People

Kyung Jin Ahn, BS
ahn@chop.edu
Research Assistant

Wet Lab
Shovik Bandyopadhyay, MS
shovik.bandyopadhyay@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
CAMB G&E MSTP Student

Wet Lab & Dry Lab
Rumeysa Biyik Sit, PhD
biyiksitr@chop.edu
Postdoctoral Scholar

Wet Lab
Chia-hui Chen, MS
chenc10@chop.edu
Research Assistant

Wet Lab
John Dimaio, MS
dimaioj@chop.edu
Research Assistant

Wet Lab
Daniel Emerson, PhD
emersond@chop.edu
Postdoctoral Scholar

Dry Lab
Steven Foltz, PhD
foltzs@chop.edu
Research Scientist

Dry Lab
Apoorva Joshi, MS
joshias@chop.edu
Research Assistant

Wet Lab
Susan Kelley, MS
kelleys1@chop.edu
Lab Manager/Research Assistant

Wet & Dry Lab
Avi Loren
aviloren@sas.upenn.edu
Undergraduate Researcher

Dry Lab
Rushabh Mehta, BS
rushabh.mehta@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
G&E PhD Student

Wet Lab & Dry Lab
Minxing Pang, MS
minxing@sas.upenn.edu
AMCS PhD Student

Dry Lab
Yan Pan, BS
py22@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn
Visiting Student

Dry Lab
Isabelle Seka, BA
sekai@chop.edu
Research Technician

Wet Lab
Jonathan Sussman, BS
jonathan.sussman@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
GCB MSTP Student

Web Lab & Dry Lab
Kai Tan, PhD
tank1@chop.edu

Principal Investigator
Anusha Thadi, MS
thadia@chop.edu
Research Assistant

Wet Lab
Joseph Tumulty, PhD
tumultyj@chop.edu
Postdoctoral Scholar

Dry Lab
Alice Wang, BS
Alice.Wang@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
GCB PhD Student

Wet Lab & Dry Lab
Barbara Xiong, BS
Barbara.Xiong@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
GCB MSTP Student

Dry Lab
Jason Xu, BS
jason.xu@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
GCB MSTP Student

Wet Lab & Dry Lab
Austin Yang, BA
yanga11@chop.edu
Research Technician

Dry Lab
Wenbao Yu, PhD
yuw1@chop.edu
Research Assistant Professor

Dry Lab
Zhan Zhang, BS
zhanz@seas.upenn.edu
BE PhD Student

Wet Lab & Dry Lab
Lab Alumni Lab role Current position
Gwendolyn Duncan Undergraduate student Engineer at Epic
Jeffrey Huang Undergraduate student Postbaccalaureate student at Penn
Jackie Peng Graduate student Graduate student at Penn
Changya Chen Research Scientist Assistant Professor at Peking Union Medical College
Yang-yang Ding Oncology fellow Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University
Arianne Parvaresh-Rizi Summer Student Undergraduate student at University of Rhode Island
Saraswati Sridhar Undergraduate student Undergraduate student at Penn
Benjamin Mathier Research technician Research associate at NewLimit
Elizabeth Li Medical student Psychiatry resident at Stanford U.
Iris Zhang Master’s student PhD student at NYU
Tamjid Imtiaz Master’s student Graduate student at Penn
Gregory Chen MSTP student Pathology resident at Penn
Samuel Kim Rotation student MSTP student at Penn
Barbara Xiong Rotation student MSTP student at Penn
Yasin Uzun Research Scientist Assistant Professor at Penn State University
Mohammad Shafkat Islam Postdoc Postdoc at U. of Virginia
Shane Drabing Research assistant Software engineer
Jiazhen Rong Rotation student PhD student at Penn
Chujie Gong Rotation student PhD student at Penn
Anni Moore Rotation student PhD student at Penn
Qin Zhu PhD Student Postdoc at UCSF
Kellyn Maddyn Research Assistant Genetic Counseling Student at UPenn
Peng Gao Postdoctoral scholar Professor at Xi An Jiao Tong University
Tao Peng Postdoctoral scholar Research Scientist at Johnson & Johnson
Kamyar Pourfarhangi Postdoctoral scholar Investigator at GlaxoSmithKline
Bing He Postdoctoral scholar Assistant Professor at Penn State University
Emily Walder Summer student Undergrad. at University of Connecticut
Parisa Samareh Rotation student PhD student at UPenn
Monica Wei Rotation student MSTP student at UPenn
Long Gao Graduate student Postdoc at UPenn
Sean Na Summer student Undergrad. at UPenn
Vishal Dhruva CRISSP summer student Undergrad. at UC Berkeley
Ying Zhang Postdoctoral scholar Staff scientist at NIH
Ruimin Sun Postdoctoral scholar R&D director, Gekko lab
Jiahui Wang Graduate student Bioinformatics data analyst at Jackson laboratory
Apexa Modi Rotation student Ph.D. student at U. of Pennsylvania
Shalyn Guthery Research assistant Data scientist at Morelity
Wanxin Tang Visiting scholar Professor at Sichuan U.
Ryan Spengler Postdoctoral scholar Assistant Scientist at U. of Wisconsin
Xiaoke Ma Postdoctoral scholar Professor at Xi’dian U.
Li Teng Postdoctoral scholar Principle bioinformatics scientist at Ambry Genetics
Mary Higgins MSTP SUMR student Medical student at University of Pennsylvania
Lindsey Gifford Research assistant Research assistant at U. of Iowa
Marcus Toral MSTP rotation student MSTP student at U. of Iowa
Jongkwang Kim Postdoctoral scholar Assistant scientist at National Cancer Center
Brendan Sotomayor Research assistant Emergency medicine doctor
Stephen Bonett Research assistant PhD student at University of Pennsylvania
Michael Lipman Research assistant Software engineer at Flexport
Tyler Mouw Research assistant General surgeon at University of Kansas
Zhe Liu Research assistant Phd student at Harvard Unversity
Hiram Firpi Postdoctoral scholar Staff scientist at Johns Hopkins U.
Yang Xu Genetics rotation student PhD student at U. of Iowa
Scott Whitmore Genetics rotation student Assistant research scientist at University of Iowa
Duygu Ucar Postdoctoral scholar Associate Prof. at Jackson Genomic Medicine
Rong Fan Research assistant Research assistant at U. of Iowa
Qingyang Hu Research assistant Software engineer at McAfree
Yunnie Low Research assistant Undergrad. at Iowa State U.