Current

 Prof. Liangfang Zhang, Principal Investigator [Bio]
 Ph.D.: Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Office: FAH Building, Room 4407
Phone: 858-246-0999
E-mail: zhang@ucsd.edu
 Dr. Weiwei Gao, Scientist
 Ph.D.: Chemical Engineering, Yale University

E-mail: w5gao@ucsd.edu
 Dr. Dinh Cong, Physician Scientist
 M.D.: Pediatrics, University of California San Diego
 Ph.D.: Molecular Biology, University of California San Diego
E-mail: c6dinh@health.ucsd.edu
   
 Dr. Lin Bao, Postdoctoral Fellow
 Ph.D.: Materials Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

E-mail: libao@ucsd.edu
   
 Dr. Zhongyuan Peter Guo, Postdoctoral Fellow
 Affiliation: Chemical and Nano Engineering, UC San Diego
 Ph.D.: Nanoengineering, University of California San Diego

E-mail: zguo@ucsd.edu
   
 Nishta Krishnan, PhD Student
 Affiliation: Chemical and Nano Engineering, UC San Diego
 B.S.: Nanoengineering, University of California San Diego

E-mail: nik006@ucsd.edu
   
 Zhidong Zhou, PhD Student
 Affiliation: Chemical and Nano Engineering, UC San Diego
 B.S.: Biomedical Engineering, University of California Irvine

E-mail: zhz046@ucsd.edu
   
 Yiyan Yu, PhD Student 
 Affiliation: Bioengineering, UC San Diego
 B.S.: Bioscience, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

E-mail: yiy016@ucsd.edu
   
 Wei-Ting Brian Shen, PhD Student
 Affiliation: Chemical and Nano Engineering, UC San Diego
 B.S.: Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University
 M.S.: Biomedical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University

E-mail: w2shen@ucsd.edu
   
 Rui Wang, PhD Student
 Affiliation: Chemical and Nano Engineering, UC San Diego
 B.S.: Biongineering, Sichuan University
 M.S.: Biochemcial Engineering, Zhejiang University

E-mail: ruw040@ucsd.edu
   
 Animesh Mohapatra, PhD Student 
 Affiliation: Chemical and Nano Engineering, UC San Diego
 B.S.: Nanoengineering, University of California San Diego

E-mail: a1mohapa@ucsd.edu
   
 Emily Lam, PhD Student 
 Affiliation: Chemical and Nano Engineering, UC San Diego
 B.S.: Chemical Engineering, University of California San Diego

E-mail: eml048@ucsd.edu
   
 Kailin Feng, PhD Student
 Affiliation: Chemical and Nano Engineering, UC San Diego
 B.S.: Chemistry, Jilin University
 M.S.: Nanotechnology, University of Pennsylvania

E-mail:kafeng@ucsd.edu
   
 Jiayuan Alex Zhang, PhD Student 
 Affiliation: Chemical and Nano Engineering, UC San Diego
 B.S.: Pharmaceutics, Jilin University
E-mail: jiz236@ucsd.edu
   
 Yuchen Jiang, PhD Student
 Affiliation: Chemical and Nano Engineering, UC San Diego
 B.E.: Bioengineering, Southwest Jiaotong University
 M.S.: Nanotechnology, University of Pennsylvania

E-mail: yuj073@ucsd.edu
   
 Elizabeth Wilkinson, PhD Student
 Affiliation: Chemical and Nano Engineering, UC San Diego
 B.S.: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, New York University
 M.S.: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
E-mail: elwilkinson@ucsd.edu
   
 Zekai Zhao , PhD Student
 Affiliation: Electrical and Computer Engineering, UC San Diego
 B.S.: Mathematics, University of California Irvine
 M.A.: Statistics, Columbia University

E-mail: zez020@ucsd.edu
   
 Edward Zhang, Research Assistant  
 B.S.: Biology, University of California San Diego

E-mail:e2zhang@ucsd.edu
   
 Sidhartha Barua, MS Student 
 Affiliation: Chemical and Nano Engineering, UC San Diego
 B.S.: Chemical Engineering, University of California San Diego
E-mail: sbarua@ucsd.edu
   
 Austin Haggard, BS Student  
 Affiliation: Chemical and Nano Engineering, UC San Diego

E-mail: ahaggard@ucsd.edu
   
 Edward Wang, BS Student  
 Affiliation: Electrical and Computer Engineering, UC San Diego

E-mail: edw005@ucsd.edu
   
 Sophia Zhou, BS Student  
 Affiliation: Mathematics, UC San Diego

E-mail: soz013@ucsd.edu
   
 Jun Lee, BS Student  
 Affiliation: Bioengineering, UC San Diego

E-mail: jul110@ucsd.edu
   
 Angelina Ye, BS Student  
 Affiliation: Chemical and Nano Engineering, UC San Diego

E-mail: jyye@ucsd.edu
   
 Jacob Hoenig, BS Student  
 Affiliation: Bioengineering, UC San Diego

E-mail: jhoenig@ucsd.edu
   
 Shengqi Wu , BS Student  
 Affiliation: Computer Engineering & Math, UC San Diego

