Lab Members

Yi Shi (时）

Cheerleader

Yi is an Associate Professor in Pharmacological Sciences department. He also directs the Center for Protein Engineering and Therapeutics. He enjoys science and liberty.

212-659-8648

wally.yis at gmail.com

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.

212-659-8691

yufei.xiang@mssm.edu

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

zhe.sang at gmail.com

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.

jeffrey.kim at icahn.mssm.edu

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.

ngocdung.pham at mssm.edu

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.

yindan.lin

at icahn.mssm.edu