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PI Team

Zhuoli Zhang, MD PhD
Professor of Radiological Sciences
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
School of Medicine
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Co-Director of IVFOI Shared Resource
Director of TI Lab
Scientific Director of CTI Lab
University of California, Irvine

Jianhua Yu, PhD
National Academy of Inventors Fellows
Professor, Medicine
School of Medicine,
University of California, Irvine

Vahid Yaghmai, MD, MS, FSAR
Professor of Radiological Sciences
Chair of Radiological Sciences
Managing Director of CTI Lab
School of Medicine
University of California, Irvine

Nadine Abi-Jaoudeh, MD
Clinical Professor of Radiological Sciences
School of Medicine
Director of Clinical Research
School of Medicine
University of California, Irvine

Kejia Cai, PhD
Associate Professor of
Radiology & Bioengineering
College of Medicine
University of Illinois, Chicago

Marian L. Waterman, PhD
Professor of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
School of Medicine
Director of Cancer Research Institute
Deputy Director of Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Co-Director of Center for Cancer Systems Biology
University of California, Irvine

Lydia Min-Ying Su, PhD
Professor of Radiological Sciences
Director of Tu & Yuen Center for Functional Onco-Imaging
School of Medicine
University of California, Irvine

Collaborators

David K. Imagawa, MD PhD
Professor of Clinical Surgery, Surgery
Division Chief of Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Surgery/Islet Cell Transplantation
School of Medicine
University of California, Irvine

Vishal Suresh Chandan, MD
Clinical Professor of Pathology
School of Medicine
University of California, Irvine

Farshid Dayyani, MD PhD
Professor of Clinical Medicine, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
School of Medicine
University of California, Irvine

Murray Korc, MD
Myles Brand Chair in Cancer Research at IUSCC
Professor of Medicine, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Director of Pancreatic Cancer Signature Center
Co-Director of TME and Metastasis Program

Jogeshwar Mukherjee, PhD
Professor in Residence
Radiological Sciences
Physiology & Biophysics
School of Medicine
Professor in Residence of Biomedical Engineering
Henry Samueli School of Engineering
University of California, Irvine

Michael McClelland, PhD
Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
School of Medicine
University of California, Irvine

Qin Yang, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Professor of Physiology & Biophysics
School of Medicine
University of California, Irvine

Shaista Malik, MD, PhD
Professor, School of Medicine
Associate Vice Chancellor, College of Health Sciences
Executive Director, Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute
University of California, Irvine


Administrative Staff

Qiaoming Hou, MD
Lab Manager
Radiological Sciences
University of California, Irvine


Postdoctoral Researchers

Aydin Eresen, PhD
Radiological Sciences
University of California, Irvine

Zigeng Zhang, MD
Radiological Sciences
University of California, Irvine

Mahmoud Singer, PhD
Radiological Sciences
University of California, Irvine


Visiting Scholars


Graduate Students

Guangbo Yu
Ph.D. student
Biomedical Engineering
University of California, Irvine


Research Program

Sandra Ngo
Summer UROP Fellow
Biomedical Engineering
University of California, Irvine


Luke Limfueco
College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific,
Western University of Health Sciences

Jenny Ding
Biological Science
University of California, Irvine

Kayla Houston
Summer Research and Clinical Program
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

Elijah Thurston
Summer Research and Clinical Program
North Carolina Agricultural
and Technical State University

Nicole Wang
Department of Biology
Minor: Chemistry
New York University

Ruxi Sun
B.S
DMD Candidate | Class of 2026
Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

Ashley Ji
Summer Research Program
Portola High School

Jadyn Lontoc
Summer UROP Fellow
Biological Sciences
University of California, Irvine

Amber Zhang
Summer Research Program
Portola High School

David Jou
BioSci 199
Double Major in Instrumental Performance (Violin) and Biomedical Engineering
University of California, Irvine


Volunteers

Jiaxin Tan
AI Researcher
GT Global Services

Kela Liu
Undergraduate Student
Computer Science
University of California, Santa Barbara

Zhilin Chen
Undergraduate Student
Human Biology and Business Administration
University of Southern California
 

Zeyang Yu
GIS Data Science
University of Washington

Joshua Lee
Medical Student
Chicago Medical School
Rosalind Franklin University



Former Members

Matteo Figini, PhD

Na Shang, PhD

Jia Yang, MD, PhD

Junjie Shangguan, MD, PhD

Robert Minh Nhat Tran

Yongsheng Pang, MD

Khanh Hong Phuong Nguyen

Zhen Zhao

Paul Bhatia


Leah Abidog

Emilie Elizabeth Garcia


Liang Pan, MD PhD
Visiting Scholar
Department of Radiology
Third Affiliated Hospital of Suzhou University

Su Hu, MD, PhD
Visiting Scholar
Department of Radiology
First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University

Chong Sun, MD, PhD
Visiting Scholar
Department of Orthopedics
Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University

Bin Wang, MD, PhD
Visiting Scholar
Department of General Surgery
Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University

Yu Li, MD PhD
Visiting Scholar
Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery
Affiliated Hospital of Medical College

Kang Zhou, MD, PhD
Visiting Professor
Department of Radiology
Peking Union Medical College Hospital

Jin Sun, MD
Visiting Professor
Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery
Affiliated Hospital of Medical College

Wenjie He, MD
Visiting Scholar
Department of Medical Imaging
Kunming Children’s Hospital

Kangan Li MD, PhD
Visiting Scholar
Department of Radiology, Shanghai First People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Linfeng Zheng, MD, PhD

Xifu Wang, MD, PhD
Visiting Scholar
Department of Radiology Shanghai General Hospital
Shanghai Jiaotong University


Zhanliang Su, MD, MS
Visiting Scholar
Department of Radiology Tianjin Xiqing Hospital

Shanzhi Gu, MD, MS
Visiting Scholar
Department of Interventional Radiology, Hunan Cancer Hospital

Jin Ren, MD PhD
Visiting Scholar
Department of Radiology,
Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University

Xin Zhou, MD PhD
Visiting Scholar
Tianjin Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Target Organ Injury
Pingjin Hospital

Tianchu Lyu, MS

Esha Sankhala