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Principle Investigator

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Xing Dai, PhD
Principle Investigator
xidai@uci.edu

Hometown: Shanghai, China
Hobbies: Singing & Tai Chi
Favorite Food: Hot Foods & Tea

 

 

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Staff Scientist

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Peng Sun, PhD
Associate Specialist
psun2@uci.edu

Hometown: Beijing, China
Hobbies: Playing Tennis
Favorite Food: Dumplings

 

 

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Postdoctoral Scholars

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We are actively looking for postdoctoral fellows. Advertisement in Science is coming soon.

 

 

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Graduate Students

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Morgan Dragan
PhD Candidate
mdragan@uci.edu

Hometown: Escondido, CA
Hobbies: Sports & Crafts
Favorite Food: Tacos

 

Jerry Chen
Visiting Graduate Student
zeyuc16@uci.edu

Hometown: Fujian, China
Hobbies: Swimming
Favorite Food: Ribs

 

Johnny Lee
Visiting MD/PhD Graduate student (join with Dr. Cholsoon Jang)
johnnl15@hs.uci.edu

Hometown:
Hobbies: Camping/Hiking
Favorite Food: Pho

 

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Visiting Scholar

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Christina Kraus, M.D.
Dermatologist and collaborating member
ckraus@hs.uci.edu

Hometown:
Hobbies:
Favorite Food:

 

 

 

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Undergraduates

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Eddie Lu
Public Health

Kaite Thanh Pham
Public Health

Julie Nouv
Chemistry

Ellie Kim
Chemistry

 

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Recent Former Lab Members

---

Kazuhide Watanabe
Current Position: Scientist at RIKEN

Remy Vu, M.S.
Current Position: UX Design intern

Yingying Han, PhD
Current Position: Assistant specialist

Guadalupe Gutierrez, M.S.
Current Position: Research associate

Anh Pham
Current Position: UCLA Dental School

Melissa Ann McNeil, M.S.
Current Position – New Mother!

Daniel Haensel, PhD
Current Position: Postdoc
Stanford – Oro Lab

Xianghui Ma, PhD
Current Position: Postdoc
University of Pennsylvania – Hamilton Lab

Alvaro Villareal-Ponce, PhD
Current Position: Postdoc
New York University