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Principal Investigator
Ying Zheng, PhD
Professor - Department of Bioengineering
Center of Cardiovascular Biology
Institute of Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine
University of Washington
yingzy@uw.edu
Research Scientists
Jun Xue
B.S. East China University of Science and Technology
M.S. University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
Department of Bioengineering
University of Washington
jxue@uw.edu
Post-Doctoral Students
Kira Evitts
former PhD student, Bioengineering (2020-2025)
Co-advised with Dr. Jessica Young
B.S. University of Washington
kevitts@uw.edu
Graduate Students
Ariana Frey
PhD student, Bioengineering
Joined October 2020
B.S. North Carolina State University
afrey3@uw.edu
Ruoqian (Rachel) Hu
PhD student, Bioengineering
Joined September 2022
B.S. University of Washington
ruoqih@uw.edu
Andres Armenta
PhD student, Bioengineering
Joined September 2022
B.S. University of Virginia
ara5cf@uw.edu
Jacob Dairaghi
PhD student, Bioengineering
Joined September 2023
B.S. Purdue University
jdairagh@uw.edu
Likitha Nimmagadda
PhD student, Bioengineering
Joined March 2025
Co-advised with Dr. Jennifer Davis
B.S.E University of Michigan
nlikitha@uw.edu
Post-Baccalaureate Students
Maximilian Kim
Joined September 2024
B.S University of Washington
mekim01@uw.edu
Undergraduate Students
Sahana Subramanian
B.S. student, Bioengineering, B.A. student, Biochemistry
Joined June 2022
ss2007@uw.edu
Mark Lew
B.S. student, Bioengineering
Joined September 2023
markl33@uw.edu@uw.edu
Sumin Hong
B.S. student, Bioengineering
Joined September 2023
suminh3@uw.edu
Jiayi Yuan
B.S. student, Bioengineering
Joined January 2025
jiayiy8@uw.edu
Ruby Kerwin
B.S student, ENGRUD
Joined June 2025
rubylk@uw.edu
Alumni:
Former Post-doctoral Fellows:
Samuel Rayner, M.D., 2017-2024 (Assistant Professor, UW Medicine)
Dongjune Kim, Ph.D. 2022-2023 (Senior Scientist, SamSung, Inc., Korean)
Russel Whelan, M.D. 2018-2022 (Assistant Professor, UColorado, Denver)
Ryan Nagao, PhD., 2014 - 2019 (Senior Scientist, Genetech, Inc.)
Brian Hayes, Ph.D., 2014-2018 (FHCRC)
Raluca Mauca, Ph.D., 2014-2016 (Director of Research, Pluristyx, Inc)
Giovanni Ligresti, Ph.D. 2012-2014 (Associate Professor, Boston University)
Former Graduate Students:
YuJung Shin, Ph.D., 2019 - 2025 (Postdoc, MIT)
Caitlin Howard, Ph.D., 2017-2022 (Senior Scientist, ReviR Therapeutics)
Nicole Zeinstra, Ph.D., 2016-2022 (Patent agent, Wilson Sonsini Goorich & Rosati)
Christian Mandrycky, Ph.D. 2015-2020 (Postdoc, UW)
YoonJung Choi, Ph.D. 2014-2018 (SamSung, Inc., Korean)
Surya Kotha, Ph.D. 2013-2018 (Principal Scientist, NHSBT, UK)
Meredith Roberts, Ph.D. 2012-2017 (Senior Scientist, Cytokinetics)
Sijie Sun, Ph.D. 2012-2015 (R&D VP, UgeneX Therapeutics)
Nam Phuong Nguyen, M.S. 2017-2019
Eric Juang, BS/MS, 2016-2017
Jin Xu, BS/MS, 2014-2015
Xiaoling Zhang, BS/MS, 2013-2014
Former Undergraduate Students:
Isabella Kwan, Karina Lavalley, Jason Fox, Mohammed Mushtak, Rachel Straughn, Harrison Hiraki, Celina Gunnarsson, Sarah K. Albrecht, Connor Tsuchida, Alexander Novokhodko, Eric Jung, Kiet Phong, Dominic Tran, Joy Xu, Sowa Imoisili, Katie Truong, David Feldman, Sam Totorica, Lin Qi, Qi Wu.
Visiting student: Daichi Yada from Japan
Former member: Ping Luo (lab manager)
Collaborators:
UW: Drs. Jonathan Himmelfarb, Jessica Young, Jen Davis, Beno Freedman, Joshua Vaughan, Mike Levitt
SCRI: Drs. Joe Smith (former postdocs Maria Bernabeu, Fatou Joof), Alexis Kaushansky (postdoc Ling Wei), Jule Gust, Andy Shin, Nicholas Chavkin
FHCRC: Dr. Brandon Hadland
BloodWorks NW: Drs. Jose Lopez, Junmei Chen, Jingfei Dong
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