E-mail: shw105@ucsd.edu
   
 Allison Kwan, BS Student  
 Affiliation: Chemical and Nano Engineering, UC San Diego

E-mail: alkwan@ucsd.edu
   
 Evelyn Guo , BS Student  
 Affiliation: Biological Sciences, UC San Diego

E-mail: eyguo@ucsd.edu
   
 Joyce Wang, BS Student  
 Affiliation: Biological Sciences, UC San Diego

E-mail: jow032@ucsd.edu
   
 Adam Lee , BS Student  
 Affiliation: Bioengineering, UC San Diego

E-mail: adl014@ucsd.edu
   

Alumni

Name Position Year of Leaving
Dr. Lei Sun Postdoctoral Fellow 2025 / 08  
Dr. Yuseon Shin Postdoctoral Fellow 2025 / 04  
Dr. Ilkoo Noh Postdoctoral Fellow 2023 / 08  
Dr. Qiangzhe Zhang Postdoctoral Fellow 2021 / 12  
Dr. Xiangzhao Ai Postdoctoral Fellow 2021 / 09  
Dr. Hua Gong Postdoctoral Fellow 2021 / 01  
Dr. Xiaoli Wei Postdoctoral Fellow 2019 / 11  
Dr. Yijie Chen Postdoctoral Fellow 2019 / 05  
Dr. Fang Chen Postdoctoral Fellow 2018 / 09  
Dr. Ronnie H. Fang Postdoctoral Fellow 2017 / 07  
Dr. Soracha Kun Thamphiwatana Postdoctoral Fellow 2016 / 07  
Dr. Che-Ming Jack Hu Postdoctoral Fellow 2015 / 06  
Dr. Santosh Aryal Postdoctoral Fellow 2012 / 06  
Dr. Li Zhang Postdoctoral Fellow 2011 / 01  
       
Zhongyuan Peter Guo Graduate / PhD 2025 / 09  
Luke Kubiatowicz Graduate / PhD 2025 / 06  
Mingxuan Kai Graduate / PhD 2024 / 10  
Dan Wang Graduate / PhD 2024 / 06  
Shuyan Wang Graduate / PhD 2023 / 11  
Yaou Duan Graduate / PhD 2023 / 11  
Maya Holay Graduate / PhD 2022 / 12  
Fangyu Zhang Graduate / PhD 2022 / 11  
Jiarong Zhou Graduate / PhD 2022 / 05  
Joon Ho Park Graduate / PhD 2021 / 11  
Yao Jiang Graduate / PhD 2021 / 05  
Jia Zhuang Graduate / PhD 2020 / 12  
Qiangzhe Zhang Graduate / PhD 2020 / 05  
Ashley Kroll Graduate / PhD 2019 / 06  
Yue Zhang Graduate / PhD 2019 / 06  
Diana Dehaini Graduate / PhD 2019 / 04  
Pavimol Keep Angsantikul Graduate / PhD 2018 / 05  
Brian T. Luk Graduate / PhD 2016 / 09  
Ronnie H. Fang Graduate / PhD 2014 / 12  
Soracha Kun Thamphiwatana Graduate / PhD 2014 / 09  
Dissaya Nu Pornpattananangkul Graduate / PhD 2012 / 06  
Che-Ming Jack Hu Graduate / PhD 2011 / 12  
Corbin Clawson Graduate / PhD 2011 / 07  
Marta Sartor Graduate / PhD 2010 / 09  
       
Jonathan Copp Graduate / MD 2015 / 06  
Radek Bialczak Graduate / MD 2012 / 09  
       
Yifei Peng Graduate / MS 2023 / 12  
Nianfei Xian Graduate / MS 2023 / 07  
Anvita Komarla Graduate / MS 2021 / 10  
Zahra Mesrizadeh Graduate / MS 2021 / 08  
Jiyoung Heo Graduate / MS 2020 / 05  
Shuyi Li Graduate / MS 2018 / 05  
Louis Fan Graduate / MS 2017 / 07  
Jean Fang Graduate / MS 2017 / 07  
Cody Carpenter Graduate / MS 2014 / 07  
Yuan Chen Graduate / MS 2014 / 07  
Victoria Fu Graduate / MS 2013 / 08  
       
Dr. Hyuksang Yoo Visting Scholar 2025 / 08  
Sung Jin Park Visting Student 2024 / 10  
Dr. Joo Kang Visting Scholar 2024 / 08  
Danni Ran Visting Student 2018 / 09  
Dr. Yuanyuan Su Visting Scholar 2017 / 12  
Man Ying Visting Student 2017 / 10  
Dr. Xinxin Zhang Visting Scholar 2017 / 09  
Dr. Lifen Zhang Visting Scholar 2017 / 09  
Jie Gao Visting Student 2016 / 09  
Wansong Chen Visting Student 2015 / 12  
Dr. Jianhua Zhang Visting Scholar 2015 / 08  
Fei Wang Visting Student 2015 / 02  
Dr. Zhiqing Pang Visting Scholar 2015 / 01  
Jingying Zhu Visting Student 2013 / 10  
Dr. Jing Su Visting Scholar 2013 / 03  
Kathy Stavropoulos Visting Student 2011 / 07  
Dr. Ningning Cao Visting Scholar 2011 / 03