioengineering
Former: Computational Scientist 1, Department of Bioengineering
M.S.E Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania
Current: M.D./Ph.D. Student, Cell and Molecular Biology, Genetics and Epigenetics Program
Former: Research Associate Zhang Lab, Broad Institute
Sc.B. in Cell and Molecular Biology Rand Lab, Brown University
Current: Ph.D. Student, Department of Bioengineering
Former: M.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Stony Brook University
Current: Ph.D. Student, Department of Bioengineering
NIH T32 Predoctoral Fellowship
Former: Senior Research Associate, CRISPR Therapeutics
B.S. Biological Engineering, MIT
Undergraduate Researcher Zhang Lab & Stanley Center, Broad Institute
Current: Ph.D. Student, Department of Bioengineering
NSF GRFP Honorable Mention
Former: B.S. in Biomedical Engineering
concentration in Computational Biology
minor in Applied Mathematics, University of Virginia
Cell and Molecular Biology MD/PhD student
Former: Lab Technician in Hobert lab, Columbia University
B.A. Biology, Columbia University
Bioengineering MD/PhD student
Former: B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University
Lab technician and Undergraduate Researcher in Ciccia lab, Columbia University, Irving Medical Center
Undergraduate Researcher in Jacobs lab, Columbia University
Current: Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Bioengineering
Former: Computational Scientist II, Department of Bioengineering
B.S. Neuroscience, Juniata College
Current: Ph.D. Student, Department of Bioengineering
NSF GFRP Honorable Mention
Former: B.S. Chemical Engineering,
concentration in Biochemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Undergraduate researcher Schiffman and Emrick labs
Current: Research Specialist, Department of Bioengineering
Former: M.S. Pharmacology and Pharmacochemistry, University of Louis Pasteur
Graduated from Hubei University of Medicine
Alumni
Postdoctoral scholars
Mayuri Rege, Ph.D. – Former: Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2016-2018); Current: DST-INSPIRE faculty Ruia College
Ji Hun Kim, Ph.D. – Former: Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2016-2019); Current: Principal Investigator, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Zoltan Simandi, Ph.D. – Former: Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2018-2022); Current: Principal Scientist, Menarini Research Group
Ashley Cook, Ph.D. – Former: Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2020-2023); Interviews underway & TBA
Spencer Haws, Ph.D. – Former: Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2021-2023); Current: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, John Denu Laboratory, University of Wisconsin
Graduate students
Linda Zhou – Former: MD-PhD Graduate student (UPenn GCB and PSOM; Blavatnik Fellowship; NIH F31; 2014-2022) – PhD granted September 2020; Current: Residency in Penn Dermatology
Jonathan Beagan – Former: PhD Graduate student (UPenn Bioengineering; NSF GFRP; 2015-2020) – PhD granted January 9, 2020; Current: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Yale University.
Thomas Gilgenast – Former: PhD Graduate student (UPenn Bioengineering; NIH F31; 2014-2020) – PhD granted April 15, 2020; Current: Computational Biologist at VantAI.
Postbaccalaureate scholars
Jordan Barnett – Former: Postbaccalaureate scholar (UPenn Bioengineering, 2021-2022); Current: PhD student Drexel Microbiology
Miriam Minsk – Former: Undergraduate research scholar and postbaccalaureate scholar (UPenn Bioengineering, 2017-2022); Current: MD/PhD student USCF
Aryeh Metzger – Former: Student summer intern (UPenn Perelman School of Medicine, Summer 2015); Current: MD student UPenn
James Sun – Former: Research Specialist A (2016-2018); Current: MD-PhD student New York University
Noah Barnett – Former: Research Specialist A (2020-2021); Current: MD student University of Michigan
Zachary Plona – Former: Bioinformatician (2014-2015); Current: MD student Thomas Jefferson University
Jesi Kim – Former: Bioinformatician (2015-2016); Current: MD student Harvard University
Master’s students
Hansini Upadhyay – Former: Masters Student (Drexel University, 2014-2016); Current: lab technician Harvard University
Undergraduate research scholars
Jackie Valeri – Former: Undergraduate Research Scholar (Rachleff Scholar, UPenn undergraduate, 2015-2018); Current: PhD student at MIT
Harvey Huang – Former: Undergraduate Research Scholar (UPenn undergraduate, 2015-2018); Current: MD-PhD student Mayo Clinic
Sunny Chen – Former: Undergraduate Research Scholar (UPenn undergraduate, 2015-2018); Current: MD-PhD student Ohio State University
Kelly Feng – Undergraduate Research Scholar (UPenn undergraduate, 2018-2021); Current: Master’s student UPenn
Danying Guan – Former: Undergraduate research scholar (The American Physician Scientists Association (APSA) Virtual Summer Research Program; Summer 2020 Intern ); Current: Haverford college undergraduate