Lab Members
Yufei Xiang
Instructor
Yufei received her B.S. in Biotechnology from Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) and M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. She is interested in nanobody discovery and protein engineering.
Zhe Sang
Ph.D student
Zhe is a graduate student enrolled in the Carnegie Mellon University- Pitt Program in Computational Biology. He is interested in developing computational tools for mass spectrometry and protein engineering.
Zhe's website
Jeffrey (Yong Joon) Kim
MD/PhD student
Hometown: Irvine, CA
College: NYU/Emory University
Research Interests: Broadly speaking, I am interested in drug discovery research. I have a background in biophysics and structural biology, and I am interested in using structure to guide drug design. My project is centered on developing nanobodies against infectious diseases in the lungs.
Other Interests: As of now, I am clinically interested in Psychiatry and/or Pediatrics. During my free time I like to watch/play basketball, binge-watch TV shows (The Office, Friends, Breaking Bad, Stranger Things, GoT, etc.) and go to the park with my dog Dooley.
Pham Dung
Postdoctoral scholar
Pham earned her M.S. in Environmental Science from Ewha Womans University and Ph.D. from New Jersey Institute of Technology. She is interested in targeted intracellular delivery and developing novel tools to facilitate the diagnosis and therapy of dementia.
Yindan Lin
Research Assistant
Yindan received her B.S. in Pharmacology from Guangdong Pharmaceutical University and had been working on anti-tumor research at Zhejiang University. She is interested in developing nanobody-based immunotherapy against cancer.
Alumni
Dr. Zhengyun Xiao
Exchange Ph.D student
Email: xiaozhengyun1993@126.com
Now a Research Scientist at the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University
Jinghong Li
Student researcher (M.S.)
Email: jil250@pitt.edu
now a Ph.D student at the department of Biostatistics, Pitt
Allen (Zhuolun) Shen
Laura L. Bahr
Rotation Student (graduate school)
Email: LLB66@pitt.edu
Now a Ph.D student in Dr. Arjumand Ghazi lab, Pitt
Brandon Rogowski
Research Tech III
Now an MD student at Drexel
University College of Medicine
Dr. Fei Fang
Dr. Changzhong Jin
Post-doc associate
Email: changzhongjin@163.com
Now a research faculty at Institute of Infectious Disease, Zhejiang University
High School Summer Students
Karis Lu
Rising senior at North Allegheny Sr. High
Class of 2022
Shanning Zhou
Rising senior at Upper Saint Clair High
Class of 2022