Meet the Lab!

Xiaolu Yang, PhD

Xiaolu Yang, PhD

Professor of Cancer Biology

Member, Abramson Cancer Center

Member, Center for Molecular Studies in Digestive and Liver Diseases

Member, Institute for Immunology

Investigator, Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute

 

Lyndsey Makinen

Lyndsey Makinen

Program Coordinator
 Lmakinen@upenn.edu


 

Kenzo Lacuarta

Kenzo Lacuarta

Research Specialist / Lab Manager

Jiale Wu, Ph.D.

Jiale Wu, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher

Yujin Xiang, Ph.D.

Yujin Xiang, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher

Ruifang Wang, Ph.D.

Ruifang Wang, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher

Jiajia Wang

Jiajia Wang

Postdoctoral Researcher

Zi-Yang Zhang, Ph.D.

Zi-Yang Zhang, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher

Kai Huang, Ph.D.

Kai Huang, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher

Megan Zhang

Megan Zhang

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Past Lab Members

Post-doctoral Researchers

  • Dilshan Harischandra, PhD, MBA, Currently Senior Manager DART, Labcorp Drug Development
  • Shivani Ghaisas, PhD, Currently Study Director, Labcorp Drug Develpment
  • Liangqian Huang, PhD, Currently Assistant Professor, Nanjing University
  • Yi Xu, PhD, Currently Principal Investigator, Fudan University
  • Guixin Zhu, PhD, Currently Principal Investigator, Zhejiang University School of Medicine
  • Yang (Jerry) Zhang, PhD, Currently Senior Scientist, Quanta Therapeutics
  • Liang Chen, PhD, Currently Associate Professor, Zhenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Science
  • Wenjin Du, PhD, Currently Principal Investigator,  Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College
  • Peng Jiang, PhD, Currently Associate Professor, Tsinghua University
  • Yide Mei, PhD, Currently Professor, University of Science Technology of China
  • Jun Tang, PhD, Currently Professor, China Agricultural University

Graduate Students

  • Sixiang Yu, PhD, Currently a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Shi Lab, University of Pennsylvania
  • Lili Guo, PhD, Currently Director, Science
  • Trisha Agrawal, PhD, Currently Associate Director, Patent Attorney, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

  • Ruchira S. Ranaweera, PhD, Currently Associate Scientific Director, Global Medical Affairs, AbbVie Inc.

  • Michael Brewer, PhD, Currently Biologist, FDA

  • Holli Kawadler, PhD, Currently Scientific Strategy & Content Lead, Lumanity

  • Allison Alcivar Hahn, PhD, Currently Staff Field Applications Scientist, Illumina Inc.

Research Specialists

  • Wil Prall, Currently a graduate student, Biology Department, University of Pennsylvania
  • Janet Zhao, Currently a graduate student Northwestern University

Undergraduate Students

  • Emily Meymand, Currently a graduate student, University of California, Berkeley
  • Eleanor Johns, Currently a graduate student, Biomedical Sciences, Gerstner Sloan Kettering
  • Thomas McMonagle, Currently a Senior Consultant, SSI Strategy
  • Nathan Dangle, Currently a graduate student, University of Pennsylvania